The biggest mystery of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is solved by its director

It is the best game of 2023. Or at least, the game with the highest score on Metacritic this year, although it’s tied with another great release, Baldur’s Gate 3. And very close behind are Metroid Prime Remastered and Resident Evil 4 Remake.

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Well, a game isn’t good without its contradictions and mysteries. And Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is no stranger to this issue that we all could see once we started Link’s story.

One of the biggest mysteries of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has almost been solved, as director Hidemaro Fujibayashi has offered an explanation for why there is no Sheikah technology in the Nintendo Switch title, even though it was a fundamental part of Breath of the Wild.

Is it a mistake or a vague justification to create new mechanics?

In Breath of the Wild, the world of Hyrule is filled with Sheikah technology, said to have been created thousands of years before the events of the game.

From the towers in all regions, the terrifying Guardians, the enormous Divine Beasts, and Link’s sleek iPad-like device, the Sheikah Slate, there is an abundance of Sheikah technology.

However, despite Tears of the Kingdom taking place only a few years after the events of its predecessor, all these things have disappeared, without the game explaining why.

In a new interview with The Telegraph, Fujibayashi acknowledged this mystery: “They disappeared after the Calamity was defeated (sealed),” said Fujibayashi, referring to the end of Breath of the Wild.

“All the people of Hyrule witnessed it too, but there’s no one who knows the mechanism or the reason they disappeared, and it’s considered a mystery. It’s believed that since the Calamity disappeared, they vanished too, as their role had been fulfilled,” he explained.

He went on to point out that Hyrule is no stranger to “mysterious happenings and strange phenomena.” Therefore, he suggests, it makes sense that “no one has tried to explore the matter further” in the game.

Nevertheless, I guess Link would want to know where all his selfies with the Sheikah Slate have gone.

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