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Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!vsPortal
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Portal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!Portal
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 0
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! leans harder on variance: Puzzle layouts are fully visible and fixed
Optimization7 vs 8
Portal leans harder on optimization: Pure puzzle-solving optimization.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.