head to head
vs
Persona 4vsPokémon Shining Pearl
Persona 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokémon Shining Pearl leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Persona 4Pokémon Shining Pearl
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Persona 4 leans harder on execution: Menu combat; zero dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Persona 4 leans harder on optimization: Social link scheduling and weakness-exploit planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.