There are 120
of them in total, and even though Link's arsenal
of skills is shorthanded when compared to those
of other Zelda games (he can only
use bombs, employ magnetic powers to move metallic
objects around, create ice pillars from water, and lock
objects in place for a short while before they regain their movement), Nintendo was able to build plenty
of clever and entertaining shrines, some
of which whose challenge is not in their clearing, but in finding them or making them emerge through the solving
of highly engaging environmental puzzles in the overworld itself.