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Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!vsMetroid Prime 2: Echoes
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Metroid Prime 2: Echoes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes leans harder on variance: dark-world hazards surprise until learned
Optimization7 vs 6
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! leans harder on optimization: Planning girder placements for perfect scores is the real game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.