head to head
vs
Super MetroidvsYs Origin
Super Metroid leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ys Origin leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Super MetroidYs Origin
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Ys Origin leans harder on reads: Bosses cycle fixed patterns.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Super Metroid leans harder on optimization: Sequence-breaking route optimisation is the enduring meta-game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.