head to head
vs
DoDonPachivsNeon White
DoDonPachi leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Neon White leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
DoDonPachiNeon White
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 10
Neon White leans harder on execution: Card-discarding movement tech is the entire game at maximum precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
DoDonPachi leans harder on optimization: Chain meter routing defines high-level play entirely
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.