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Splatoon 2vsSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U

Splatoon 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Smash Bros. for Wii U leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Splatoon 2Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads5 vs 7

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U leans harder on reads: Ledge-trap and landing-trap guessing against humans never converges.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Splatoon 2 leans harder on optimization: loadout and turf strategy solvable

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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