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Super MetroidvsUmihara Kawase
Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Umihara Kawase leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Super MetroidUmihara Kawase
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Umihara Kawase leans harder on execution: Elastic fishing-line swings require precise tension control.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Super Metroid leans harder on optimization: Sequence-breaking route optimisation is the enduring meta-game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.