Mystery Gift

Mystery Gift (Japanese: ふしぎなおくりもの Mystery Gift) is a feature found in the Generation II, III, and IV Pokémon video games.

Generation II

To activate the Mystery Gift feature in the Generation II games, players must talk to the girl in green on the fifth floor of the Goldenrod Department Store. After this has been done, it can be accessed from the main menu.

Mystery Gift is used in conjunction with the IR port on top of the Game Boy Color to communicate with other Mystery Gift enabled games to give other players either room decorations or items. It can also be used with the Pokémon Pikachu and Pokémon Stadium 2.

Generation III

To activate the Mystery Gift feature in the Generation III games, players need only to walk up to the clipboard found at any Poké Mart and enter the phrase: LINK TOGETHER WITH ALL. The clerk behind the counter will then inform them that the Mystery Gift feature has been activated, and it will be available on the main menu from that point on.

Mystery Gift's primary use in these games is to receive special items at Nintendo events.

Generation IV

Mystery Gift can only be activated at the Jubilife City TV station. In the station, there is an interviewer on the third floor who will activate the Mystery Gift function for two sayings: EVERYONE HAPPY and WI-FI CONNECTION. In this generation, Mystery Gift can be used to transfer Manaphy from Pokémon Ranger or receive items from Pokémon Battle Revolution. Players are able to receive gifts wirelessly or from a friend, and are able to connect to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to receive gifts; however, the latter two have not yet been utilized. The Mystery Gift feature will only allow a specific gift to be received once. As a result, a player can only get one of each item from Pokémon Battle Revolution, regardless of whether the item is later repurchased or not.

In the Japanese release the phrase is the same as the American release: みんな ハッピー and Wi-Fi つうしん.