i just had a mandela effect because i swear to god i remember miyamoto being dead since late 2000s but hes alive

it's not mandela effect if it's only you who thought that

the mandela effect is essentially just a nickname for a false memory so it can apply to just one person

I thought it meant when people collectively misremember something, I must've had a mandela effect

oh no youre still right. it is still that. but it can also apply to a single person since its essentially just a false memory. its more commonly used to describe a group of people, though, but can still be used when talking about a single person