head to head
vs
Mario Kart 8vsPokémon Pinball
Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Pokémon Pinball leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Mario Kart 8Pokémon Pinball
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on reads: minimal, mostly reacting not predicting
Variance6 vs 4
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on variance: item boxes are heavily randomized
Optimization5 vs 4
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on optimization: track lines and item strategy solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.