head to head
vs
And Yet It MovesvsNew Super Mario Bros.
And Yet It Moves leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); New Super Mario Bros. leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
And Yet It MovesNew Super Mario Bros.
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
New Super Mario Bros. leans harder on execution: Jump timing and momentum control carry every level
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
New Super Mario Bros. leans harder on variance: Levels fully deterministic once seen
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.