head to head
vs
Sonic GenerationsvsSuper Mario Bros.
Sonic Generations leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Bros. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Sonic GenerationsSuper Mario Bros.
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Super Mario Bros. leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs trivialise momentum jumps over fixed hazards
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 0
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Sonic Generations leans harder on optimization: S-ranks come from memorising optimal routes and shortcuts
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.