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.
