Best game within a franchise

Final Fantasy: VII
Mario: Mario 64
Street Fighter: SF2 Turbo
Sonic: Sonic The Hedgehog (1) on the megadrive (genesis)

diablo ii was a good game too.

Final Fantasy: FF7
Mario: Mario sunshine
Sonic the hedgehog: Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Smash Brothers: Smash Brothers Melee
Warcraft: World of Warcraft
Zelda: Ocarina of time (but I have a feeling I might change it to the upcoming one)
Metroid: Metroid Prime

For the Final Fantasy, I'd go with 6 (or 3 in US).
I dunno if Smash Brothers can qualify as a franchise. I mean, yeah, there are two games, but isn't that too small? Well, even so, I agree with Smash Bros Melee being the better.
Warcraft, well, I didn't really like WoW, so WCIII for me.
Zelda.... LttP (SNES)

Zelda: Link to the Past (havent played and Cube ones ....)
Mario: Super Mario All Stars! --- but Super Mario RPG a close 2nd....
Final Fantasy- 7.... ohh but 6 and Tactics were super sweet too
Sonic- Sonic 3 + Sonic & Knuckles
Bond- Goldeneye, just for the sheer number of hours I played it.
Xeno- Xenogears, accept no cheap prequel knockoffs!
Tekken- TAG! Double the characters, double the strategy
Ogre- Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber

hey was link to past for N64 or GCUBE?

Link to the Past was SNES you newbie.

FF8
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Soul Calibur 2
Shenmue
Sonic: Sonic The Hedgehog
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 2
Pro Evolution 4

sonic adventure 2 was good. (i forgot that 1)

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Oh, and I never played MSG 3 but was so dissapointed w/ MSG 2: Sons of Liberty that I have to go with the original MSG for PS1 as my fave of that series

MGS 3 is soo much better than MGS 2 so if you are MGS fan its a must.