head to head
vs
Persona 4vsYo-kai Watch
Persona 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Yo-kai Watch leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Persona 4Yo-kai Watch
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Yo-kai Watch leans harder on execution: Touchscreen minigames for soul-charging and purification
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.