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Super Mario Maker cover artvsTetris Effect: Connected cover art

Super Mario MakervsTetris Effect: Connected

Super Mario Maker leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tetris Effect: Connected leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Super Mario MakerTetris Effect: Connected

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Tetris Effect: Connected leans harder on execution: Precision placement under acceleration is the entire skill ceiling

Reads0 vs 1

Tetris Effect: Connected leans harder on reads: Zone-battle opponents exist but format leans on execution

Variance3 vs 3

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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Tetris Effect: Connected