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A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia cover artvsWario Land: Super Mario Land 3 cover art

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on BloboloniavsWario Land: Super Mario Land 3

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on BloboloniaWario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 leans harder on execution: Platforming jumps and shoulder-charge timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia leans harder on variance: Which bean solves which obstacle is hidden until discovered

Optimization6 vs 6

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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A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia

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Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3