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NHL 22 cover artvsSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U cover art

NHL 22vsSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U

NHL 22 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Super Smash Bros. for Wii U leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
NHL 22Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 7

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U leans harder on reads: Ledge-trap and landing-trap guessing against humans never converges.

Variance3 vs 2

NHL 22 leans harder on variance: Bounces, deflections and puck luck add chaos

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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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U