head to head
vs
Mario Party 9vsSuper Mario Party
Mario Party 9 leans Variance (Pure Chaos); Super Mario Party leans Variance (Pure Chaos).
Mario Party 9Super Mario Party
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Super Mario Party leans harder on execution: Joy-Con motion minigames test brief coordination.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance8 vs 8
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 vs 3
Super Mario Party leans harder on optimization: Custom dice choice is the one real decision.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.