head to head
vs
CelestevsSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
Celeste leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
CelesteSuper Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
Axis by axis
Execution10 vs 9
Celeste leans harder on execution: Pixel-perfect dashes and wavedashes are the entire skill.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 0
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.