Im actually playing pm64 for the first time right now after finishing TTYD a few days ago, which I thought was a 10/10. just got my third star and about to go through the shy guy box.

its a ton of fun and Im really enjoying it so far but Id be pretty surprised if it tops TTYD. I miss having partner health and being able to swap them front and back. I didnt even know about stylish moves and never used superguards so thats whatever. but really the setting and story just seem a lot more basic, though still charming. TTYD started out basic but everything from chapter 5 onward (aside from general white backtracking sesh which was obviously shit) just blew me away with sheer LUDO and the post game/100 pit trial gave me a lot of playtime even after the ending. what a great fucking game, especially the second half. even the first half wasnt bad, glitz pit was awesome as hell.

I DO like pm64s visual style and level design more though. the stages and dungeons just flow really well, a lot of TTYD was walking along straight lines. the koopa fortress, desert temple and klubbas castle were all really really fun to explore. but theres still some really good dungeons in ttyd too like pirate cave, x-nauts hideout or shadow palace.