The best PMD game story- and music-wise. No contest.

I didn't really grow up with PMD, but I do remember quite vividly watching my sibling play through the first game. I didn't play any of it up until like, last year where I played through the entirety of Explorers of Sky. Plus the post-story content. I wasn't much a fan of the post-story (always felt like it was cheaply added on for the sake of being there) or the gameplay (there's a lot of bs in those games that make a lot of sections just. Not fun (i'm looking at you room-wide attacks and ghost pokemon)), but my god was the story great. And especially the soundtrack. My god is it fantastic