Building comparison
head to head
New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxevsRayman Legends
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A classic 2D Mario platformer rewarding tight jump execution above all.
Rayman Legends
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A vibrant 2D platformer with rhythm-based highlight levels.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Rayman Legends leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeRayman Legends
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
precise jump and platforming execution
Rayman Legends
Tight 2D platforming and music levels
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
fixed enemy patterns, no adaptation
Rayman Legends
No adaptive opponent
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
minor enemy placement randomness
Rayman Legends
Fixed levels
Optimization3 vs 4
Rayman Legends leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
level routing for speed/collectibles
Rayman Legends
Time trial routing
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.