head to head
vs
Magical Drop VIvsMario Kart DS
Magical Drop VI leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario Kart DS leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Magical Drop VIMario Kart DS
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Magical Drop VI leans harder on optimization: chain strategies are learnable and solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.