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I too believe they have passed onto the afterlife. They were not "destroyed" in a physical sense but merely they were already spirits.

But I don't mind at all if Sega has them return now and again as spirits. Tikal and her hintorbs were by far best hint methods than Omochao or those large golden "?" things.