Nintendo wins. Realistic Zelda + NDS is better then you ever imagined

[Dark Jaguar]

That's exactly what I was thinking! I mentioned it a while ago in reference to things like the Water Temple in OOT, what with those crystal switches and of course the legendary hook shot. Those teleportation tiles I still think are magical in nature, but things like the conveyer belts and such, and everything else, just reek of some ancient lost technology from an era before OOT. THAT is likely where the Master Sword was made! I still think that magic clearly exists, but it's not some sort of scientific explanation for it or anything. Anyway, yeah, the Tower of the Gods (that's what it was called, though it is a testing ground for the hero) may very well be older than OOT. It had existed for the hero of winds but likely the "lesser gods" just had no idea what was meant by that, so it sat there waiting... Maybe... Actually I'm still thinking it may have been made by the gods after OOT, that tower specifically anyway. As to why it's so technological, well consider that the planet itself is a sort of technology. It still reeks of magic, but it's also technology. It's not like technology is countrary to gods or anything, they may have inspired a lot of it. As to the ancient ruins from before even OOT that are filled with their own technology, likely there truly was an era long lost.

BUT THERE IS MORE! The fantasy world of Zelda in OOT seems to be just on the verge of something like our industrial revolution. There are plenty of buildings using electricity. There are neon lights AND juke boxes even! It's likely that electricity is only understood enough to create some very simple stuff for entertainment purposes only. In LA, there is even a simple telephone system. Now, that was a dream world yes, and that could have been a gag, OR it could be memories of that Link and his kingdom he sailed from having just invented that before he set sail. Indeed, Zelda is the only fantasy world that while staying fantasy, actually seems to be TRYING to advance their technology. They even have created explanations for why it would be around the same level in each game, TOTAL CIVILIZATIONAL COLLAPSE.

Something to think about, just remember it doesn't really ruin it because, well, a bow is high technology too.

Also, there's that compass that can detect chests.

One note. As a kid, playing Zelda 1, I always thought the "magical boomerang", the blue one, was actually some super high tech device due to the little part of it that looked like a small computer chip.