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Aladdin cover artvsWarioWare: Smooth Moves cover art

AladdinvsWarioWare: Smooth Moves

Aladdin leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans harder on variance: Random microgame draws keep each run unpredictable

Optimization4 vs 3

Aladdin leans harder on optimization: Level routes are learnable but execution dominates.

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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