head to head
vs
New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxevsVVVVVV
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); VVVVVV leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeVVVVVV
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
VVVVVV leans harder on execution: Pixel-perfect gravity flips through spike gauntlets
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe leans harder on variance: minor enemy placement randomness
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.