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140 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
140Super Mario World

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

140 leans harder on execution: Jumps must land on the musical beat precisely

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Super Mario World leans harder on variance: Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough

Optimization4 vs 4

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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