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10 Second Ninja X cover artvsMega Man X3 cover art

10 Second Ninja XvsMega Man X3

10 Second Ninja X leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mega Man X3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
10 Second Ninja XMega Man X3

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

10 Second Ninja X leans harder on execution: Frame-tight movement to clear levels inside ten seconds

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

10 Second Ninja X leans harder on optimization: Finding the theoretical fastest route is half the score

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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