head to head
vs
Battletoads / Double DragonvsSuper Castlevania IV
Battletoads / Double Dragon leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Castlevania IV leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Battletoads / Double DragonSuper Castlevania IV
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Battletoads / Double Dragon leans harder on execution: Unforgiving brawls and vehicle stages punish any input slip
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.