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New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxevsThe Typing of the Dead: Overkill

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); The Typing of the Dead: Overkill leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeThe Typing of the Dead: Overkill

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

The Typing of the Dead: Overkill leans harder on variance: Word prompts are randomly drawn per zombie

Optimization3 vs 2

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans harder on optimization: level routing for speed/collectibles

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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