Marth is like the mascot for Fire Emblem as much as Pikachu is the mascot for Pokemon or Mario for Nintendo. In that respect, I actually do like Marth, but I did get tired of seeing him even before the remake of Shadow Dragon came around. Until I actually learned about Marth's personality and characterization, I really didn't see why he was so important (plus I was a huge newbie in the series at the time and younger). Now that I've grown to know Marth a little better, and even playing some of FE12 as well, I was actually really excited to see him coming back in FE13. I think they did well to keep up the mysterious "Marth" character allusion and reference. However, I do agree that in the next game he really shouldn't be involved in some way or another as I tend to prefer those regions in which he isn't. Overall, I agree, he needs a break and let the other new heroes rise to the challenge...(oops...unintended reference >.>).