The concept for this game is simple. It wants to represent roleplaying in the various worlds of videogames. I don't mean console RPGs, which already have a great many systems created for them. I'm talking about mid-80s platformers and sidescrollers. The games that heavily inspire this project are things like Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, Metroid, Megaman, Contra, Castlevania, and (for a twist) Legend of Zelda (both 1 and 2).
That is the idea we're dealing with. That is where this is headed.