Reception
The book Female Action Heroes described Zelda as "perhaps one the most well-known princesses in video game history", though acknowledged that her role in the games was to serve as a "damsel in distress". The book Players Unleashed! also criticized Zelda's role as a character to be constantly rescued, calling her an "iconically passive female trophy" that supported stereotypes of female characters within games.
In 2009, GameDaily listed her as one of the 50 "hottest video game women", stating that while she did not start out as much, she became beautiful in later games. That same year, Princess Zelda was voted third on a list of the ten greatest female characters conducted by the Official Nintendo Magazine, which appreciated her as "a strong woman who, with her sword and bow and arrow, is capable of holding her own in a fight". In 2011, Game Informer listed Sheik second on their list of the top ten disguises, stating "If you're trying to disguise yourself, you may want to try it in a series that has more than three recurring characters".
The actor and comedian Robin Williams named his daughter Zelda Williams after Princess Zelda, due to being a fan of the The Legend of Zelda series.
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“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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