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Super House of Dead Ninjas cover artvsWarioWare: Smooth Moves cover art

Super House of Dead NinjasvsWarioWare: Smooth Moves

Super House of Dead Ninjas leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Super House of Dead NinjasWarioWare: Smooth Moves

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Super House of Dead Ninjas leans harder on execution: Nonstop descent under a timer demands relentless precise inputs

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Super House of Dead Ninjas leans harder on variance: Randomly generated tower floors keep runs unpredictable

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Super House of Dead Ninjas

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WarioWare: Smooth Moves