head to head
vs
Hyper DemonvsMega Man
Hyper Demon leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mega Man leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hyper DemonMega Man
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Hyper Demon leans harder on execution: Frame-tight movement tech and aim define every score run
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Hyper Demon leans harder on variance: Slight spawn timing noise within a learnable structure
Optimization6 vs 6
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.