It would be impossible to collec things as you unlock a region if you are playing without using a map. The reason most people use the map is to find stuff after doing the story, discovering the map and getting a bunch of shrines and korok seeds. Most people use maps to find the last bits and...
I think that the ability to filter through certain regions should be added.
For example if I want to view items only in the Great Plateau or just view the Great Plateau part of the map then everything else would have that "undiscovered black and blue" like they have it in the actual game.
This...