head to head
vs
Mortal Kombat: Deadly AlliancevsSuper Smash Bros.
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Super Smash Bros. leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Mortal Kombat: Deadly AllianceSuper Smash Bros.
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads7 vs 7
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Super Smash Bros. leans harder on variance: Item spawns add randomness; tournament rules strip most of it.
Optimization5 vs 4
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance leans harder on optimization: Learning three styles per character is heavy study
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.