head to head
vs
Mario Kart 8vsNine Parchments
Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Nine Parchments leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Mario Kart 8Nine Parchments
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Nine Parchments leans harder on reads: No adaptive human opponent; enemy patterns are scripted
Variance6 vs 5
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on variance: item boxes are heavily randomized
Optimization5 vs 5
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.