I can't quite fully agree with that.

I wouldn't want the Persona series to die, for example. It's moving well, and moving towards something. Each entry has brought a lot of new content, concepts, and ideas. As long as it continues its march forwards, I am all in favor of it continuing.

Fire Emblem is another one. My most anticipated game of next year is Fire Emblem: Kakusei (not sure what the translation is going to be), because, again, this series has had brilliant forward momentum (except Shadow Dragon, but no series is perfect). They keep adding new ideas and thoughts to their games, and I love it. Even Shadow Dragon was an attempt at innovation, and for a remake, that's saying a lot. Freedom to choose a character's class? Gutsy move. And I don't really think it worked. But still, the effort is there, and they've learned from mistakes.

Rune Factory. While I feel Harvest Moon got a little stale (with Harvest Moon 64 being my favorite of the series), holy heck is this not one of the best underrated series ever. The original was a brilliant twist on the classic gameplay, and they have continued to innovate since then. While I wasn't fond of RF2's setup, again, they brought a lot of new stuff to the table, and a lot worked, though some didn't. And RF3 is flat-out brilliant. One of my favorite games on the DS, period. The skill system and stat setup are one of the best I've seen executed in an RPG in a long time. This series also needs to keep going, and I hope we get RF4 released over here soon.