Building comparison
head to head
Smash TVvsSuper 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 TV
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A twin-stick arcade shooter framed as a lethal game show of swarming arenas and prizes.
Super Mario Odyssey
Execution · Pure Mechanics
A 3D platformer whose joy lives in tight movement and capture-driven traversal.
Smash TV leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Smash TVSuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Smash TV leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Smash TV
Twin-stick aim and dodging through swarming arenas is everything.
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 TV
Mobs rush mindlessly on scripts.
Super Mario Odyssey
No adaptive opponents whatsoever.
Variance2 vs 1
Smash TV leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Smash TV
Spawn timing and pickups vary modestly.
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 TV
Room order, powerup priorities, and boss patterns are learnable.
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.