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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition cover artvsNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe cover art

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionvsNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship EditionNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans harder on execution: precise jump and platforming execution

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition leans harder on optimization: Ability-gated routing and upgrade order reward planning

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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