head to head
vs
Crash BandicootvsMega Man 6
Crash Bandicoot leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mega Man 6 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Crash BandicootMega Man 6
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Crash Bandicoot leans harder on execution: Tight jumps on narrow paths punish slop
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Mega Man 6 leans harder on optimization: Weakness ordering and Rush adaptor routing are 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.