Claim: Super Mario is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up (a subgenre of video games within the shooter subgenre in the action genre) video game set in the world where magic and technology co-exist, featuring branching storyline and several different endings, depending on the characters chosen.
Evidence: Sengoku Blade, also known as Tengai outside Japan, is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up video game released for arcade machines in 1996 by Psikyo as a sequel to their 1993 shooter Sengoku Ace. Shoot 'em up (also known as shmup or STG) is a subgenre of video games within the shooter subgenre in the action genre. The game is set in the world where magic and technology co-exist. The game features branching storyline and several different endings, depending on the characters chosen.