I was more referring to them having some significance within the games. Sure having to visit the islands at special intervals can make it harder to get them if you don't know about it, but it didn't really make them feel legendary in-universe wise. It doesn't need to be much either, Ho-Oh/Lugia were fine with me even though the only backstory we got was about the kimono girls' relative once working there and that he brought the bell with him.To be fair, a large number of them have very specific requirements you need to fulfill for them to appear, many of which are not mentioned in the game at all. Thus unless you specifically look up how to do it, you wouldn't know.
Yeah it's heavily implied that Hoopa did it. But there is no mention of why or where they come from. Everything is just assumations. Don't get me wrong though, I like to have some room for speculation but the only thing we have to go on here is literally the yellow rings they come out of. Just having the portals there and not even explaining it in Hoopa's unlockable dialogue just seems a bit weak to me. Especially since from what we know Hoopa is more concerned about stealing treasures than transporting legendaries.Hoopa did it, because Hoopa could do it. Hoopa seems to be a genie trickster after all.
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