Legend of Zelda vs Final Fantasy, wich is the better franchise?

[Runa216]

This is actually a really hard question for most people, but not for me. I have a set of Zelda games on my top 25 list, but I have far more Final Fantasy games, and when I compare the two I just find Final Fantasy to have better story, characters, world, and virtually everything but gameplay. (and even then, we can't really compare because one is a turn based RPG, the other an action adventure game. Both are the pinnacle of their respective genres.

For comparison, here are my rankings for Zelda games in my top 25 list:

1 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
2 - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker/HD
3 - The LEgend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
4 - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
5 - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
6 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

I hated Skyrim sword, didn't much care for the first two, and was neutral on Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask (I just don't see what's so special about them.) I loved Minish cap, and quite enjoyed the ORacle games and Link's Awakening. Did not like Phantom Hourglass or Spirit tracks. The Legend of Zelda is very hit or miss. the games I love, I LOVE, but the games I hate, I HATE. And lots of middling entries.

Final Fantasy, on the other hand, has been pretty consistently awesome. Also some games in that franchise I hate, and a few I am neutral on, but there are far more great games in the series. Here's my ranking of Final Fantasy games in my top 25 list:

1 - Final Fantasy VI
2 - Final Fantasy VII
3 - Final Fantasy X
4 - Final Fantasy XII
5 - Final Fantasy IX
6 - Final Fantasy VIII
7 - Final Fantasy IV
8 - Final Fantasy V
9 - Final Fantasy Tactics
10- Final Fantasy
11 - Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced

My hatred for XIII is legendary, I similarly hated XIII-2 and Lightning Returns. I hate MMO's, so I Avoided XI and XIV like the plague. I didn't care for II or III (their original or updated versions). Tactics A-2 was forgettable, and X-2 was fun but stupid (therefore ruining the point). So I'd say the ratio of FF games was better than the ratio of Zelda games, and I'd argue any day that the stories, characters, and world of Final Fantasy are ALWAYS better than Zelda (not to mention Zelda tends to slip into "I'm trying to be serious but am failing miserably due to art direction and characters" territory).

So yeah, I think Final Fantasy is the objectively and subjectively superior franchise,e ven though the games I hate from that franchise I hate more than anything I hate from Zelda. Even the Zelda games I don't like (Ocarina, Majora's Mask, DS games) I don't hate as much as the XIII saga and the online games.

As an additive bonus, the FInal Fantasy Side games (Dissidia, Kingdom Hearts), tend to be better than the Zelda side games (CD-I games and Hyrule Warriors)