head to head
vs
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestvsSuper Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Bros. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong QuestSuper Mario Bros.
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Super Mario Bros. leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs trivialise momentum jumps over fixed hazards
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest leans harder on variance: Secret Lost World entrances hidden until found
Optimization5 vs 5
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.