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Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi cover artvsSuper Mario Odyssey cover art

Shadow Dancer: The Secret of ShinobivsSuper Mario Odyssey

Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of ShinobiSuper Mario Odyssey

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi

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Super Mario Odyssey