...the story is always like this:
You're on a planet.
It blows up.
Get some items.
Beat a boss.
Get some more items.
Beat a boss.
Get one last item.
Beat the last boss.
Go back and get all the energy tanks and missle tanks.

Close, but not quite.

You're on a planet.
You have stuff.
You LOSE ALL YOUR STUFF.
Then the rest.

Not entirely true. She talks/thinks in Zero Mission and Fusion (moreso in the latter). She's actually quite composed and intelligent, with a surprisingly nostalgic streak. She has a very strong sense of morality, and she seems fairly military. (This is also juding by wordless actions in cutscenes from the series and the like.)

I'm a Literary Dork. Analyzing characters is what I do. In comparison, Link is a shoddy shell whose character purpose is little to nothing beyond being the avatar of the player.

And being a Literary Nerd myself, I also love character depth.
This has always been the thing I've disliked about video games: lack of story and character depth.

Though when it does happen, I eat it up immediatly.

This is why I love Majora's Mask over Ocarina of Time. You see, in OOT, Link is called to be the Hero of Time. And in Link's case, he goes along with it without one word. It didn't make any sence.

While in MM, the plot was a bit more realistic. The moon is comming down in three days, so unless you want to experince the same three days for the rest of your life, it would be best if you defeated the foe responsible for this.

But it didn't stop there, ALL of Majora's Mask had great character depth. Majora's Mask was the most innovative villians in a Zelda game, or for that a matter, in any game. You never learned why it wanted to deystroy Termina, or anything really. And the Final Dungeon had me shocked. Instead of a dark and intimidating room, it was simply a grassy field with a single tree in the middle. And there where five children wearing masks.

It's lines when you where about to fight it was incredible:
"Oh, everyone has left. That's okay, we'll play a different game. Hmm, you don't have many masks. That's okay, I'll give you this. *you get the Fierce Diety mask* So, we'll play Bad guys and Good guys. Your bad so you just run away. So then, shall we play?"

It was so refreshing compared to Ganondorf. Who was evil because the game needed a villian.

Teh Zelda. Completely.

Metroid has a lack of...oh, I dunno...PERSONALITY.

"I'm Samus, and I'm a total hottie...however, I love to shoot stuff and never talk, so I might just be a psychotic retard. You just don't know..."

At least Link goes "Hyaaa!" and stuff.

Yes, but he barely ever speaks words, too.

For that matter, when's the last time you heard Kirby, or even Mario say a complete, coherent sentence? 0_o

Kirby's never spoken, as far as I know...but Mario?

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Track 4: It's-a me, Mario!

Track 12: Press start to play!

Track 18: Hoo! Ha! Hyah! Wahoo!!

...

Okay, that last one was a little off, but still...

Kirby's never spoken, as far as I know...but Mario?

I've been Meroid-ing for a long time, and once you play it a lot it gets some personality. But the story is always like this:
You're on a planet.
It blows up.
Get some items.
Beat a boss.
Get some more items.
Beat a boss.
Get one last item.
Beat the last boss.
Go back and get all the energy tanks and missle tanks.

Uh, but has anyone ever played a Zelda game where he doesn't have to collect some gems or something similar and get the MASTER SWORD yet again?

Exactly! Honestly, it's a video game, and that's the way video games are.

Another thing I like about Zelda is how smooth it is. You can loose yourself in a Zelda game and no have any idea of how much time has gone by...

I think it's because of all the side-quests. You can add at least 10 extra hours with the side-quests. Especially Majora's Mask, which had more side-quest then main quest. It gives you the option of course, but a lot of game time can be shrunk with it.

My personal favorite side-quest is getting the wedding mask in Majora's Mask. It's so lovely and saddening at the same time.

Zelda is the only series ever to make me cry more than once during the same game. That's sayin' something about the writing for sure.

I agree. Prime 2 was pretty boring, I never even bothered to finish it. They need to make an original Metroid game. No more Prime series, please stop. Please.

Wasn't the first RPG Dragon Warrior? Since it had the HP, MP, and stuff like that?

Anyway:

Eh, Link! He come to town! Come to save... the Princess Zelda!

Ganon took her away, now the children don't play.