Building comparison
head to head
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!vsPunch-Out!!
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is optimization, and it is a single point.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Execution · Practiced Mastery
NES boxing game built entirely on memorizing opponent tells and executing split-second counters.
Punch-Out!!
Execution · Practiced Mastery
A boxing game about memorizing scripted opponent tells and executing precise dodges.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Punch-Out!! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!Punch-Out!!
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Frame-tight dodges and counters, brutal at Tyson
Punch-Out!!
precise dodge and punch timing
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Every boxer follows fixed tells and patterns
Punch-Out!!
scripted opponent tells, not truly adaptive
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Almost fully deterministic once patterns are known
Punch-Out!!
minimal randomness in fights
Optimization7 vs 6
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Memorizing each opponent's pattern is half the game
Punch-Out!!
memorizing fixed opponent attack patterns
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.