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PeakvsSuper Mario Maker

Peak leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Maker leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
PeakSuper Mario Maker

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Super Mario Maker leans harder on execution: Community kaizo levels push platforming precision to extremes

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Peak leans harder on optimization: Routing the wall and rationing items decides summit attempts

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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