Pal Park Platinum · Area
Pal Park on Route 221 is where you bring Pokémon over from Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen. It opens once you have the National Pokédex, and Professor Oak greets you on your first visit with the Trainer Counter app for your Pokétch. Pokémon you migrate are released into the park, and you catch all six again in a timed Catching Show using Park Balls, scoring points for catching, time and types.
- Wild Pokémon
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- Items
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- Trainers
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Connects to: Route 221
Pal Park on the Sinnoh map
Wild Pokémon
No wild Pokémon here.
Items
No items to pick up here.
Tips
- Put a GBA Pokémon game in the DS's slot 2 to migrate Pokémon, then recapture all six in the Catching Show.
- Clear space in your PC Boxes first; the show will not start without room for six Pokémon.
- Your score adds Catching, Time and Type points, and higher scores earn better Berry prizes.
- Show a Snorlax to the Pokétch lady in the lobby for the Kitchen Timer app, and a Kecleon for the Color Changer app.
- A lady in the lobby gives a one-time gift based on the GBA game in slot 2: the Crown (FireRed), the Tiara (LeafGreen), or the Seafloor (Sapphire), Underground (Ruby) or Sky (Emerald) backdrop.
- Before you have the National Pokédex, workers on Route 221 tell you the park isn't open yet.
Walkthrough: Part 19: The National Pokédex and Roaming Legendaries
FAQ
When does Pal Park open in Pokémon Platinum?
As soon as you have the National Pokédex.
Which games can you transfer Pokémon from in Platinum?
Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen, inserted in the DS's Game Boy Advance slot.
Why can't I start a Catching Show?
You need six migrated Pokémon waiting in the park and enough free space in your PC Boxes to hold all six.
Sources & picture credits
Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Bulbapedia and the game data. Wild Pokémon and encounter chances, items, trainers, rematch teams, gifts, trades and shops come from the pret/pokeplatinum decompilation, and the Pokémon and trainer sprites are drawn from the game’s own graphics in it. Location pictures © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, archived from the Pokémon Wiki on Fandom (listed on the image gallery).