head to head
vs
New Super Mario Bros.vsSonic Adventure 2
New Super Mario Bros. leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sonic Adventure 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
New Super Mario Bros.Sonic Adventure 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Sonic Adventure 2 leans harder on reads: No adaptive opponent
Variance1 vs 2
Sonic Adventure 2 leans harder on variance: Some camera randomness
Optimization5 vs 5
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.