head to head
vs
Total CarnagevsWarioWare: Smooth Moves
Total Carnage leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); WarioWare: Smooth Moves leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Total CarnageWarioWare: Smooth Moves
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Total Carnage leans harder on execution: Twin-stick aiming and dodging amid bullet chaos is everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 3
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.