Favorite Gaming Franchises

There are plenty of great games that have graced a console or computer near you, but far less have been able to turn a single great game into a great gaming franchise. From Mario to Zelda, Halo to God of War and everything in-between, this list is dedicated to discovering which gaming franchises gamers consider their favorite! So, press some buttons and rank yours below! Then, be sure to Recommend and Rate the franchises on their official pages to help generate awareness amongst your friends!

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    The Legend of Zelda
    Ranked by 167 users
    1k +67
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    Final Fantasy
    Ranked by 148 users
    960 -34
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    Pokémon
    Ranked by 124 users
    690 +17
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    Mass Effect
    Ranked by 115 users
    663 +87
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    Metal Gear
    Ranked by 112 users
    649 +24
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    Super Mario
    Ranked by 113 users
    635 -18
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    Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
    Ranked by 77 users
    442 -98
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    Super Smash Bros.
    Ranked by 80 users
    419 -90
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    Fallout
    Ranked by 65 users
    384 +95
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    The Elder Scrolls
    Ranked by 68 users
    368 -20
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    Uncharted
    Ranked by 71 users
    333 +80
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    Kingdom Hearts
    Ranked by 55 users
    305 +94
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    Ace Attorney
    Ranked by 60 users
    304 -17
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    Grand Theft Auto
    Ranked by 65 users
    284 -79
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    Resident Evil
    Ranked by 62 users
    283 -71
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    Fire Emblem
    Ranked by 54 users
    280 +86
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    Sonic the Hedgehog
    Ranked by 64 users
    277 -45
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    Metroid
    Ranked by 63 users
    272 +79
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    BioShock
    Ranked by 56 users
    263 -80
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    Halo
    Ranked by 48 users
    229 +66

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  • 9 years ago
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    My two favorite gaming franchises are Call of Fantasy and Resident Effect:

