Gossip Stone: Should We Ever See The Origins of Certain Advanced Items?

Technology in Zelda is rather strange, no? Zelda’s tech has remained a running joke for quite some time now, with players poking fun at how, as games are released, they often take place farther and farther back on the timeline, but the technology in said titles keeps getting more complex. We’re all looking at you, Skywards Sword. Some of the most notable instances of advanced machines in the series are the items. From the Hookshot to the Spinner, some oddly out-of-place mechanisms are found in Link’s inventory, but where did they come from? Will we ever find out what was done in this medieval world to create such complex technology?

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I can imagine that we can assume the obvious about most items’ creation and presence in their respective dungeons. The Double Clawshots, depending on the game, were likely made by the Oocca or Skyward Sword‘s robots, based on where they are found. For the same reason, we could guess that whatever group built the intricate Arbiter’s Grounds almost certainly made the spinner. These are rather reasonable explanations, for a few pieces of tech, at least, but I could certain go for a bit more info. Why were such mechanisms made? Where did they get the knowledge to do so, and why do the scientists at the time of each game not know how to make equally impressive machines? That’s the problem: there is no information behind the majority of items in any one game.

Does anyone else wonder where any of these boatloads of items even come from? Link waltzes on into a dungeon, opens some chest, and there it is – some intricate piece of technology that, to anyone else in the kingdom, would be hugely impressive, but for some reason is in this ancient temple, just sitting there. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a single dungeon item that has any sort of lead-up, in the form of hints from signs or characters. I suppose this is true for any number of items, but if there was such context for the more technological items, it could help explain their existence. Perhaps you could be given the item by someone who actually made it, after collecting parts for it, like with the pieces of the big key in Goron Mines. Perhaps the people living near and around the temple/dungeon you are in could speak of an ancient piece of advanced equipment that was once used for great things, but the records of its creation are lost. Either way, a little context would be nice.

What do you guys think? Is the explanation of “Zelda logic” getting a bit stale? Is it time Nintendo started giving some context to these crazy machines we keep finding in our favorite fantasy series? Drop a comment!