head to head
vs
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3vsNaruto: Ultimate Ninja
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Naruto: Ultimate Ninja leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 5
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 leans harder on reads: Versus humans, baiting teleports and guessing cancels decides exchanges
Variance1 vs 2
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja leans harder on variance: Stage items add light randomness to matches
Optimization4 vs 4
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.