Palkia looks dinosaur-like, similar to Dialga, though it seems to be based off of a therapod as it stands upright. Although it possesses wings, it does not possess the ability to fly more than a couple feet off the ground. It has plates on its shoulder area, where two pink pearls reside. Palkia has a long neck and a powerful tail.
Gender differences
Palkia is genderless.
Special abilities
Palkia has the ability to warp space. In the Pearl version of the game, it is mentioned on the statue in Eterna City that it can create alternate realities.
Palkia's skills in battle are mostly the same as Dialga's, except that Palkia can learn a handful of Template:Type2 moves. Palkia is also slightly faster than Dialga and has weaker defensive stats.
Palkia's powers can be magnified with the Lustrous Orb.
Palkia occasionally appears on the Spear Pillar stage as one of three Pokémon that controls it. Unlike Dialga and Cresselia, it'll use its powers to distort the stage however possible. Some examples include tilting the stage, turning the stage completely upside down and reversing the screen itself (The last two will cause the movement controls to be reversed temporarily). It'll often shoot beams in the cave below, dealing a lot of damage to the players that get caught in the blast.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
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Palkia is one of Arceus's halves. The other is Dialga.
Palkia's US name was revealed, along with Dialga's, on 20th January 2007.
Palkia has a footprint that is the same shape as crowns traditionally worn by queens. The other two members of the dragon trio, Dialga and Giratina, also have crown-shaped footprints.
Palkia and Kingdra have the same type combination.
Palkia along with [(Dialga)] talks with capitals in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2.
Origin
Palkia is based after a European dragon with a pearl. Like Dialga's origin from the largest sauropod dinosaur, Amphicoelias, Palkia may be based on another sauropod, the bipedal Plateosaurus.
Name origin
The Pal (Paru) in its name is derived from the Japanese word for pearl, パール pāru.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Palkia images on Bulbagarden Archives.
