head to head
vs
Super Mario 64vsWario Land 4
Super Mario 64 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Wario Land 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Super Mario 64Wario Land 4
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
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
Wario Land 4 leans harder on optimization: Treasure routing and frog-switch timing reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.