head to head
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Mega Man VvsSuper Mario 64
Mega Man V leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mega Man VSuper Mario 64
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Mega Man V leans harder on optimization: Weapon-order weakness chains and stage routes are the meta-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.