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My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess cover artvsScribblenauts Unlimited cover art

My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda Twilight PrincessvsScribblenauts Unlimited

My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Scribblenauts Unlimited leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Scribblenauts Unlimited leans harder on variance: Puzzles are visible; nothing meaningful is hidden

Optimization7 vs 6

My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess leans harder on optimization: Nonogram deduction is literally a solvable logic system

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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My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess

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