head to head
vs
Castlevania: The AdventurevsSuper Mario 64
Castlevania: The Adventure leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Castlevania: The AdventureSuper Mario 64
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Super Mario 64 leans harder on variance: Star locations and level layouts are fixed once seen
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.