Quote Originally Posted by Siegurd View Post
It just comes down to this:

Everyone is searching for that new VI, new VII, new *insert favorite game in the series* that'll singlehandedly "revitalize the series" for them.

Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but, that is never going to happen. What made these games so great wasn't even necessarily gameplay, story, mechanics, or any of the other commonly quoted reasons (do you seriously want to make the argument that a menu game is fun and intuitive?).
If no one here didn't believe this then why are they here and why do you play the games? also with the validation that a series can't revitalize itself with a series that is similar to the game you first played and loved, well I can personally say that outside of this series, Zelda and Mario have been able to do it.