head to head
vs
Super Mario 3D LandvsTomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Super Mario 3D Land leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Super Mario 3D LandTomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Super Mario 3D Land leans harder on execution: 3D jumps and special-world remixes need clean control
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return leans harder on optimization: Interlocking 130-plus event quests reward sequencing.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.