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Pokémon Emerald cover artvsThe Wizard and the Princess cover art

Pokémon EmeraldvsThe Wizard and the Princess

Pokémon Emerald leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Wizard and the Princess leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Pokémon EmeraldThe Wizard and the Princess

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

The Wizard and the Princess leans harder on execution: Typing commands demands no physical skill

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Pokémon Emerald leans harder on variance: Encounter RNG and Frontier hax

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Pokémon Emerald

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The Wizard and the Princess