head to head
vs
Mario Bros.vsNightmare Kart
Mario Bros. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Nightmare Kart leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Mario Bros.Nightmare Kart
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Nightmare Kart leans harder on reads: Human racers in versus add mild prediction
Variance2 vs 3
Nightmare Kart leans harder on variance: Item pickups inject kart-racer chaos
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.