head to head
vs
8-Bit BayonettavsPikuniku
8-Bit Bayonetta leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pikuniku leans Execution (Light / Casual).
8-Bit BayonettaPikuniku
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
8-Bit Bayonetta leans harder on execution: Jump-and-shoot timing is the whole minigame
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 vs 3
Pikuniku leans harder on optimization: Simple puzzles with obvious solutions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.