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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Ultimate Chicken Horse leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION7 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 6

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U leans harder on reads: Ledge-trap and landing-trap guessing against humans never converges.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U leans harder on optimization: Rage mechanics and kill-confirm percents are deeply labbable.

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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