Dialga is a sauropod-like Pokémon. It is mainly dark blue with some gray metallic portions, such as its chestplate, which has a diamond in the center. It also has various light blue spots. It has a somewhat wing-like structure on its back, and a crest on its head, resembling a type of dinosaur. Dialga also has two horns on top of its head, two fang-like horns around its mouth, long claws and a short tail.
Gender differences
Dialga is a genderless species.
Special abilities
Dialga has the ability to warp time by either speeding it up, slowing it down, or stopping it altogether.
Similar to most other Template:Type2s, Dialga is capable of wielding various elemental attacks (except for Water attacks). Dialga can also utilize several Ground-, Rock- and Template:Type2 moves. It is one of the few Pokémon that can use Aura Sphere.
Dialga's powers can be amplified by the Adamant Orb.
Being that Dialga primarily resides in a different dimension, its behavior is nearly impossible to study. It has been shown that it is very protective of its home. It has also been shown that it has violent conflicts with Palkia who Dialga should never met.
Habitat
Dialga lives in another dimension, and can only be summoned to the main Pokémon universe by using the Red Chain. This dimension, as shown in the twelfth movie, is blue and full of floating diamonds and also the pathway through different time.
In the games, Dialga is located in Spear Pillar at Mt. Coronet. In explorers of time, darkness, and sky, Dialga may be found at the top of temporal tower, temporal pinnacle.
Dialga appeared in the first three Diamond & Pearl seriesPokémon movies. It was first shown in The Rise of Darkrai, where it fought with Palkia and Darkrai in a battle that nearly destroyed Alamos Town. The same Dialga appeared in Giratina and the Sky Warrior. On its return trip back to its own dimension, Dialga ended up in the Reverse World and got attacked by Giratina. The Renegade Pokémon had been angered by Dialga and Palkia's fight in the previous movie. Dialga's final movie appearance was in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. It was shown for the first time with both the other members of its trio. After being called by Sheena to stop a spatial distortion, it briefly fought with Giratina once more. Later, it returned to help Palkia and Giratina fight Arceus, and sent Sheena, Ash and his friends back in time to fix Arceus's betrayal.
In the Movie 12 manga adaption, Dialga, along with the members of its trio, was summoned by Sheena to help Ash and his friends. Dialga, Palkia, Giratina battle Arceus and it soon puts Sheena and the others in the past to uncover the betrayal Sheena's ancestor made.
Dialga appears as a stage Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, along with Palkia, Cresselia, and the lake guardians on the stage Spear Pillar. It affects the stage much differently than that of its counterpart, such as slowing down time, and even going off its post to attack the players in the middle. It can also distort the stage, like Palkia, but only slightly and not as extreme, as well as shoot beams from various locations.
Game data
NPC appearances
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Dialga appears in the main storyline, but mostly as Primal Dialga (Japanese: やみのディアルガ Dark Dialga). In the future, because of the collapse of the Temporal Tower, Dialga has lost control of itself and has entered a state of self-preservation, keeping time frozen and refusing to let it flow properly. When the player and partner return from the future and arrive at the collapsing Tower, they must best Primal Dialga in battle, who has almost completely turned Primal, and restore the Tower. After putting some sense into it, Dialga is so grateful that it revives the player (who was erased from existence). After going back to Dialga at the top of Temporal Tower, it decides that that the player wants a rematch. Once defeated, Dialga joins the player's team and becomes the first legendary Pokemon recruited.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia: Dialga appears as a bonus boss during one of the Ranger Net extra missions. Dialga was injured from a battle with Palkia and entered Almia Castle to recover. It caused a time distortion due to its wounds and sent the main character and Wendy back in time to before the events of the game started by using Roar of Time.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Dialga is the only Template:Type2 Pokémon that doesn't take super-effective damage when hit by Dragon-type moves, due to the Template:Type2's resistance to them.
Dialga is the tallest Generation IV Pokémon and the third heaviest Pokémon.
Dialga, along with Palkia and Phione, has the second highest catch rate out of all the legendary Pokémon, with a catch rate of 30, only topped by Mew, Celebi, Shaymin, Reshiram, and Zekrom, with catch rates of 45.
Dialga and Palkia are the first legendary Pokémon to be seen at a level that is not divisible by 5, appearing at level 47 in Diamond and Pearl respectively.
The spikes on the Dialga's back, at a certain point of view, look similar to a time gear. In the anime, when Dialga uses Roar of Time, the spine extends and the five spikes become thinner and more pronounced.
Dialga is the first legendary Pokémon to have a role in three different movies.
According to Junichi Masuda's blog, the Spanish translation team suggested to change the name Dialga because of its similarity to the word alga, seaweed.
Origin
Dialga, along with Palkia, may be based on the Shinto legend of Izanami and Izanagi, who are said to have created one island with a spear, erected a pillar on it, and from there created the islands of Japan. Appearance-wise, Dialga is based on Amphicoelias, a genus of Late Jurassic dinosaur thought to contain the largest ever dinosaur species, A. fragillimus. Its type is Steel Possibly due to the hardness of diamonds.
Name origin
The Dia in its name is derived from the word diamond, even though the Japanese word for diamond is ダイヤモンド daiyamondo. The "ga" part in its name may be a corruption of "gon", referring to its origin and type. Its name could also be a reference to a sun dial, which is used to tell the time, or a dial found on a clock. However, the Greek root "dia" can be translated to the word through, and one can refer to Dialga as going "through" time. Dia could also come from the spanish word "Dia" meaning day, a unit of time.
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 Dialga images on Bulbagarden Archives.
