head to head
Super Mario Odyssey asks more than Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, and the gap is optimization.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
DS stylus rhythm game where a male cheer squad saves lives through perfectly timed taps.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Stylus tap, drag, and spin precision at high tempo
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Charts never adapt
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Fully fixed note placements
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Super Mario Odyssey leans clearly harder on optimization.
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Memorizing layouts matters less than stylus accuracy
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech learnable.
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.