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Blood MoneyvsWarioWare: Smooth Moves

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

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Blood Money leans harder on execution: Dodging and shooting through dense hazards defines survival

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Blood Money leans harder on optimization: Weapon upgrades and route knowledge form a real layer

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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