head to head
vs
SoulCalibur IIIvsThe King of Fighters 2006
SoulCalibur III leans Execution (Competitive PvP); The King of Fighters 2006 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
SoulCalibur IIIThe King of Fighters 2006
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
The King of Fighters 2006 leans harder on execution: Combo execution and spacing precision define fights
Reads7 vs 7
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
The King of Fighters 2006 leans harder on variance: Little randomness in deterministic fighting engine
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.