head to head

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash cover artvsNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 cover art

Mario Tennis: Ultra SmashvsNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION6 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Mario Tennis: Ultra SmashNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash leans harder on execution: Shot timing, positioning and jumpshots decide rallies

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

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 Tennis: Ultra Smash

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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3