head to head
vs
Mega Man 2vsSpark the Electric Jester
Mega Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spark the Electric Jester leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Mega Man 2Spark the Electric Jester
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Spark the Electric Jester leans harder on reads: Solo; enemies follow scripted patterns
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Mega Man 2 leans harder on optimization: weapon-weakness ordering is the classic solve
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.