head to head
vs
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2vsWCW/nWo Thunder
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); WCW/nWo Thunder leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2WCW/nWo Thunder
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 leans harder on execution: Beam clashes, vanish timing and arena movement reward fast hands
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
WCW/nWo Thunder leans harder on variance: Reversal windows add some unpredictability
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.