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Ratchet & ClankvsSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Ratchet & Clank leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans harder on execution: Egg-aiming and flutter jumps for 100 percent scores

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Ratchet & Clank leans harder on variance: Unknown level layouts on first pass only.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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