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Sports Champions cover artvsWii Play cover art

Sports ChampionsvsWii Play

Sports Champions leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wii Play leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Sports ChampionsWii Play

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Sports Champions leans harder on execution: Motion-controlled swings and throws are the entire test

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Wii Play leans harder on variance: Find Mii crowds and target spawns randomise lightly

Optimization2 vs 2

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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