Zelda-like

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1. Resembling or characteristic of American novelist, painter, playwright, and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948).

   Most Zelda-like, and so is her subsequently futile, shabby career, a series of TV parts.

   1971 February 15, John Seelye, “The Persistence of the Suffering Woman”, in New York, volume 4, number 7, page 40

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   Though she has been hunting for another story that would allow her to create a Zelda-like role, she still is holding out for the real thing.

   1973, Good Housekeeping, page 139

   Caresse [Crosby]’s autobiography, The Passionate Years, reveals that she and her husband led something of a [F.] Scott [Fitzgerald] and Zelda-like existence, but their devotion to literature and fine publishing was unsurpassed.

   1975, William Targ, Indecent Pleasures: The Life and Colorful Times of William Targ, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 215

   [F. Scott] Fitzgerald may have made Dick [Diver] a psychiatrist for several reasons: distancing, and also in order to let his character associate with a Zelda-like psychotic, to give him entree into the upper classes abroad, and to create irony with his mental decline--"physician, heal thyself."

   1975, Carolyn Brimley Norris, The Image of the Physician in Modern American Literature, page 49

   Traces the Zelda-like Southern belle figure from warm and charming in “The Ice Palace” to vicious and cruel in “The Last of the Belles”; […]

   1984, Jackson R. Bryer, The Critical Reputation of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Through 1981, Archon Books, →ISBN, page 177

   The three try to pretend that life is intact as an intricate sexual sharing goes on, but Catherine, in a Zelda-like way, becomes increasingly vindictive and hostile, especially toward David and his “work,” and ends up one day burning the stories (about his father) that he has lately been writing and that he considers the best work he has done.

   1986, Kirkus Reviews, pages 414–415

2. video gamesHaving similar characteristics such as atmosphere and gameplay to the Legend of Zelda series.

   The Tale Of Poporokuroisu – a Zelda-like RPG with great characterisation (SCE)

   1994 August, Edge, number 11, page 41

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   At its heart, “Legacy of Goku” combines RPG and action elements to form a very Zelda-like feeling, but with the addition of experience points.

   2003, Pojo’s Unofficial Dragon Ball Z: The Complete Player and Collector’s Guide to Every Card and Character, Triumph Books, →ISBN, page 46

   Eventually I ended up finding how to enter a cave and completed a Zelda-like dungeon “level” to rescue the dog.

   2010, José P. Zagal, quoting Timothy, Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education, ETC Press, →ISBN, pages 84–85

   Anyway, if you’re looking for a Zelda-like adventure for your machine you won’t go far wrong with Golvellius 2.

   2011, Classic Videogame Hardware Genius Guide, Imagine Publishing, →ISBN

   He [Hidemaro Fujibayashi] steers away from game play that doesn’t feel “Zelda-like,” instead asking how that game play can provide a fresh perspective on the familiar and beloved world of Hyrule.

   2018, The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, →ISBN

   Faria[: A World of Mystery and Danger!] borrows elements from numerous games: although the town exploration and random battle encounters are similar to traditional RPGs like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, these battles are Zelda-like real-time fights.

   2019, Chris Scullion, The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Pen and Sword WHITE OWL, →ISBN, page 73