head to head
vs
New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxevsOne Finger Death Punch 2
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); One Finger Death Punch 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeOne Finger Death Punch 2
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
One Finger Death Punch 2 leans harder on execution: Two-button precision timing at extreme speed is everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
One Finger Death Punch 2 leans harder on variance: Wave composition shuffles slightly between rounds
Optimization3 vs 3
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.