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Mario Series: A plumber must save the princess, who always seems to get kidnapped by Bowser, and you never actually understand why.

The Legend of Zelda Series: The bloodline of the Goddess and the Spirit of the Hero will always have to reseal the Embodiment of Demise's hatred, only for another generation to do so when it breaks out again.

Final Fantasy 6:  A resistance group tries to prevent world domination. A sadistic clown commits mutiny, declares he will destroy the world, and then does.  Resistance group reforms to take him down.

Final Fantasy 7: 2 failed experiments, 2 last survivors of an ancient race, 2 angry guys gypped by the government, and a spy and ninja with backstabbing motives attempt to stop the broken minded, perfected war experiment with parental issues from blowing up the planet.

Final Fantasy 8: An apathetic mercenary with an unhealthy self-reliance issue, who is trained to destroy the time traveling sorceress, accidentally falls in love with a girl who becomes possessed by that same sorceress.

Final Fantasy 9: Dragonball Z with swords.

Fire Emblem Series:  There is a fire emblem, which is important somehow to the story, nobility caught in a war, an evil sorcerer bent on world domination, and somehow, someway, dragons.

Tales of Symphonia: Two sister worlds compete for the same life supply by sacrificing a chosen spirit.  Individuals from both worlds attempt to go against the grain and break the cycle by destroying the offended, self appointed angel who created the system because of his distaste for war and the murder of his sister.

Movies to come later...