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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION5 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections leans harder on execution: Combo timing and substitution reactions decide exchanges

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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