head to head
Super Mario Odyssey asks more than Disney's DuckTales, and the gap is execution.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A classic platformer where mastering the cane-bounce mechanic carries every level.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Disney's DuckTales leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super Mario Odyssey leans clearly harder on execution.
Disney's DuckTales
precise cane-bounce platforming required
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Disney's DuckTales
scripted enemies, no adaptation
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Disney's DuckTales
minimal randomness
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Super Mario Odyssey leans clearly harder on optimization.
Disney's DuckTales
level routes lightly solvable
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech learnable.
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.