Pal Park
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| Location: | Fuchsia City, Route 221 | |||
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| Region: | Kanto and Sinnoh | |||
| Generations: | IV | |||
| File:KantoSinnoh Pal Park Map.png Location of Pal Park in Kanto and Sinnoh. | ||||
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Pal Park (Japanese: パルパーク Pal Park) is a location on Route 221 in Sinnoh, and, in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Fuchsia City in Kanto, replacing the Safari Zone from Generation I and III. Its slogan is "A Place for New Beginnings."
Pal Park allows players to transfer or migrate Pokémon caught in Generation III games to the Generation IV games. To unlock the area in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the player needs to have seen all Pokémon in Sinnoh's regional Pokédex (except for Manaphy and Phione in Diamond and Pearl) and then show his/her accomplishment to Professor Rowan in his lab. After this has been done, Professor Oak himself will show up to both upgrade the Pokédex to National mode and to invite the player to come to Pal Park. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, it is accessible as soon as the player has access to Fuchsia City.
Geography
Lobby
Pal Park is a large area consisting of a large park and a small entry building. It was constructed just recently, on Route 221, to help trainers trade over their Pokémon from a distant region. After reaching the end of Route 221, the large Pal Park building is visible. Entering the building will take the player into the lobby, where they can accept to take part in the Daily Catching Show by talking to the Park Ranger. There are two floors in the lobby. The first is where registration for the show takes place. A woman on the left side of the building will tell the player their highest score achieved in the Catching Show. There is also a woman on the ground floor, who will give the player the Pokétch applications "Kitchen Timer" and "Color Changer", respectively, if she is shown a Snorlax and a Kecleon. The second floor is accessible using the stairs on the right. Many people come up here to see all of the shows, as there are glass windows from which the entire park can be seen. In total, there are seven people within the lobby.
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Pal Park is located in Fuschia City, replacing the Safari Zone from Generations I and III. It holds the exact same function as Sinnoh's Pal Park, except the Pokétch apps are not available, as well as the three backgrounds available in Diamond, Pearl and Platinum if the player has Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald in the cartridge. However, the FireRed and LeafGreen cartridges in the slot will still yield the Crown and Tiara accessories, respectively. It is instantly available when the player arrives in Fuschia City.
Park
Pal Park itself is a huge park, with different terrains to suit all sorts of different Pokémon. Upon entering entering, the player will begin in the field area of Pal Park. This contains a large open space with large patches of tall grass, inhabited by field Pokémon. There are two patches of grass within the area, a small patch on the east, and a larger patch on the west. There are 123 Pokémon that can appear in this area. There are three different paths the player can take in order to get to the another area of the park; the north-western stairway will take the player to the forest area, the north-eastern stairway will take the player through a pathway to the mountain area, and traveling east will take the player to the sea area by jumping off of a ledge.
By following the path up the far north-western side of the park, the player will reach the forest area of Pal Park, where forest-dwelling Pokémon live. There are 74 Pokémon that can appear in this area. It is a long, narrow strip of pathway following up the far western side of the park, then it takes a right turn up in the corner of the park, and travels east until the player reaches the pond area. The path is a long, narrow, dark pathway covered by tall trees, with the ground covered all the way by tall grass. The only other way to get to and from the forest area is by traveling through the pond area.
When the player reaches the pond area via the forest area, the player must travel a short distance east to reach the pond, a pool of water, able to be surfed across, where all the wild Pokémon inhabit. There are 37 Pokémon that can appear in this area. If the player travels south while getting there, they will find a ledge going down into the mountain area. Once entering the square pond to find Pokémon, they can go south to reach dry land, where they can also climb up and down stairs on the steep mountainside to reach the sea area. Alternatively, the player can enter from the sea area by traveling north through part of the mountain area to reach the southern part of the waterside, where the player can surf across the light water to the other side. There is no other way of getting to the pond in the north-eastern corner.
The mountain area is located in the middle of a mountainside, in the center of Pal Park. It can be accessed by jumping a ledge in the pond area just north of there, or going through a little forest pathway from the field area. The mountain area has a small patch of grass, where the player can find wild Pokémon. There are 105 Pokémon that can appear in this area. Most of this area is covered with grass, while only a small part of it isn't. There is also a ledge the player can jump down to reach the sea area. This is the only way to leave the area apart from turning back to the field area.
