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I understand what おまかせ means in the context of a sushi restaurant, where you
let the chef decide what's to be served, but I've also seen it pop up a few
times in Japanese games.

For example, the most recent Mario Kart uses it to say you want to let the
computer pick which course is gonna be played on next, and is thusly referring
to random selection. Is this a common practice? As I can't find enough
instances of it to tell given my limited selection of Japanese translated
games.

And if it is, what are the nuances of it? And is it meant as a pun by
referring back to it's original meaning and extrapolating from that to fit
it's new context, or is that not the case?
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meaning usage nuances
Can おまかせ be used to mean "random" in things like video games?
Yes, おまかせ implies you let the chef choose the sushi according to the chef’s
preferences, normally just for fun. On the other hand, if you let the computer
choose, you're allowing the computer to use their algorithm to choose a
course. But this time, because video games are the entertainment, the term
おまかせ is chosen to emphasize the game rather than to emphasize the randomness
or mathematical model.
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