head to head
vs
Street Fighter III: New GenerationvsTekken 6
Street Fighter III: New Generation leans Reads (Competitive PvP); Tekken 6 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
Street Fighter III: New GenerationTekken 6
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Tekken 6 leans harder on execution: Bound combos and movement push a high physical ceiling
Reads9 vs 8
Street Fighter III: New Generation leans harder on reads: Parries turn every attack into a human prediction duel
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.