Tears of the Kingdom director finally sheds light on a mystery linked to Breath of the Wild, and fans couldn't be more disappointed

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's director has finally shed light on a mystery linked to Breath of the Wild, but it isn't what fans wanted to hear. 

From the towers and shrines to the mighty Guardians stalking the landscape, Breath of the Wild was teeming with Sheikah tech, but in Tears of the Kingdom, which takes place in the same Hyrule, there's not a shred of it left. Given how central it was to Link's previous adventure, its mysterious absence has been bugging players since the follow-up launched earlier this year.

Now, in an interview with The Telegraph, Tears of the Kingdom's director, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, has revealed what happened to all that Sheikah tech, explaining that it simply ceased to exist after carrying out its function.

"[The Sheikah tech] disappeared after the Calamity was defeated (sealed). Fujibayashi explains. "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."

Fujibayashi goes on to say that as "mysterious events and strange phenomena" are common occurrences in Hyrule, the people didn't take much notice when the tech did a vanishing act. 

"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," he says. "The main civilizations in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are completely different, so we thought about the game based on concepts that match each of these civilizations."

While it is an explanation, Zelda fans haven't found it to be a very