Could I Make a Game if I Wanted To?

[Phantom Killah]

I wasn't "trying" to do anything. Stop being so ready to take offense where it wasn't meant. It was just a helpful comment after all.

I was just confused by your statement regarding 8-directional movement, because platformers archetypically don't allow the player to navigate in 8 directions (seeing as gravity is usually present).

Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga is a good example of an 8 direction platformer.

Most would classify that series as RPG. While ther are some platform elements, it's not quite the same.

Some platform elements? The game was just as mush of a platformer as it was an RPG. And how is it not quite the same? The platforming parts were really fun. An 8 direction platformer would work easily.