head to head
Super Smash Bros. Melee asks more than NFL Street 3, and the gap is execution.

Execution · Competitive PvP
An arcade street football game balancing input timing with opponent reads.

Execution · Competitive PvP
A platform fighter with one of the highest execution ceilings in any competitive game, layered on top of deep human reads.
NFL Street 3 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Super Smash Bros. Melee leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Super Smash Bros. Melee leans clearly harder on execution.
NFL Street 3
Timing trick moves, passes and tackles demands control
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Wavedashing, L-cancels, and tech-chasing set an extreme physical ceiling
Super Smash Bros. Melee leans clearly harder on reads.
NFL Street 3
Human opponents require reading play calls and movement
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Reading DI choices and opponent adaptive habits is constant and non-convergent
NFL Street 3 leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
NFL Street 3
Physics and catch outcomes add randomness
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Stage hazard RNG and spawn positions add marginal chaos
Super Smash Bros. Melee leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
NFL Street 3
Team building, style points and play strategy run underneath
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Character matchup tiers and optimal movement routing are deeply studied
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.