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Star Fox Zero cover artvsSuper Mario World cover art

Star Fox ZerovsSuper Mario World

Star Fox Zero leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Star Fox ZeroSuper Mario World

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

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.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Star Fox Zero

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Super Mario World