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Metroid Fusion leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Wizards & Warriors leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Wizards & Warriors leans harder on execution: Floaty NES jumps and knockback demand practiced hands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Metroid Fusion leans harder on optimization: guided structure still rewards route and pattern knowledge

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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