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'''Palkia''' (Japanese: '''パルキア''' ''Palkia'') is a Pokémon that appears in {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness}} and {{g|Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky}}. It is located in the depths of [[Spacial Rift]], and is the penultimate boss of the game's epilogue. Palkia, like [[Primal Dialga]], is antagonistic towards the main characters for distorting space without permission, which is later revealed to be distorted by Darkrai, the Pokémon that wrecked [[Temporal Tower]].

Although normally gender unknown, this Palkia is referred to as a male, but it is treated as gender unknown during gameplay.
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==In the games==
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===History===
====[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers of Time, Darkness]] and [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky]]====
Palkia was originally a Pokémon resident of [[Spacial Rift]] until recently, when the main character comes from the future and gets attacked by {{mdc|Darkrai|2}}. This caused a distortion in space, and outraged Palkia, who drags the main character and his partner to Palkia's domain, Spacial Rift. There, he intends to destroy the two characters; however, the two manage to defeat Palkia, and with {{mdc|Darkrai|2|Cresselia's}} assistance enter his dream. Palkia reveals that the two characters are distorting space to the point that not even he can control it. 

Cresselia then arrives to finish off the characters, but Palkia notices that they don't appear to be motivated by malicious or evil intents, contrary to Cresselia's previous claims to him. He starts to get suspicious, and his suspicions are confirmed when the real {{p|Cresselia}} saves the characters from Darkrai's secret's plan to eliminate them. They then learn that Darkrai was the one expanding the space distortions, and Cresselia pulls them from the nightmare.

As Palkia can control space itself, Spacial Rift's exit is hidden, thus requiring the player to defeat Palkia at first.

After the characters and Cresselia defeat Darkrai at [[Dark Crater]], he plans to escape into a dimensional hole with the intent to restart his goal of casting the world in darkness during a different time period. However, Palkia arrives and, infuriated at Darkrai's wicked scheme, blasts Darkrai just after he entered the dimensional hole. He explains to the player and partner that Darkrai was not killed, but like the player, his memories were erased, as well as his evil personality, and that he became a noble being, and the dimensional hole sent him somewhere random around the world.

Later, the player can recruit Palkia at Spacial Rift. In Explorers of Time and Darkness, this is required to unlock evolution for the main character and their partner.

===Moves used===
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|level=48
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|ability=Pressure
|move1=Water Pulse|move1type=Water|move1cat=Special
|move2=AncientPower|move2type=Rock|move2cat=Special
|move3=Dragon Claw|move3type=Dragon|move3cat=Physical
|move4=Spacial Rend|move4type=Dragon|move4cat=Special}}

===Appearance===
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|- align=center
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{Dragon color dark}}; background: #{{water color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[File:MDP E 484.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{Dragon color dark}}; background: #{{water color light}}; width:96px; height:96px"| [[File:MD484F.png]]
|- align=center style="font-size: 80%;"
| Portrait from {{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers of Time, Darkness}}<br>and {{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky}}
| Sprite from {{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness|Explorers of Time, Darkness}}<br>and {{color2|000|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky|Sky}}
|}

==Trivia==
* The Palkia the player can recruit in {{g|Super Mystery Dungeon}} is [[Connection Orb|connected to]] {{p|Cresselia}}, implying it to be the same Palkia that the player encountered in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky.

==See also==
{{Animespecies|Palkia}} 

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