Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-25730832-20151013050733/@comment-26574811-20151116022601

Qunow wrote: @Martirsadota the official, Japanese term for the boss weakening mechanism is "gimmick", so no. Be very careful though, the meaning of "gimmick" is different in Japanese.

In English "gimmick means "a   concealed,   usually   devious   aspect   or   feature   of   <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available" style="font-weight:normal;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(61,123,191);cursor:pointer;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;">something"

But in Japanese, it just means mechanism.

So I would say that the term "gimmick", in Japanese, didn't rule out any means of implementation.