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WarioWare: Smooth Moves cover artvsYar's Revenge cover art

WarioWare: Smooth MovesvsYar's Revenge

WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Yar's Revenge leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
WarioWare: Smooth MovesYar's Revenge

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans harder on variance: Random microgame draws keep each run unpredictable

Optimization3 vs 3

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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WarioWare: Smooth Moves

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