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PongvsWii Sports

Pong leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Wii Sports leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION1 /10
PongWii Sports

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads4 vs 2

Pong leans harder on reads: Against a human, anticipating placement adds a thin prediction layer

Variance0 vs 2

Wii Sports leans harder on variance: Minor physics wobble and CPU behaviour randomness

Optimization1 vs 3

Wii Sports leans harder on optimization: Simple technique tricks like bowling spin are learnable

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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