head to head
vs
Super Monkey Ball Jr.vsThumper
Super Monkey Ball Jr. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Thumper leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Super Monkey Ball Jr.Thumper
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
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 4
Super Monkey Ball Jr. leans harder on optimization: Optimal routes and speed lines are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.