head to head
vs
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandvsTomba!
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomba! leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandTomba!
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island leans harder on execution: Egg-aiming and flutter jumps for 100 percent scores
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Tomba! leans harder on variance: First-run quest discovery hides some information
Optimization6 vs 6
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.