Building comparison
head to head
Final Fight 3vsSuper Mario Run
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Final Fight 3
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A classic side-scrolling brawler focused on tight combat execution.
Super Mario Run
Execution · Practiced Mastery
One-thumb tap-timing precision over fixed courses with solvable coin routes.
Final Fight 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Run leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Final Fight 3Super Mario Run
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Final Fight 3 leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Final Fight 3
beat-em-up combo and dodge execution
Super Mario Run
One-handed tap timing for coin lines demands precision
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Final Fight 3
enemies use fixed scripted aggression
Super Mario Run
Auto-runner with no adaptive opponent; Toad Rally is asynchronous
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Final Fight 3
minor enemy spawn randomness
Super Mario Run
Courses are fixed and fully learnable
Optimization3 vs 4
Super Mario Run leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Final Fight 3
character choice and combo-route optimization
Super Mario Run
Routing perfect coin runs is a solvable layout puzzle
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.