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Final Fight 2 cover artvsSuper Mario Run cover art

Final Fight 2vsSuper Mario Run

Final Fight 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Run leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Final Fight 2Super Mario Run

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Final Fight 2 leans harder on execution: beat-em-up combo and dodge timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Super Mario Run leans harder on optimization: Routing perfect coin runs is a solvable layout puzzle

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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Final Fight 2

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Super Mario Run