A good point. Because a 'game mechanic', if featured heavily enough can transform into a a genre or sub-genre.
Many games have a design that could be construed as a feature of a genre if adopted enough.
My working definition of a 'game mechanic' is more akin to a gameplay system. Persona's social links, Final Fantasy's myriad levelling and ATB systems, and so on.
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