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Hudson's Adventure Island leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Marble It Up! Ultra leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Marble It Up! Ultra leans harder on execution: precise marble physics control is everything

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Hudson's Adventure Island leans harder on variance: fruit/egg drops randomized

Optimization3 vs 3

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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