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Mario Kart DS leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Touhou Yumejikuu: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Mario Kart DSTouhou Yumejikuu: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Mario Kart DS leans harder on variance: Item RNG decides tight finishes

Optimization5 vs 5

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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