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Alto's AdventurevsWarioWare: Touched!

Alto's Adventure leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); WarioWare: Touched! leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

WarioWare: Touched! leans harder on execution: Instant stylus reactions to five-second prompts are everything

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 1

Alto's Adventure leans harder on optimization: Goal checklist and combo logic shallow

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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