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Mario Pinball LandvsWarioWare: Smooth Moves

Mario Pinball Land leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Execution6 vs 7

WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans harder on execution: Instant motion-pose changes and gesture accuracy under pressure

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Mario Pinball Land leans harder on optimization: Room order and star routing have a planning layer

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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