head to head

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door cover artvsPokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! cover art

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorvsPokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorPokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on execution: Action commands and stylish moves

Reads2 vs 1

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy AI

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

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Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!