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Circus Charlie cover artvsNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe cover art

Circus CharlievsNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Circus Charlie leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Circus CharlieNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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