Tears Of The Kingdom Director Explains What Happened To BOTW's Sheikah Tech
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom brought players back to the open world of Hyrule for a second time, though not everything was the same as it was the first time around. For starters, all of the Sheikah technology that littered Hyrule in Breath of the Wild was mysteriously missing, leaving fans curious as to where it actually went. The Sheikah Slate and shrines vanishing wouldn’t be too alarming, but it’s pretty difficult to imagine Link and friends accidentally misplacing something as massive as a Divine Beast.
In an interview with the Telegraph (thanks Eurogamer), Tears of the Kingdom director Hidemaro Fujibayashihas finally given fans an answer for those lingering questions, but you’re going to be disappointed if you were expecting some kind of deep dive into the game’s history and lore. According to Fujibayashi, the missing tech peaced out after the Calamity was defeated in Breath of the Wild, presumably disappearing in a puff of smoke as "their role had been fulfilled".
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"They disappeared after the Calamity was defeated," explains Fujibayashi. "All of the people of Hyrule also witnessed this, but there is no one who knows the mechanism or reason why they disappeared, and it is considered a mystery. It is believed that since the Calamity disappeared, they also disappeared as their role had been fulfilled.
"People have simply assumed the reason behind the disappearance to likely be related to ancient Sheikah technology and it seems there is no one who has tried to explore the matter further. The main civilizations in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are completely different, so we thought about the game based on
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