head to head
vs
Clone HerovsSuper Mario Bros.
Clone Hero leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Bros. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Clone HeroSuper Mario Bros.
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Clone Hero leans harder on execution: Community charts push fretting speed past official games
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 0
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Super Mario Bros. leans harder on optimization: Level memorisation and warp routing are fully solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.