head to head
vs
Star Fox 64vsSuper Metroid
Star Fox 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Star Fox 64Super Metroid
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Star Fox 64 leans harder on execution: Rail-shooter aim, barrel rolls, and boost timing are everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.