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I will say I hate the way the term "roguelike" is used these days. There are ACTUAL roguelikes, like Nethack, Mystery Dungeon, and Crypt of the Necrodancer, and then there are games that have some gameplay systems shared with roguelikes that otherwise don't play anything like them that really should have a different name.

Kenri posted...

I would also seriously struggle to define a Mario-like without narrowing it down (e.g. Mario 2-like is pretty obvious in meaning).

To be honest, there were a lot of of third generation games that were clearly "Mario-likes" as opposed to being platformers. Like, Kirby's Adventure is a platformer. Felix the Cat is a "Mario-like". (Great Giana Sisters is simply a rip-off...)