head to head
vs
Night WatchvsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Night Watch leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Night WatchPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on execution: Action commands and stylish moves
Reads3 vs 2
Night Watch leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted, not adapting to you
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.