head to head
vs
Shantae: Risky's RevengevsSuper Mario 64
Shantae: Risky's Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Shantae: Risky's RevengeSuper Mario 64
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Super Mario 64 leans harder on execution: Perfect analog inputs trivialise precise jumps, dives and wall-kicks
Reads1 vs 0
Shantae: Risky's Revenge leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses and enemies
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.