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Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two cover artvsSuper Mario 3D Land cover art

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of TwovsSuper Mario 3D Land

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 3D Land leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of TwoSuper Mario 3D Land

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Super Mario 3D Land leans harder on execution: 3D jumps and special-world remixes need clean control

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two leans harder on variance: Mild uncertainty in quest branches

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

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Super Mario 3D Land