head to head
vs
Kirby & The Amazing MirrorvsThe Cave
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Cave leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Kirby & The Amazing MirrorThe Cave
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror leans harder on execution: Easy combat with floaty movement
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
The Cave leans harder on optimization: Three-character object-shuffling puzzles are the whole game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.