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Mario vs. Donkey KongvsUnravel
Mario vs. Donkey Kong leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Unravel leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Mario vs. Donkey KongUnravel
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Mario vs. Donkey Kong leans harder on execution: Handstand jumps and timing matter for keys and scores
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Mario vs. Donkey Kong leans harder on optimization: Route planning and mini-Mario herding are solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.