head to head
Slapshot: Rebound asks more than Super Mario World, and the gap is reads.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
Physics hockey where manual stick control and outplaying humans decide everything.

Execution · Pure Mechanics
Precise jump execution across fixed levels with secrets to memorise.
Slapshot: Rebound leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario World leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Slapshot: Rebound leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Slapshot: Rebound
Manual stick rotation makes every pass and shot a motor test
Super Mario World
Perfect inputs trivialise every jump, spin and cape flight
Slapshot: Rebound leans clearly harder on reads.
Slapshot: Rebound
Human defenders force constant deking and anticipation
Super Mario World
Scripted Koopas adapt to nothing
Slapshot: Rebound leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Slapshot: Rebound
Pure physics, explicitly no RNG by design
Super Mario World
Levels are fixed; nothing hidden survives one playthrough
Super Mario World leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Slapshot: Rebound
Team positioning and rotations matter but stay simple
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.