head to head
vs
Super Monkey Ball 3DvsThumper
Super Monkey Ball 3D leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Thumper leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super Monkey Ball 3DThumper
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Super Monkey Ball 3D leans harder on reads: Solo stages, no opponent to predict
Variance2 vs 1
Super Monkey Ball 3D leans harder on variance: Levels are fixed with little randomness
Optimization4 vs 4
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.