head to head
vs
Blade KittenvsSuper Mario World
Blade Kitten leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Blade KittenSuper Mario World
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Super Mario World leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight
Reads1 vs 0
Blade Kitten leans harder on reads: Enemies follow fixed patterns, not adaptive
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.