head to head
vs
Pure PoolvsSuper Mario Odyssey
Pure Pool leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Pure PoolSuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Pure Pool leans harder on reads: Online opponents allow minor safety mindgames only
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Pure Pool leans harder on optimization: Pattern play and positional theory are deeply learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.