Palkia (Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky)
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Palkia (Japanese: パルキア Parukia) is a Pokémon that appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. It is located in the depths of Spacial Rift, and is the semi-final boss of the game's epilogue. Palkia, like Primal Dialga, is angry at the main characters, this time for distorting space without permission, which is later revealed to be distorted by Darkrai, the Pokemon that wrecked Temporal Tower.
Although normally genderless, this Palkia is referred to as a male.
Physiology
Palkia looks dinosaur-like, similar to Dialga, though it seems to be based on a theropod, the bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs. Palkia’s body is mainly a shade of light purple, although it has stripes and markings of a darker shade and a grayish-colored arm underside and waist. It has round purple-striped plates on its shoulder area, where two pink pearls lie encrusted with a gray rim encircling them and fins in their back. Palkia’s arms have somewhat gauntlet-like extended formations and a purple band of coloration at the wrist. Palkia has a long neck, a pointed white crest on the top of its head that extends to its wings, two strong horn-like tusks on the sides of its jaw, and a powerful tail.
Background
Palkia was originally a Pokemon resident of Spacial Rift until recently, when the main character comes from the future and gets attacked by Darkrai. This caused a distortion in the 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 soon learns that it was Darkrai who distorted everything. Later, the player can recruit Palkia at Spacial Rift.
As Palkia can control the space itself, Spacial Rift's exit is hidden, thus requiring the player to defeat Palkia at first. This can be confirmed by losing against Palkia before defeating Darkrai.
Although Palkia is referred to as a genderless species, it is referred to as a male in this story.