The final area in the park, known as the sea area, is found in the south-eastern corner of the park. It can be accessed by going east from the field area, or south from the mountain area, by jumping down the ledge and going down the mountainside. The sea area makes up a large section of the park, with a large area of sea coming in from the west. When the player enters from the mountain or pond area, there is a large ledge to a sandy beach where the sea meets the land. The area also has rocky terrain, with many rocks on the beach and in the water blocking the way, so that the player cannot travel any further east past the mountain side. By surfing across the deep blue water, the player can encounter many different types of wild sea Pokémon. In total, there are 37 Pokémon that can appear in this area. If the player goes west past another set of ledges, they will end up back on the eastern side of the field area where they began, making a big loop.
Items
Key Items
- Park Ball (x6): Given by the Park Ranger to capture the six Pokémon in the Catching Show. They have a catch rate of 100%, much like the Master Ball.
Pokétch Apps
- Trainer Counter: Given by Professor Oak upon entering Pal Park. (Diamond, Pearl and Platinum only)
- Kitchen Timer: Given after showing a woman in the lobby a Snorlax (Diamond, Pearl and Platinum only)
- Color Changer: Given after showing a woman in the lobby a Kecleon (Diamond, Pearl and Platinum only)
Principle
Purpose
- Main article: List of Pokémon by Pal Park location
Pal Park allows people who have both the Generation III and Generation IV games to transfer Pokémon ahead via the Nintendo DS's Game Boy Advance slot. However, In Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, only six Pokémon can be transferred in one 24 hour period per GBA cartridge, and no Pokémon can be transferred until the previous six Pokémon have been caught. (The "Only 6 per day" feature has been removed in HeartGold and SoulSilver.) The player may choose to leave the park at any time; however, they must then re-capture all migrated Pokémon on a subsequent visit.
Pal Park, as opposed to other methods of getting previous generations' Pokémon, allows not only that other regions' starter Pokémon can be used by players of Generation IV games, but also provides a way for players to take the Pokémon that they had raised in Generation III to the next level. There are also some items that can only be obtained in Generation IV through Pal Park.
Function
Unlike in Generation II, where the Time Capsule allowed Pokémon to return to Generation I, the transfer from Generation III to Generation IV is permanent - all Pokémon sent over are removed from the GBA games.
In a similar fashion to the Time Capsule, though, there is a move requirement on the Pokémon to be transferred: Pokémon moving from Generation III to Generation IV must know no HM moves from Generation III. These moves can be deleted before transfer in Lilycove City or Fuchsia City. This created some controversy, with players being unable to transfer special event Pikachu who knew Surf or Fly as well as many Pokémon that lost the ability to learn Dive in Generation IV. However, when Pokémon Platinum was released, those Pokémon who lost Dive could learn it again via move tutor.
After Pokémon have been imported from the GBA game in the bottom slot of the DS through the main menu of the Diamond or Pearl game, they may be captured in Pal Park through an event known as a Catching Show. Each Pokémon has a specific area of the park that they reside in, and therefore, they must also be found before they can be received. Pal Park uses a special type of Poké Ball known as a Park Ball, which has a 100% capture rate, much like the Master Ball. Once a battle begins, there is only two commands that can be used - Throw Ball, or Run. Throwing a Park Ball at the Pokémon will capture it with a 100% capture rate, running away will escape from the battle.
After a Pokémon is captured, if its status screen is viewed, it will display the region that it was originally captured in, Hoenn for Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald (even if it was caught on Navel Rock, Birth Island or Faraway Island); Kanto for Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (even if it was captured in an area of the Sevii Islands); and "distant land" for Colosseum and XD. It will also display the level at which the Pokémon was migrated.
Everything will stay the same, such as OT, ID number, item held, Pokérus if the Pokémon has it, and even the original type of Poké Ball used to capture the Pokémon, despite a Park Ball being used to recapture it.
The spots of Spinda will stay the same as well as whatever Forme of Deoxys was transferred. Deoxys Formes can later be changed at each one of the meteorites in Veilstone City in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions and Pokémon Platinum Version and on Route 3 in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
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 Mewtwo, a higher score will be given, as opposed to more common Pokémon such as 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. The Park Ranger always gives the player a berry as a reward; the higher the score, the rarer the berry.
Rewards
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 infinite 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 Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum. Also, one can set the DS's clock to the time displayed in the GBA cartridge before choosing the Pal Park option to avoid the 24 hour period of waiting before transferring their Pokémon.
Trivia
- If the player uses a walk through walls cheat in Sinnoh, they can access an area behind the Pal Park building. It is identical to the first few tiles seen when entering Pal Park to perform in a catching show. The only Pokémon that will appear are those which reside in Route 221, where the Pal Park is situated.
- Changing or altering the Nintendo DS's clock in any way will delay the Pal Park Catching Show for another 24 hours.
In other languages
- Spanish: Parque Compi
- Italian: Parco Amici
- French: Parc des Amis
- German: Park der Freunde
See also
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