Assassin's Creed, hands- down, takes the cake. I've always been a history kinda guy, so being able to play in some of my favorite time periods is great. I also love the stealth aspect of everything. The newer boating feature to the games is GREAT. A new AC comes out next Friday, but I won't be able to play it :'(

It really is hard for me to choose just one. So many gaming franchises have given me endless hours of entertainment over the 30 years or so that I have been a gamer. Picking among them is like picking your favorite kid lol. Some of my personal favorites over the year in no particular order:

Zelda
Mega Man
Mario
Final Fantasy
Metroid
Metal Gear
Warcraft
Castlevania
Dragon Quest/Warrior

Other: Kirby. Kirby! KIRBY!!!

I think I've already expressed numerous times in the few days I've even been posting here, but if you haven't read any of those posts expressing my crazy fanaticism towards the pink puff, let me spell it out for you.

As one of the first series that I could vividly remember seeing commercials of before bugging my parents about getting a game with the little mascot that could from HAL Laboratory, Kirby holds a very special place in my heart. And I think it's no coincidence that the first game in the series I ended up playing (Kirby and the Amazing Mirror) has ended up being my favorite game of all time. A bold statement, to be sure, but I stand by it.

Not to mention, I even put serious effort into something I never really did much unless I was told to; I started writing story and fan fiction of the pink puff (rest assured, it is perfectly SFW). I still even work on it here and there to this day, and the fiction is turning almost seven years old now, having endured two very hefty reboots. This, I have to say, single-handedly made me start honestly enjoying writing. It felt so liberating to write about something I liked, without much restriction.

...Although, there's one regret I have of it, and it's purely on my end. It's a bit scary when most of the people who I've known for a while practically consider me married to the character.

...And worst of all, I can't blame them.

I voted other. My favorite franchise is the Devil May Cry franchise, (except for 5, its weird). 

Mario, mostly because it's franchise is quite interesting and it's games are fun. It started as an arcade game called Donkey Kong 1981, in which you play as Jumpman to get your girlfriend, Pauline from Donkey Kong, and then Jumpman soon became Mario, in which it's latest game is Mario Tennis Ultra Smash where it is the latest release of the Mario Tennis franchise, a franchise in a franchise. Sonic is a good franchise, but got ruined by Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, by BigRedButton. I mean it was a good competitor, I think Mario beats Sonic with it's game, but sometimes Sonic may have better games than Mario. So yeah.

Pokemon, I grew up watching, playing, and collecting cards for Pokemon. Yu-Gi-Oh would be a close second, but theres just something about Pokemon that I can't get away from, it's just too perfect!

I would definitely go with Pokémon. I have played so many Pokémon games and hacks of Pokémon games, that it's not even funny. However, I do think the franchise has been on the decline with Gen 6 as I feel it is a horrible generation of Pokémon games. I would say the second best gaming franchise would be Mario. I haven't played many Mario games, but when I have, they have captivated me into playing a lot. My favorite Mario game would probably be either Mario Kart or Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. 

megamanmaniac : I LOVE Mega Man! However, here is the true question... what is your favorite Mega Man Sub-Series? Classic, X, Zero, ZX, Battle Network, or Legends/64?

As much as I love Mega Man, I must say my favourite franchise is XCOM. The new one.

Both Enemy Unknown (and Enemy Within) and XCOM 2 are very competent strategy games with spectacular depth and a great balance of action and micromanaging (which I may be the only human being who likes).

There is too much of game that I love but If I had to go with one game then it would be Persona Series.
 I just love how all the mythical creatures in the whole world turn into persona and which you can control them!
And love the dating sims inside of RPG game.

I like the Triple Play series it's a shame that they stopped making them

My new favorite franchise has been Fire Emblem. I never heard of the game until I kept seeing commercials for Fates, and I liked the split pathways for story, so I decided to pick up Conquest. Best decision of my life, and I am thinking of looking at the previous entries in the series and hopefully getting Awakening for the 3DS.

I would say at the current moment I am playing a lot of Halo because that is the only game I have to play right now. I am a very competitive person and I'm trying to find another game franchise. Tell me if you know any different game franchise that I would like.

Mostly series that could be considered dead, or at the very least comatose.

Examples from various companies I can think of:
Nintendo: Advance Wars, Wave Race, Golden Sun
Sega: Streets of Rage, Sakura Taisen, Space Channel 5
Capcom: Strider, Onimusha, Dino Crisis
Konami/Hudson: Bomberman, Contra, Silent Hill
and etc...

I must be bad luck for fandoms. Or maybe I just pick the ones that are doomed to fail faster.

Too bad this isn't a multiple choice poll haha. I picked "other".
I've liked Pokemon for over 11 years, so that's definitely one of my favourite. But I also love the "Tales" series! 

It is really hard to chose a favorite for me as I've lived many years and have played many games. Here are a few of my top ones.

Pokemon- would have been my favorite except that over the last few years it has really been on the decline.
Mario Kart- Always have amazingly fun games
NASCAR- I like the way they make these games, really fun.
Madden- Well made games, fun for console play.

My favorite gaming franchise would have to be the Pokémon franchise, because not only was the first video game I ever played a Pokémon game. But it is also home to my favorite games of all time which is the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.....seriously my layout even proves that.

No doubt about it, the Pokemon franchise will most likely always be my favorite. Whenever a new game is announced, I'm always hyped. And more Pokemon Sun and Moon news should be rolling out sometime next week or so, so I'm hyped for that, too.

From that list the top 3 would be.

1st: Final Fantasy. From I to X and(XII) and few tactics they have also done.

2nd: Metal Gear Solid. Just love that sneaking and complex storyline.

3rd: Sonic the hedgehog, nostalgia blast from the past.

No surprise Pokémon has the most votes here (not counting "Other"). For me it would be Final Fantasy. Out of the last few installments there may have been some duds, but it's still my favorite franchise of all time. Between me and one of my friends growing up, we've played through Final Fantasy 7 over 50 times at least. A life well spent, I say...