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Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

Greedy platformer where Wario charges through Kitchen Island hoarding coins and treasure.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    6/10

    Platforming jumps and shoulder-charge timing

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Entirely scripted single-player levels

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    2/10

    Hidden exits and treasures unknown on first play

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    6/10

    Coin hoarding and treasure routing drive the best ending

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
1994
Developer
Nintendo R&D1
Franchise
Mario Bros.
Platforms
3DS, Game Boy
Modes
Single player
IGDB users
80/100
PlatformAction