head to head
vs
BastionvsThe World Ends with You
Bastion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The World Ends with You leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BastionThe World Ends with You
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
The World Ends with You leans harder on execution: Frantic stylus combat juggling two characters at once
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.