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Super Mario Maker leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tetris Evolution leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 9

Tetris Evolution leans harder on execution: fast, precise piece placement under speed

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Super Mario Maker leans harder on variance: Unknown user levels are hidden information until attempted

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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