head to head
vs
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in TimevsThe Death and Return of Superman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Death and Return of Superman leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in TimeThe Death and Return of Superman
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans harder on execution: Throw timing, positioning, and boss dodges are the whole test.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time leans harder on optimization: Wave layouts and boss patterns are fully memorisable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.