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Donkey Kong Junior cover artvsHatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd cover art

Donkey Kong JuniorvsHatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd

Donkey Kong Junior leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Donkey Kong JuniorHatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd leans harder on execution: Perfect input timing on note charts is literally everything

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Donkey Kong Junior leans harder on variance: minor enemy timing variance

Optimization2 vs 2

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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Donkey Kong Junior

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Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd