head to head
vs
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!vsTricky Towers
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Tricky Towers leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!Tricky Towers
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 2
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! leans harder on reads: Item duels against humans reward baiting
Variance5 vs 3
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! leans harder on variance: Special item rolls swing races
Optimization4 vs 4
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.