head to head
vs
Guitar Hero 5vsSuper Mario World
Guitar Hero 5 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Guitar Hero 5Super Mario World
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Guitar Hero 5 leans harder on execution: Fast expert charts across guitar, drums, vocals
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Super Mario World leans harder on variance: Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough
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.