The Tileset tile size was increased from 32x32 to 48x48, allowing for more detailed tiles, and the default character size was also increased from 32x32 to 48x48 to go along with this. As a result, it is very easy to disable or remove unwanted, unused, or broken plugins from a game. Plugins can also be turned off or on easily or removed with little effort, where as script modifications become increasingly convoluted to undo with each change to the code. In addition, unlike scripts which may require modifications to existing scripts to incorporate newly added scripts, which could become convoluted to manage, plugins can simply be added to games by adding the code file of a plugin to the plugin directory, then adding it to the list of plugins to be loaded when the game is run. Plugins can be easily configured without having to edit the code of a plugin, as would be required for a script in prior versions of RPG Maker. It also switched to using JavaScript plugins for customization to the game engine, versus the Ruby scripts of past RPG Maker programs since RPG Maker XP, for better compatibility with the new HTML5 engine and improved ease of use with customizing the engine. RPG Maker MV on consoles can only be played on the respective console. This allows games created using RPG Maker MV to be distributed on iOS and Android devices natively, as well as websites.

Unlike previous programs in the series, games created using RPG Maker MV on PC are HTML5 games, meaning that they can be run in an internet browser, and in fact the executable versions of games internally run in a Google Chrome browser. Originally, an Xbox One port was planned, though this was canceled. This version of the game was published by Kadokawa in Japan and was published by NIS America in America and Australia. It was released in 2018 in Japan and was released worldwide on September 8, 2020, after the release of RPG Maker MZ. The program was ported to the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles as RPG Maker MV (RPGツクール MV Trinity, RPG Tsukuru MV Trinity). It is a successor to RPG Maker VX Ace from 2011, and was succeeded by RPG Maker MZ in 2020. RPG Maker MV (RPGツクール MV, RPG Tsukuru MV) is a software development program designed for creating role-playing video games developed by Kadokawa and published in 2015 by Degica.

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