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> The game in question is a PC-8800 series title called 3156 Coro Coro, which is pronounced saikoro koro koro in Japanese, and means “rolling dice.” This is a
by dane-pgp 4y ago
> The game in question is a PC-8800 series title called 3156 Coro Coro, which is pronounced saikoro koro koro in Japanese, and means “rolling dice.”
This is a numeric pun[0] based on the readings:
3 sa (short for "san")
1 i (short for "ichi")
5 ko (variant of "go")
6 ro (short for "roku")
The final "koro koro" is an onomatopoeia that generally represents the sound of any small thing(s) rolling, in contrast to "goro goro" which is used for big things.[1]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wordplay#Numeric_substitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wordplay#Numeric_subs...
[1] https://linguaholic.com/linguablog/japanese-onomatopoeia/ https://linguaholic.com/linguablog/japanese-onomatopoeia/