head to head
vs
Baku BakuvsMario Kart DS
Baku Baku leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario Kart DS leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Baku BakuMario Kart DS
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Mario Kart DS leans harder on execution: Snaking demands relentless precise drift inputs
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Baku Baku leans harder on optimization: Matching animals to food efficiently chains optimal combos
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.