head to head
vs
AladdinvsHudson's Adventure Island
Aladdin leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Hudson's Adventure Island leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
AladdinHudson's Adventure Island
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Hudson's Adventure Island leans harder on execution: tight platform jumps, brutal timing windows
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Aladdin leans harder on optimization: Level routes are learnable but execution dominates.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.