If this was a 2d zelda game, the shrine locating beacon would be foolproof, but since it's a massive 3d world with huge height elevation, rock overhangs, trees, many ways to hide a shrine, it's not always so simple to find them. Then lo and behold, the game scrolled a tip on the loading screen that says if you are near a shrine, wolf link will help lead you to it. On top of wolf link's great fighting prowess (which evens the odds vs some nasty gangs of enemies), I think this shrine sniffing may make the wolf link amiibo the most useful one in the game! anyway just thought I'd share, I was playing the game for over a week before I stumbled into this bit of info.