Part of the problem here is that the comparison in terms of story telling is almost impossible. Sakaguchi and Miyamoto had very different philosophies when it came to game creation. Sakaguchi took a film makers approach towards FF in regards to story telling, Miyamoto pretty much thought story should be an afterthought and gameplay should be the driving force behind a game.  So it is no accident that FFVI-X were very efficient in telling a dramatic story while Zelda was better at innovating gameplay and establishing standards across the industry in that regard. Two very different series, the difference in what is comparable is that  Zelda has kept its extremely high quality standards intact and FF has sunk into mediocrity.

Zelda SS is so bad that it ruins the entire franchise.

FF wins.

So in the end, FF is becoming worse because XIII and XV while Zelda is becoming a lot better thank to BOTW?

One question: XIII story is better than SS? 

Basically FFVI-X FF was a 9.5/10 type of series some of them maybe 10/10.  FFXIII-XV 7/10 series. Zelda has been 9.5/10 Some of them 10/10 from the beggining all the way up to BotW.

It doesn't matter, any story must be better than Zelda SS.

That's because it does suck. Narratively, it was going in multiple directions. Gameplay wise, it was a self automated snooze fest with limit break spamming (or whatever they were called) being the only way to beat bosses, and absolutely NONE of the characters were memorable with the exception of Bosch.

Final Fantasy 12 was a dumpster fire of a rennaisance themed world that was matched only by it's forgettable and pathetic plot.

Final Fantasy 12 sucks, and officially marked the beginning of Square Enix's onslaught of lackluster AAA releases. (FF12 was Square Enix's first mainline FF game to be released since Square Softs restructure)

You obviously didn't know what you were doing if you think the combat is just that. The characters not being memorable is super subjective and I highly disagree with that notion. FFXII's world is so very well built and lively, FFX wishes.

Honest question, have you played Skyward Sword?

I get why someone who might hate motion controls could be turned off, but it is actually a really solid game.  The story is one of the strongest in the franchise too.

The only real low points for the game would be the wasted potential in the sky and the back tracking in the late game.  Still I feel the overall quality of the game is solid.

This exactly personally it is my least favorite, and yet when Zelda misses it is usually an 8.5-9.0/10 type of game which SS was for me. The motion controls turned me off a bit in the last two boss battles, I also felt that graphically TP was more pleasing but that might be that by 2011 the Wii's hardware had aged incredibly bad as it was basically GC hardware.

I felt the Sky was largely empty and not as enticing as Hyrule or even Termina. Yet SS Does have the best narrative in the series. It was also a great original story and I throughoutly enjoyed it. Definately worlds above the FFXIII-XVs of the world.