head to head
vs
Mario Kart 7vsMoney Puzzle Exchanger
Mario Kart 7 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Money Puzzle Exchanger leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mario Kart 7Money Puzzle Exchanger
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 2
Mario Kart 7 leans harder on reads: Online lobbies reward anticipating rivals' items
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Money Puzzle Exchanger leans harder on optimization: Chaining exchanges optimally is the scoring core
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.