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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3vsSonic the Fighters

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Sonic the Fighters leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION5 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3Sonic the Fighters

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Sonic the Fighters leans harder on execution: Barrier breaks and juggle timing reward fast hands

Reads5 vs 5

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 leans harder on variance: Support meter and item randomness barely matter

Optimization3 vs 3

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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