head to head
vs
Super Mario 64vsTouhou Luna Nights
Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Touhou Luna Nights leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super Mario 64Touhou Luna Nights
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Touhou Luna Nights leans harder on execution: Bullet-pattern dodging and time-stop knife play demand sharp hands
Reads0 vs 1
Touhou Luna Nights leans harder on reads: Boss patterns are fully scripted danmaku
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.