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Animal Crossing: Wild WorldvsEmily is Away

Animal Crossing: Wild World leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Emily is Away leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Animal Crossing: Wild World leans harder on optimization: Turnip market and collection completion reward light planning

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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