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Spy Chameleon cover artvsSuper Mario Run cover art

Spy ChameleonvsSuper Mario Run

Spy Chameleon leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Run leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Spy ChameleonSuper Mario Run

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

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 4

Spy Chameleon leans harder on optimization: Speedrun routes and collectible paths are solvable per level

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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