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Mario Kart Wii cover artvsRe-Volt cover art

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Mario Kart Wii leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Re-Volt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Re-Volt leans harder on execution: Twitchy RC car handling punishes sloppy steering

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 4

Mario Kart Wii leans harder on variance: blue shells and items are random

Optimization5 vs 4

Mario Kart Wii leans harder on optimization: routes and item strategy are solvable

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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