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Fireboy and Watergirl in the Forest Temple cover artvsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island cover art

Fireboy and Watergirl in the Forest TemplevsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Fireboy and Watergirl in the Forest Temple leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Fireboy and Watergirl in the Forest TempleSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans harder on execution: Egg-aiming and flutter jumps for 100 percent scores

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans harder on variance: Collectibles hidden only until found

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Fireboy and Watergirl in the Forest Temple

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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island