head to head
vs
Sonic HeroesvsSuper Mario Bros. Crossover
Sonic Heroes leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Bros. Crossover leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Sonic HeroesSuper Mario Bros. Crossover
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Super Mario Bros. Crossover leans harder on execution: Classic Mario precision jumping with varied character physics
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Sonic Heroes leans harder on variance: Fixed level layouts
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.