Regarding the Sheikah and Zonai?
So I've been playing both Botw and Totk since they both launched. Botw on wii U, then switch. and Totk later on switch as well.
I can't for the life of me get why the Guardian tech just disappeared. we see glimpses of it in Totk but very minimal.
I understand the lore of the Zonai as well, but it feels redundant. get rid of all the ancient tech and make an even older race's tech spring up into the world just because the earth fractures? If anything I would have liked to see more Sheikah tech spring up from the depths, and skies. Or actual Sheikah people from the depths or skies, living in the flesh with that tech they have.
The answer we got from Nintendo was that the Sheikah tech served it's purpose in fighting calamity Ganon. They literally fought with Ganon, against the player?
The Sheikah Tech would have fit seamlessly into Totk. Reskin all Zonai Devices as Sheikah Devices and keep the runes from Botw, and give link a Sheikah Tech arm for unltrahand, fuse and what not.
To be completely honest the Zonai and Sheikah are so similar that if I just swapped all the colors from green to blue and orange, it would make zero difference to the story. The Battery would be colored blue instead of green and such.
what gets me is link doesn't have the slate anymore. However, when accessing the spyglass function in Totk it still is the Sheikah slate and the teleporting is still the Sheikah blue color going to a green shrine? I get the fact that I have a Sheikah slate in my inventory, but I can't use it's runes? crazy.
And the Yiga who opposed the Sheikah go so far as to have a Sheikah logo upside-down is now after Zonai Devices? that makes no sense.
in conclusion I'm just confused, the consistency for tech is off. old tech disappeared and even older tech is now more prevalent. the story of the dragons could still be intact as well just make the Sheikah worship the dragons. And their ancestors be the Zonai who built the Sheikah Tech. The descendent of the gods thing still works for Zonai but color them blue and orange. I Want answers and justice for the Sheikah!