head to head
vs
Super MetroidvsThunder Force III
Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Thunder Force III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Super MetroidThunder Force III
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Thunder Force III leans harder on execution: High-speed terrain weaving and boss dodges test the hands.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.