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Super Mario WorldvsToree 2

Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Toree 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Super Mario WorldToree 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Super Mario World leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Super Mario World leans harder on variance: Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough

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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