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Nintendo World Cup cover artvsWii Sports Resort cover art

Nintendo World CupvsWii Sports Resort

Nintendo World Cup leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wii Sports Resort leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Nintendo World CupWii Sports Resort

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 2

Nintendo World Cup leans harder on reads: Versus a human, shot fakes add light prediction

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Nintendo World Cup

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Wii Sports Resort