Building comparison
head to head
Friday Night Funkin'vsNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Friday Night Funkin'
Execution · Pure Mechanics
An open-source rhythm battler whose rap-duel format spawned a massive modding scene.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A classic 2D Mario platformer rewarding tight jump execution above all.
Friday Night Funkin' leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Friday Night Funkin'New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Friday Night Funkin'
Four-key arrow streams get genuinely fast on hard
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
precise jump and platforming execution
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Friday Night Funkin'
Opponents sing scripted patterns
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
fixed enemy patterns, no adaptation
Variance0 vs 1
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Friday Night Funkin'
Charts fully deterministic
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
minor enemy placement randomness
Optimization2 vs 3
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Friday Night Funkin'
Chart memorization for full combos
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
level routing for speed/collectibles
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.