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{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
type1=Steel|
type2=Dragon|
nickname=Primal Dialga|
jnickname=やみのディアルガ|
tmnickname=Dark Dialga|
image=[[File:Primal Dialga art.png|220px]] |
caption=Primal Dialga |
gender={{tt|Male|Although referred to as such in the games, Dialga is still technically genderless for gameplay purposes.}} |
ability=[[Pressure]] |
pokemonname=Dialga|
location=Not caught|
prevonum=483|
epnum=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness|
epname=Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness|
current=At [[Temporal Tower]] |
enva1=Unknown|
java1=Unknown|
}}
'''Primal Dialga''' (Japanese: '''やみのディアルガ''' ''Dark Dialga'') is a Pokémon that appears in [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness]]. It is located at the pinnacle of [[Temporal Tower]], and is the final boss of the game's main story line. [[Primal Dialga]] is actually a {{p|Dialga}} that lost control over its ability to control time due to the collapse of the Temporal Tower and changed to this form. In this form, it is also incapable of logical reasoning or showing mercy, only seeking self-preservation and preventing time from flowing properly.  The player must return the [[Time Gear]]s to the tower to restore the flow of time, calm down [[Dialga]], and prevent the future where darkness rules.

Although normally genderless, this [[Dialga]] is referred to as a male.

==Physiology==
[[File:MDP483P.png|left|frame|Primal Dialga]]
[[Primal Dialga]] has the body shape of a normal {{p|Dialga}} but the color scheme is different. The blue color in its body is changed to dark navy blue, the "streamers" are recolored to orange and the diamond in the chest is altered from blue to a cherry shade red which is a sign of its berserk and savage state. This is caused by a collapsing [[Temporal Tower]], resulting in complete loss of self-control, which earns it the name of "Primal Dialga".
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==Background==
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The [[Primal Dialga]] state was from {{mdc|Darkrai|2}}'s doing  who stole the Time Gears, consequently outraging [[Dialga]] and disrupting the proper flow of time. In an alternate future, Temporal Tower collapses, sending [[Dialga]] into a primal rage, making him a being running on pure primal instinct and self-preservation, thus meaning he'd try to foil any attempt to alter the past to protect himself from being erased from existence. When [[Grovyle]] and the player go back in time, [[Dialga]] sends his follower [[Dusknoir]] back in time as well to stop them. He is not seen up until [[Dusknoir]] drags the player and their partner back to the future, where [[Primal Dialga]] orders [[Dusknoir]] to eliminate them. He then assists his six ]]Sableye]] in trying to stop the group from going back in time once more but fails due to the partner's quick thinking. Once the player and partner reach the summit of [[Temporal Tower]], the present day [[Dialga]] attacks them, believing they've come to destroy the Tower due to being in the process of transforming into [[Primal Dialga]]. They manage to defeat him and save the tower, restoring time and [[Dialga]] to their normal states after which he thanks the player and their partner, grateful for all they've done. The future [[Primal Dialga]], [[Grovyle]], [[Dusknoir]], and the player are all erased from existence due to being from a future which no longer exists but after the [[Temporal Tower]] incident, the present day [[Dialga]] returns the player to life as a show of gratitude for repairing the flow of time and the player's sacrifice, as well as the partner's sorrow at the loss of their friend.

[[File:Primal Dialga artwork.png|thumb|left|240px|Primal Dialga artwork]]
However, in [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky]], before they are erased from existence, Primal Dialga proceeds to punish Dusknoir for his failure, as well as Grovyle for trying to change the past. However, they escape and eventually it's revealed that it was a plot for Dusknoir to take over Grovyle's body and return to the past to alter it. What Primal Dialga didn't count on was Dusknoir befriending and saving Grovyle. Primal Dialga then battles Grovyle, Dusknoir, and Celebi but is beaten. After time is erased, Primal Dialga, Dusknoir, Grovyle, and Celebi are spared, and Primal Dialga being converted back into normal Dialga in the process. He then informs them they were saved by a being even more powerful than him: implied to be {{p|Arceus}}.

Although Primal Dialga has lost control of its power, it can still warp through time and use its signature move {{m|Roar of Time}}.

The Dialga battled is not actually the same as the one from the future Grovyle comes from, when battled, Dialga still has a shred of its self left, and thus was not completely "primal" yet. This is shown by the future Primal Dialga only able to communicate with a roar (which Dusknoir apparently understands) and the one the player and their partner battle speaking, but using broken words.

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==Moveset==
{{Pokémon
|gen=4
|pokemon=Dialga
|type1=Steel
|type2=Dragon
|ndex=Primal Dialga
|level=48
|gender=male
|ability=Pressure
|move1=Metal Claw
|move1type=Steel
|move1cat=Physical
|move2=AncientPower
|move2type=Rock
|move2cat=Special
|move3=Dragon Claw
|move3type=Dragon
|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Roar of Time
|move4type=Dragon
|move4cat=Special
}}

==In the anime==
[[File:Primal Dialga anime.png|thumb|Primal Dialga in the anime]]
Primal Dialga made two very brief appearances in ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky]]''.

==In other languages==
*Spanish: '''Dialga Primario'''
*Italian: '''Dialga Oscuro'''

==See also==
{{Animespecies|Dialga}} 

{{Dungeon 2 characters}}
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