Building comparison
head to head
Persona 5: Dancing in StarlightvsSuper Mario World
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
Execution · Pure Mechanics
The Phantom Thieves trade heists for choreography in this Persona 5 soundtrack rhythm game.
Super Mario World
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Precise jump execution across fixed levels with secrets to memorise.
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Persona 5: Dancing in StarlightSuper Mario World
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
Fast six-lane note timing on remixed tracks
Super Mario World
Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
No adaptive element
Super Mario World
Scripted Koopas adapt to nothing
Variance0 vs 1
Super Mario World leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
Deterministic charts
Super Mario World
Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough
Optimization3 vs 4
Super Mario World leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight
Score modifiers and chart familiarity
Super Mario World
Secret exits and route knowledge add a modest solvable layer
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.