head to head
vs
Pony IslandvsTurbo Dismount
Pony Island leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Turbo Dismount leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Pony IslandTurbo Dismount
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Pony Island leans harder on execution: Light arcade hopping segments with low demands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Turbo Dismount leans harder on optimization: Engineering obstacle-vehicle-pose combos for max damage is the game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.