ok so hear me out
what if, to promote exploration, some islands straight up do not appear on the map until you’ve reached it (as in there are no clouds or anything in it’s position on the map, it appears to just be a stretch of ocean)
basically, instead of being covered by clouds until you find it, it doesn’t appear on the map until you find it
this idea is taken right out of Phantom Hourglass, where there were a few cool islands that aren’t on your map until you look at them, which prompts a brief cutscene and it gets put on your map
I feel like this would be great for exploration, as it would reward people trying to explore with a unique island