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Mortal Kombat Gold cover artvsSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS cover art

Mortal Kombat GoldvsSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Mortal Kombat Gold leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Mortal Kombat GoldSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 7

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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Mortal Kombat Gold

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Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS