head to head
vs
Donkey KongvsTouhou Luna Nights
Donkey Kong leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Touhou Luna Nights leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Donkey KongTouhou Luna Nights
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Touhou Luna Nights leans harder on reads: Boss patterns are fully scripted danmaku
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Donkey Kong leans harder on optimization: Stage patterns and score routes fully learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.