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TMNT: Mutant Melee leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Wii Play leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION5 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
TMNT: Mutant MeleeWii Play

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 2

TMNT: Mutant Melee leans harder on reads: Four-player human melees reward mild habit-reading

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

TMNT: Mutant Melee leans harder on optimization: Character movesets are shallow and quickly learned

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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