Citations:Zelda

English citations of Zelda

Proper noun: "(video games) shortened form of Legend of Zelda"

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• 2001, John R., "The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons", Electronic Gaming Monthly, August 2001, page 113:

  If you were a fan of the previous Game Boy Zelda, or any of the 2D Zeldas for that matter, then really, don’t even bother reading this.

• 2003, Ken Ayers, letter to the editor, Play, July 2003, page 8:

  The Wind Waker is the best Zelda I’ve played since Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo.

• 2008, Kate Berens, Geoff Howard, The Rough Guide to Videogames, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 124:

  Producer Eiji Aonuma, accustomed to working closely with Shigeru Miyamoto, has propelled the game in a slightly different direction, making it less emotionally gruelling, and on nothing like as epic a scale as many previous Zeldas, in either theme or length – as suits the nature of the system.

• 2015, "The Legend of Zelda III: A Link to the Past", Edge: The 100 Greatest Videogames, page 146:

  If A Link To The Past is 'just' the best Zelda in two dimensions, then that's nothing to be ashamed of: it's one more than most games have.

• 2017, Tim Wilkus, in "Big & little Reviews: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", Little Player: Video Game Magazine for Kids, May/June 2017, page 25:

  Unlike previous Zeldas, Breath of the Wild doesn't hold your hand.

• 2020, Gabe Durham, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, unnumbered page:

  For better or worse, Ocarina was the perfect fan service for kids and adults who'd spent years closing their eyes and imagining how cool a 3D Zelda was going to be.