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Tennis for Two leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Wii Play leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION1 /10
Tennis for TwoWii Play

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Execution6 vs 5

Tennis for Two leans harder on execution: Timing the knob-and-button returns is the entire skill

Reads3 vs 2

Tennis for Two leans harder on reads: A human opponent exists but tactics are minimal

Variance0 vs 2

Wii Play leans harder on variance: Find Mii crowds and target spawns randomise lightly

Optimization1 vs 2

Wii Play leans harder on optimization: Minigames are too shallow to deeply optimise

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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