Building comparison
head to head
Mario Kart 7vsSuper Mario Kart
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Mario Kart 7
Execution · Practiced Mastery
The 3DS Mario Kart that added gliders, underwater driving, and kart customisation.
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario Kart
Execution · Practiced Mastery
The original kart racer where drift technique fights item luck on Mode 7 tracks.
Mario Kart 7 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Kart leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mario Kart 7Super Mario Kart
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mario Kart 7
Drift boosts, gliding, and underwater control
Super Mario Kart
Hop-drifting Mode 7 corners is genuinely technical
Reads3 vs 3
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mario Kart 7
Online lobbies reward anticipating rivals' items
Super Mario Kart
Two-player battles reward predicting the rival
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mario Kart 7
Item luck shapes every race
Super Mario Kart
Item rolls swing close races
Optimization5 vs 5
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mario Kart 7
Kart customisation and track-specific routes
Super Mario Kart
Racing lines and shortcut mastery
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.