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    • Rich .
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      Editing … No love for Arkham Creed? Halo-Life? Witcher of Warcraft? Legend of Peach?
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    • MarconeAntelius
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      Editing … Ooh I like the spin-off of the second one: Resident Effect Simulator 2015 HD Remix.
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  • 10 years ago
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    Mega Man needs some more love! He's all the way back #60 :(
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  • 10 years ago
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    There is no way to do this rationally. I guess I'll just judge by what excites me the most by just the name.
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  • 10 years ago
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    Why is this list called Gaming Franchise when the category is called Video Game Series? I find this lack of consistency confusing …
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    • Doubleagent
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      Editing … Also, why is this the first time that the Top X of Year list was the second list? :P Keep clicking on the wrong thing out of habit.
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    • WoodrowShigeru
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      Editing … Outrageous! … ;^p
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … There!
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    • Doubleagent
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      Editing … "I don't want to re do the image again, better rename the entire category." :P
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … :D
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    • WoodrowShigeru
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      Editing … … Well, it certainly is consistent now (-.-' ) (Yeah, I liked the name "Series" better)
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    • MK8
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      Editing … Franchise and series aren't the same though. For example, Mario is a franchise, Paper Mario is a series within the Mario franchise.
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    • KalibooStew
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      KalibooStew
      Editing … Plus franchise sounds all corporate and series sounds all nice and friendly
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    • MasterCrash
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      MasterCrash
      Editing … Yet we have series here, I can for example chose Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic Adventure, Sonic Riders, Sonic Advance and others. Same with Shin Megami Tensei where we can pick Persona, Devil Survivor, Devil Summoner and others when the main series is just Shin Megami Tensei
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  • 10 years ago
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    This list is hard, there where more than 10 franchises I wanted to put.
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    • Firion Hope
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      Editing … honorable mentions? >_>
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    • MasterCrash
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      Editing … Still not enough D: And it doesn't give points, I felt sad for that :c
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    • Daniel Kayser
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      Editing … Yes! It is hard to narrow it down. Hopefully the honorable mentions help, but keep in mind that there are always ways of showing your favorite franchises (or anything) love by using your social influence to rank, rate, recommend, track and otherwise interact with them here on Favslist! We're trying to implement tools so that this can be your outlet for enthusiasm! I hope you have fun putting them to good use!!!
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … You're right, it's really difficult to determine which are your favorite overall franchises. I mean, e.g. I loved Rayman 4-5, GTA3-4, SimCity 1&4 but don't really enjoy Rayman 1-3, GTA1-2 or SimCity 2&3 ... so, are those my favorite series or not? I don't know. Furthermore it's pretty nonsensical that we're allowed to rank "franchises" that consist of only one game so far.
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    • Axersia
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      Editing … Yeah, I'm actually having a lack of franchises to rank. What if you only like half the franchise? What if you've only played half the franchise? Persona is already listed fairly high, but let's be honest here, it got there solely based on Persona 3 and 4, and and not the 3 games before it.
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    • MasterCrash
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      Editing … Actually I ranked it on my list based on Persona 1 and 3
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    • Firion Hope
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      Editing … This discussion has been had before, but if a franchise is big enough sooner or later it's bound to have a few games you don't like in it, so I dont think liking every single game should be a pre resquite. And personally I'd take a franchise with some great entries and some not very good entries over one that was just consistently good any day of the week. Taking your persona example, yes most people have only played 3 and 4 but a lot of people REALLY liked those entries (EG 3 being my number one entry) and while 1 and 2 are a bit dated now (though not any more than FF7 is mind you) they're still pretty solid, and a small section of the persona community like them best, usually for story reasons. Theres also Persona 4 Arena which is pretty popular among fighting game fans and persona fans alike, and now several spinoffs and the next sequel, it's not hard to imagine it would end up high. A good comparison is the Final Fantasy series, it's ranked really high but I'd bet money the majority of people haven't played more than 4 of the mainline entries which is crazy when there's nearly 20 now. And they're probably mostly including it based off of their favorite entry or favorite 2 entries in the series. Also I didn't mean for this to turn into a rant oops
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    • Aramonde
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      Editing … @Master Crash i agree i think this should be a top 25. @Pape Badiane how do you determine what list is a top ten and what is a top 25 etc?
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … By the pool of item pages we can choose from.
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    • Aramonde
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      Editing … ..... ..... Okay before i go on a rant, what are the numbers of pages then?
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  • 10 years ago
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    I predict that this list is going to be a very close race, even with a lot of gamers chippin' in.
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    • Aramonde
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      Editing … Nah with more people Zelda with be way out in front.
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    • MasterCrash
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      Editing … We all know Silent Hill needs to be nº1. Time to accept and give in.
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … @ara we'll see about that! Do not underestimate the power of FF!
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    • Aramonde
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      Editing … Well i did look at the ATF game list and didn't know ME2 had passed it (give time and it will be #1 again). But i do think if this site gets really popular Zelda will dominate it like OoT did on the Unik ATF list. FF has alot fans in the old school days but with all the 13 games the Franchise has lost a lot of cred. Zelda on the other hand is still is still going strong and keeps gaining younger fans.
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    • Bass260
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      Editing … ^ Yup - 13 and it's unnecessary sequels + the total flop of the original FF14 really tarnished the series reputation. It's actually pretty "uncool" to like FF these days among the younger crowd. Zelda isn't what it used to be either but at least they've kept going with quality releases and bringing that younger audience into the fold. I say this as someone who has Zelda at #2 and FF at #3 :(
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    • Alien Ferreira
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      Editing … Better believe Slave Crash... he has a beard
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    • MasterCrash
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      Editing … I indeed possess a beard
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    • Alien Ferreira
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      Editing … He possess. And his beard wanna tell him that: We all know Castlevania needs to be nº1. Time to accept and give in.
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  • 10 years ago
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    We need some more Metroid Prime love!
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  • 10 years ago
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    Final Fantasy & Super Mario FTW!
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  • 10 years ago
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    Hell yeah Kingdom Hearts #1. Let's keep it that way. (It's gonna drop down the moment someone else creates a list, isn't it?)
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  • 10 years ago
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    Most images of the vg series pages are in low resolution, so don't hesitate to update them if you want :)
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