This is like comparing Apples to Oranges, and is a completely irrelevent debate to even be had.
As far as the actual series' go? Zelda wins.
Why? There's fewer shit games with the title "Zelda" slapped on them vs the title "Final Fantasy"
In the end, they aren't even a video game series. Where Zelda has evolved over the years on the various platforms, it's always stayed reduntantly the same. There's no serious storyline, it's the same x dungeons > master sword > x dungeons > win routine. Final Fantasy has changed on a per-game basis, but also isn't a continuation or a "series."
I really hate referring to either as a series. Series implies continuity, an ever evolving and changing storyline. Not a completely new game with the same old name and a number slapped on the end, or a new subtitle slapped on beneath it, etc etc.
But overall, Final Fantasy has 5-6 shit titles I can list offhand, where as I've yet to play a Zelda game I didn't enjoy, as much as one can enjoy doing the same thing in different ways. (Outside of the first 2, that is)
If, however, I was choosing Final Fantasy vs Zelda on which has my favorite game, then I'd choose a Final Fantasy, because IV and VI-IX were all amazing games. Not to say LttP, LA, OoT, WW, and TP weren't all amazing either. But of all the games I just listed, Final Fantasy VII is probably my favorite of the list.
If you want to debate which vs which, it'd be more fitting to debate something like Dragon Quest vs Final Fantasy, or Zelda (Something) vs Okami. Comparing two games of seperate genre and playstyle isn't really worth a debate.
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