head to head
vs
Mario Party AdvancevsRoad 96
Mario Party Advance leans Variance (Pure Chaos); Road 96 leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).
Mario Party AdvanceRoad 96
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Mario Party Advance leans harder on execution: Minigames need only light reflex inputs
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Road 96 leans harder on optimization: Resource management and route choices are light but solvable systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.