head to head
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Race the SunvsWarioWare: Smooth Moves
Race the Sun leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Race the SunWarioWare: Smooth Moves
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Race the Sun leans harder on execution: Split-second weaving at ever-rising speed is the whole test
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Race the Sun leans harder on variance: Procedural daily worlds keep layouts unknown
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.