head to head
vs
Hyper SportsvsMario Bros.
Hyper Sports leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Mario Bros. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Hyper SportsMario Bros.
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Hyper Sports leans harder on execution: Button-mashing speed and precise timing define every event
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.