Building comparison
head to head
Smash HitvsSuper Mario Odyssey
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.
Smash Hit
Execution · Pure Mechanics
Reflex-timed throwing accuracy and ball economy along an accelerating rail.
Super Mario Odyssey
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Smash Hit leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Smash HitSuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Smash Hit
Timed taps to break glass before impact decide survival
Super Mario Odyssey
Precise platforming and capture-move tech ceiling.
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Smash Hit
No opponent - obstacles are preset courses
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Variance2 vs 1
Smash Hit leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Smash Hit
Minor obstacle shuffling, quickly familiar with replays
Super Mario Odyssey
Almost no randomness in level design.
Optimization4 vs 5
Super Mario Odyssey leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
Smash Hit
Ball conservation and multiball management extend runs
Super Mario Odyssey
Moon routes and movement tech learnable.
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.