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[Draugoth]

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom takes us back to the same Hyrule we were first introduced to in Breath of the Wild, albeit with a few tweaks - not least its airy sky islands and dark and sinister Depths.

But while those inclusions expanded the map, there were some omissions as well. Most obviously, just where did all of that Sheikah tech, that was so instrumental to Breath of the Wild's story, go? And what happened to those spidery robot Guardians?

Well, according to Zelda director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, the various towers, Guardians, Divine Beasts and other Sheikah creations simply disappeared, with the general consensus in Hyrule being that as their purpose had been realised, the tech knew it was its time to go.

They disappeared after the Calamity was defeated (sealed)"

Fujibayashi explained in an interview with the Telegraph.

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 went on to acknowledge that the many races in Hyrule are really quite used to "mysterious events and strange phenomena" occurring across the land, so something like the world's once towering waypoints suddenly vanishing probably wouldn't have caused much concern amongst the masses.

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 said. "The main civilisations 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 civilisations.

 

[Sybrix]

A wizard did it.

 

[MadPanda]

I'm fascinated when people pretend virtual worlds are like the real one so they explain some things, like this situation or why some character is this or that gender. If you have to, explain it in the game.

 

[RoboFu]

I'm fascinated when people pretend virtual worlds are like the real one so they explain some things, like this situation or why some character is this or that gender. If you have to, explain it in the game.

it seems to be a big deal with zelda fans in particular.

 

[Toots]

Someone add that crap to the three timelines quick !

Anyway i'll never cease to be amaze by Nintendo chutzpah !
"Yeah they just disappeared"... What a move

 

[MadPanda]

it seems to be a big deal zelda fans in particular.

Yeah, maybe, I'm not so this sounds silly to me, like it's the real world so where did all these things go? Well, developer decided to remove it, obviously

 

[Interfectum]

I'm fine with whatever they did. Nintendo is gameplay first so I'm not expecting much lore from them.

 

[captainpat]

Theory I've seen floated is that they all got repurposed for the new Shekiah towers. The arms look like Guardian legs

 

[tkscz]

Easily could've said they went back underground and no one wants to dig them up.

The explanation given for the people make them sound like different people altogether, which would explain why so many NPCs don't seem to recognize Link at all.

 

[BouncyFrag]

NASA did it.

 

[Kakax11]

Because he thinks Nintendo fans are kids and will do what they're told

 

[LakeOf9]

“We made it up”

 

[Thaedolus]

I gave that question about half a second's thought in over 100 hours of non-stop fun. Nobody really cares

 

[FoxMcChief]