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'''Pal Park''' (Japanese: '''パルパーク''' ''Pal Park'') is a special Pokémon preserve present in the five [[Generation IV]] [[core series]] games, located at the east end of {{rt|221|Sinnoh}} in [[Sinnoh]] and in [[Fuchsia City]] in place of the {{safari|Kanto}} in [[Kanto]].

According to [[Professor Oak]], Pal Park attracts Pokémon from other regions.

==Accessing Pal Park==

Pal Park in HeartGold and SoulSilver is located where the [[Kanto Safari Zone]] was in previous games, at the north end of [[Fuchsia City]]. It is stated in-game that it used to be a Safari Zone, but when [[Baoba|the warden]] closed it down, his son opened Pal Park in its place. As players cannot enter Kanto without the National Pokédex, it is also required in these games. As soon as the player has arrived in the city, the migrate option will appear on the menu screen, regardless of whether Pal Park has been visited or not.

Unlike [[Generation II]]'s [[Time Capsule]], the transfer from Generation III to Generation IV via Pal Park is permanent; Pokémon sent over cannot be returned to any Generation III game.

Pokémon can only be migrated if the Generation III game and Generation IV game are the same language, unless the Generation IV game is Korean, in which case any language Generation III game can be used (due to the Generation III games not being released in Korean). However, it is possible to trade between languages in Generation III, so it is possible to migrate, for example, a Pokémon originally met in a Japanese game from a Spanish Generation III game to a Spanish Generation IV game.

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===Manipulation===

Despite the game having settings in place to restrict the amount of Pokémon migrated in a single day, these restrictions can be avoided and an unlimited number of Pokémon transferred into Generation IV. If, once a Catching Show has been completed, the player turns off the game system and changes the date on the Nintendo DS to show one day later, and inserts a second Generation III game, he or she will be instructed to reset the time on the DS. This will prevent migration from the second game, but allow the original game—that has already had six Pokémon transferred—to send Pokémon into the Generation IV game. Also, the Nintendo DS's clock can be set to the time displayed in the GBA cartridge before choosing Pal Park option to avoid the 24 hour period of waiting before transferring their Pokémon.

==Catching Show==

===Score===

In addition to transferring Pokémon from [[Generation III]], Pal Park also has a score system that will offer rewards depending on the player's score. The score will be given at the end of the Catching Show by the Park Ranger. The score is worked out by how fast the captures are completed and what Pokémon are transferred over. If a rarer or a [[legendary Pokémon]] is migrated, such as {{p|Mewtwo}}, a higher score will be given, as opposed to more common Pokémon such as {{p|Rattata}}, which will be given a lower score. Timing will also alter the score: if it takes longer to complete the challenge the score will be decreased; however, if it takes a shorter amount of time to complete the challenge, the score will be increased. When Pal Park is first visited, a default high score of 2000 will be set by the player's rival (either {{ga|Barry}} in the Sinnoh games or {{ga|Silver}} in the Johto games). The Park Ranger always gives the player a [[Berry]] as a reward; the higher the score, the rarer the Berry.

==Modifications to transported Pokémon==

Many Pokémon obtained in [[Generation III]] gained an Ability in [[Generation IV]]. Due to Ability being dependent on [[personality value]] in the Generation III and IV games, this means that some migrated Pokémon have an Ability that does not match their personality value (since the Ability is not changed upon migration). However, because Ability is recalculated upon [[evolution]], if that Pokémon evolves its Ability will change to match its personality value.

While non-English and non-Japanese characters cannot normally be used in the Generation III games, they do occur in some [[in-game trade]]s and preset player names. If a Pokémon has a nickname or [[original Trainer]] that has one of these characters, it will be turned into a kana character in the Western Generation IV games due to [[List of glitches in Generation IV#Pal Park name encoding glitch|encoding issues]].

==Geography==

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===Outside===

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==Trivia==

* In the internal data of the [[Generation V]] games, the theme of the [[Poké Transfer Lab]], which is titled the same in [[Pokémon Black & Pokémon White: Super Music Collection|the soundtrack release]] of {{game|Black and White|s}}, is called '''SEQ_BGM_PALPARK'''. This is a reference to it being the generation's equivalent to the Pal Park of the [[Generation IV]] games.

** Prior to the 2007 {{DL|List of local Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation IV|PalCity Mew}} distribution, the 2010 Japanese {{DL||Movie Celebi}} distribution, the {{DL|List of local Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation IV|2007 Tanabata Jirachi}} distribution, and the 2007 Japanese {{DL||10th Movie Deoxys}} distribution, Pal Park was the only way to obtain {{p|Mew}}, {{p|Celebi}}, {{p|Jirachi}} and {{p|Deoxys}} in the Generation IV games, respectively.

** Some Pokémon, such as {{p|Regice}}, which are only obtainable via an event in Generation IV, can be obtained without one in Generation III.