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Device 6 cover artvsPokémon Emerald cover art

Device 6vsPokémon Emerald

Device 6 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokémon Emerald leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Device 6Pokémon Emerald

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.

Variance1 vs 2

Pokémon Emerald leans harder on variance: Encounter RNG and Frontier hax

Optimization7 vs 8

Pokémon Emerald leans harder on optimization: EVs, movesets, and Frontier strategy run deep

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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