head to head
vs
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorvsPokémon Masters EX
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokémon Masters EX leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorPokémon Masters EX
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on execution: Action commands and stylish moves
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Pokémon Masters EX leans harder on optimization: Team building, type matchups and sync grids are the core
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.