head to head
vs
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream LandvsLEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream LandLEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land leans harder on execution: light platforming and timing precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes leans harder on optimization: Matching character abilities to gated collectibles
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.