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Hi there. I'm from Russia. Just wanted to ask you, how do english speaking people calls the set of lives. I mean, if you have lost all of your lives you see "continue?" screen and can have 3-4 attemps.

In Russia we call it "continuum" because as kids we didn't know, how to translate "continue?"
Also we have a joke: A cat has 9 lives and 3 continuums.
(sorry for my poor English)

>> No.5424417

Extra lives, or just lives is probably the most typical way of referring to them.

>> No.5424418
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>>5424413
We call them "continues" or "credits".
>Also we have a joke: A cat has 9 lives and 3 continuums.
That's pretty fucking good.

>> No.5424419

Guys, men or lives

>> No.5424421

I say lives.

Can someone explain to me why Konami uses "Rest"?

>> No.5424427

>>5424421
>I say lives.
#metoo

>> No.5424430

>>5424421
But live and continue are different. How many lives has a cat? 9? 3? 27?

>> No.5424456

He means continues or credits

>> No.5424460

>>5424413
In Japan we say 'tries' or even label individual lives as 'players'.

>> No.5424464

>>5424421
Makes me think that Konami mistook "Rest" for "Left".
"You Have 2 Left (Rest?)"

>> No.5424472

>>5424460
Is this a modern or regional thing? Because I got a different impression from watching GCCX.

>> No.5424478

>>5424421
Rest is the noun for remaining.

>> No.5424498
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>>5424413
БPOДИЛКИ
@
CTPEЛЯЛКИ

>walkies
>shooties

>> No.5424519

>>5424419
yep, they used to always call them "men" in the really old days. I've nothing else to add, just most people are retarded and need to be told something more than once.

>> No.5424670

OP's question is about continues, not lives

>> No.5424712

>>5424413

I'd call them "chances".
When using a continue you get another chance consisting of several lives.

>> No.5424739

>>5424456
>>5424670
these.

>> No.5424837

>>5424413
Credits or continues are used mostly in arcade games, lives is more typical in console games.

>> No.5424916

Usually people just use "continue" as a noun for what you're describing, individual lives can be "lives", "tries", "chances", "men", "Marios", etc.

>> No.5425261

>>5424413
Go back to playing heroes iii.

>> No.5425546

>>5424413
That's pretty cool. You're alright, Red.