head to head
vs
Adventure Island IIvsDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Adventure Island II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Adventure Island IIDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest leans harder on execution: Demanding jump chains and animal-buddy control
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Adventure Island II leans harder on variance: Egg contents and dinosaur drops add light randomness
Optimization5 vs 5
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.