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Nintendo unveils legendary Pokemon Hoopa for Alpha Ruby and Omega Sapphire

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Nintendo unveils legendary Pokemon Hoopa for Alpha Ruby and Omega Sapphire
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Nintendo has officially unveiled a new Pokemon, though it's one that wily hackers have known about - and have been playing with - for ages.

It's called Hoopa, it's the first psychic and ghost-type Pokemon, and it uses the ability Magician which lets you steal a held item from a rival Pokemon, just by hitting them with an attack.

According to Nintendo, "Hoopa’s rings are said to have the power to bend dimensions and move objects across great distances."

It's speculated that this mysterious critter is responsible for getting legendary Pokemon from past games to appear in Alpha Ruby and Omega Sapphire. They do appear from within giant gold rings, after all.

Hoopa

And while Nintendo hasn't said this bit publicly, hackers know that Hoopa changes its form into Unbound Hoopa when the Prison Bottle key item is used on it.

The developer will let us know how to get this critter in Alpha Ruby and Omega Sapphire in due course. And rest easy, Western gamers: this one is confirmed for all territories, and not just Japan.

Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Mark Brown is editor at large of Pocket Gamer