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Super Mario GalaxyvsTales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Super Mario Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Super Mario GalaxyTales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Super Mario Galaxy leans harder on execution: Gravity-bending jumps need timing, though forgiving by Mario standards
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Super Mario Galaxy leans harder on optimization: Star routes and comet challenges reward learned solutions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.