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Banjo-Pilot leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Kirby Air Ride leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Banjo-Pilot leans harder on variance: Item pickups shuffle race outcomes

Optimization4 vs 5

Kirby Air Ride leans harder on optimization: Machine stats and course lines are mappable

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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