Building comparison
head to head
198XvsSuper Mario Run
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
198X
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A coming-of-age story told through five playable homages to classic arcade genres.
Super Mario Run
Execution · Practiced Mastery
One-thumb tap-timing precision over fixed courses with solvable coin routes.
198X leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Run leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
198XSuper Mario Run
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
198X
Each arcade vignette tests reflexes in a different genre
Super Mario Run
One-handed tap timing for coin lines demands precision
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
198X
All segments are scripted
Super Mario Run
Auto-runner with no adaptive opponent; Toad Rally is asynchronous
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
198X
Fixed sequences once seen
Super Mario Run
Courses are fixed and fully learnable
Optimization4 vs 4
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
198X
Learning each minigame's patterns
Super Mario Run
Routing perfect coin runs is a solvable layout puzzle
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.