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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker cover artvsPlanet Coaster cover art

Captain Toad: Treasure TrackervsPlanet Coaster

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Planet Coaster leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Captain Toad: Treasure TrackerPlanet Coaster

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Planet Coaster leans harder on variance: Guest mood noise is low and quickly mappable

Optimization8 vs 8

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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