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Kitten Squad cover artvsSuper Mario Run cover art

Kitten SquadvsSuper Mario Run

Kitten Squad leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Run leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Kitten SquadSuper Mario Run

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Super Mario Run leans harder on execution: One-handed tap timing for coin lines demands precision

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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