head to head
vs
Astro's PlayroomvsKirby: Triple Deluxe
Astro's Playroom leans Execution (Light / Casual); Kirby: Triple Deluxe leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Astro's PlayroomKirby: Triple Deluxe
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Astro's Playroom leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Kirby: Triple Deluxe leans harder on optimization: Sun-stone hunting and foreground-background gimmick puzzles
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.