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Mario Party 5 cover artvsSuper Mario Party cover art

Mario Party 5vsSuper Mario Party

Mario Party 5 leans Variance (Pure Chaos); Super Mario Party leans Variance (Pure Chaos).

EXECUTION4 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE8 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Mario Party 5Super Mario Party

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance8 vs 8

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Mario Party 5

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Super Mario Party