head to head
vs
Mario Kart 7vsPac-Man 99
Mario Kart 7 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pac-Man 99 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mario Kart 7Pac-Man 99
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
Pac-Man 99 leans harder on optimization: Ghost-train routing and target strategies have known best lines
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.