What if Hoopa's inclusion in Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Mega Dimension wasn't just about opening portals to Hyperspace Lumiose? What if it was actually foreshadowing Generation 10's next gimmick?

According to leaks, the next gimmick could be called Majin. What's interesting is that Hoopa is already known as the Djinn Pokémon, and its Japanese classification is Majin Pokémon. Could this be more than a coincidence?

Hoopa and the Next Gimmick

Hoopa has two forms: Confined and Unbound. Its Unbound form represents the release of power that was previously sealed away. In the animated movie, its dangerous power can even manifest as a separate dark entity.

This connects to my theory that Majin could be inspired by the anime trope of unleashing your inner demon.

Think Naruto releasing the Nine-Tails' power or Ichigo transforming into his Hollow form in Bleach. Rather than simply becoming stronger, a character unleashes something dangerous that already exists within them.

How This Fits Pokémon's Other Gimmicks

Pokémon's battle gimmicks often resemble familiar concepts from Japanese media:

- Mega Evolution: Similar to Super Saiyan transformations in Dragon Ball.

- Z-Moves: Like spectacular anime finishing attacks.

- Gigantamax: Resembles giant monster battles in Super Sentai and Power Rangers.

- Majin, potentially: Like characters unleashing their inner demons, revealing a darker or more primal form.

These are thematic comparisons, not confirmed inspirations. However, Majin could introduce a transformation concept distinct from the previous gimmicks.

My Theory

I believe Hoopa could either be directly responsible for Majin or represent the same type of power. Its Unbound form already embodies the idea of releasing a dangerous, suppressed power.

Perhaps Hoopa's inclusion in the Z-A DLC was deliberate foreshadowing, introducing players to a Pokémon whose lore will become relevant in Generation 10.

What if Majin allows Pokémon to unleash their inner power, and Hoopa Unbound is our earliest example of what that transformation could look like?

The leaks remain unconfirmed, but Hoopa's name, lore, and transformation make this an intriguing possibility.

We all know Hoopa, that mischievous genie who can make rings that can teleport things through different dimensions.

Of course, the question is: Where did he come from? And I don't mean what region he came from, I mean, how did he come into existence?

I remember reading a post from this sub-reedits very own Pokemon Professor Kiskeym2 about Hoopa

Near the end, they mention how Kami don't necessarily come from anywhere, they just exist as manifestations of concepts.

In the end of their post, Kiskeym2 says the following....

Hoopa Unbound category is Djinn Pokémon, in Japanese まじんポケモン [Majin Pokémon] - a “majin” is a more generic magical creature, but it can also refer to Djinn in particular. According to pre-Islamic Arabian folklore, these beings “originated as malevolent spirits residing in deserts and unclean places” [Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar; Robert Lebling; I.B.Tauris, 30 lug 2010], a concept Game Freak could have easily used as a basis for Hoopa as it has a direct equivalent in Shinto.

The concept of 穢れ [kegare], a word that express "uncleanness", "defilement", "impurity", refers to a state that could be reached as a natural reaction when making contact with certain sources of filth. Kegare naturally leads to 淀み [yodomi], "stagnation". In Shinto's culture, pools of stagnated water allow insects, invertebrates and other evil and distorted entities to spontaneously originate and proliferate in them.

So, it would be thematically fitting for the malevolent Hoopa to being born out of the stagnation of unclean waters flowing in an oasis in the middle of the desert, where its lair is said to be located - connecting both to Shinto’s folklore and Djinn's lore. To this day, however, there’s no way to tell if that’s the truth.

To add to this, what if it's not just unclean waters, but "unclean" or "impure" thoughts?

Hoopa is known for it's "avarice". Stealing treasures from rich kings and hording them.

Perhaps then, Hoopa is the manifestation of human greed.

We do see other examples of human emotions creating Pokemon, most notable with the Treasures of Ruins, a quartet of Pokemon created by man-made object empowered by feelings of resentment, hatred, fear and envy.

Whilst Hoopa is definitely not a Treasure of Ruin, it could still be a manifestation of a negative human emotion. In this case, greed.