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Super House of Dead Ninjas leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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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.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Super House of Dead Ninjas leans harder on optimization: Weapon loadout choices lightly shape each descent

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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