Mystery Gift

Mystery Gift (Japanese: ふしぎなおくりもの Mysterious Gift) is a feature found in all Pokémon games from Generation II onward.

Generation II

In Generation II, Mystery Gift is used in conjunction with the infrared port on top of the Game Boy Color to communicate with other Mystery Gift-enabled games to give other players room decorations or items. It can also be used with Pokémon Pikachu 2 and Pokémon Stadium 2. Mystery Gift can be used a maximum of five times a day, with no more than one gift per user.

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 start-up menu. Though the Generation II games are playable on a Game Boy Advance, Mystery Gift cannot be used as these systems have no infared ports.

Items Accessible by Mystery Gift in Generation II

Common Items	Uncommon Items	Rare Items	Very Rare Items
Berry	Miracleberry	Water Stone	HP Up
Przcureberry	Gold Berry	Fire Stone	PP Up
Mint Berry	Revive	Leaf Stone	Big Lapras
Ice Berry	Great Ball	Thunderstone	Surf Pikachu Doll
Burnt Berry	Super Repel	Max Ether
Psncureberry	Max Repel	Max Elixer
Guard Spec.	Elixer	Max Revive
X Attack	Ether	Scope Lens
X Defend	Magna Plant	Red Carpet
Bitter Berry	Tropic Plant	Blue Carpet
Dire Hit	NES	Yellow Carpet
X Special	Nintendo64	Green Carpet
X Accuracy	Bulbasaur Doll	Jumbo Plant
Eon Mail	Squirtle Doll	Virtual Boy
Morph Mail	Pink Bed	Big Onix
Music Mail	Polkadot Bed	Pikachu Poster
Jigglypuff Doll
Poliwag Doll
Diglett Doll
Staryu Doll
Magikarp Doll
Oddish Doll
Gengar Doll
Shellder Doll
Grimer Doll
Voltorb Doll
Clefairy Poster
Jigglypuff Poster
Super NES
Weedle Doll
Geodude Doll
Machop Doll

Pikachu Bed, Unown Doll and Tentacool Doll can only be obtained thought the Mystery Gift option in Pokémon Stadium 2. They're all Very Rare Items.

Generation III

In Generation III, Mystery Gift's primary use is to receive special items at Nintendo events. It is language dependent, so players will not be able to receive items with a foreign copy of the game.

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 below, based on the language of the game. 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. However, there is no such feature in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions.

Language	Top Left	Top Right	Lower Left	Lower Right
Japanese	ともだち	いっぱい	ふしぎ	つうしん
English	LINK	TOGETHER	WITH	ALL
French	CONNEXION	AVEC	LES	DRESSEUR
German	LINK	MIT	ALLE	ZUSAMMEN
Spanish	CONEXIÓN	CON	TODOS	(Blank)
Italian	INSIEME	IN	LINK	!

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and the Japanese version of Emerald, there is an similar option called Mystery Event. To access this feature, players should talk to the NPC near the PC in the Pokémon Center in Petalburg City, and enter the phrase below while being interviewed (also based on the language of the game). The NPC will then inform the player that the Mystery Event has been activated. It will then be on the main menu after saving the game from that point on.

Language	Top Left	Top Right	Lower Left	Lower Right
Japanese	ふしぎ	できごと	わくわく	ドキドキ
English	MYSTERY	EVENT	IS	EXCITING
French	EVENEMENT	MYSTERE	EST	PASSIONNANT
German	GEHEIM	GESCHEHEN	IST	JIPP!JIPP!
Spanish	EVENTO	MISTERIOSO	ES	DEMASIADO
Italian	EVENTO	SEGRETO	È	FANTASTICO

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 if players answer his questions with the correct keywords shown below (again, based on the language of the game). However, if the player receives a Wonder Card via Nintendo Event or a Pokémon game, Mystery Gift would be activated whether or not the player has done so beforehand. In this generation, Mystery Gift can be used to transfer Pokémon from Pokémon Ranger, Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia or receive items and Pokémon from Pokémon Battle Revolution. Players are able to receive gifts wirelessly, from the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or from a friend. 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 and Pokémon from the said games and also only one of Pokémon from the Events. Gifts are sent with a Wonder Card, which players can store up to three of. This is why players should choose to discard used Wonder Cards so that they will have no more than two cards before receiving another Mystery Gift.

Language	Answer 1 Left	Answer 1 Right	Answer 2 Left	Answer 2 Right
Japanese	みんな	ハッピー	Wi-Fi	つうしん
English	EVERYONE	HAPPY	Wi-Fi	CONNECTION
French	TOUS	HEUREUX	CONNEXION	Wi-Fi
German	ALLE	GLÜCKLICH	Wi-Fi	CONNECTION
Spanish	CONEXION	Wi-Fi	TODOS	FELICES
Italian	CHIUNQUE	FELICE	Wi-Fi	CONNECTION
Korean	(Must activate by receiving a Wonder Card)

Trivia

• Not only was the Secret Key the first item to be released via a Wi-Fi event, but it was also the first to allow sharing or obtaining from friends.
• Due to the game's coding, including shiny check function (which prevents Mystery Gift from being shiny by regenerating a new PID until the Pokémon isn't shiny), it is impossible to get a shiny Mystery Gift Pokémon.

Event distributions Event Pokémon distributions Generation I: Japanese • European language Generation II: Japanese • European language Generation III: Japanese • English • German • Spanish • French • Italian Generation IV: Japanese (local | Wi-Fi) • English (local | Wi-Fi) • German (local | Wi-Fi) Spanish (local | Wi-Fi) • French (local | Wi-Fi) • Italian (local | Wi-Fi) • Korean (local | Wi-Fi) Trading (GTS) Generation V: Japanese (local | Wi-Fi) • English (local | Wi-Fi) • German (local | Wi-Fi) Spanish (local | Wi-Fi) • French (local | Wi-Fi) • Italian (local | Wi-Fi) • Korean (local | Wi-Fi) Global Link promotions Generation VI: Japanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • American region (Nintendo Network | serial code) PAL region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • Korean region (Nintendo Network | serial code) Taiwanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code) Local • Trading Generation VII: 3DS: Japanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • American region (Nintendo Network | serial code) PAL region (Nintendo Network | serial code) • Korean region (Nintendo Network | serial code) Taiwanese region (Nintendo Network | serial code) Local Switch: PE Generation VIII: SwSh • BDSP • LA Trading Generation IX: SV Specific events: Gather More Pokémon! Campaign PCNY (Gen II | Gen III) • Trade and Battle Day • Journey Across America • Party of the Decade Other groupings: Movie events • 10th Anniversary • Tanabata • Undistributed Special Pokémon from games In-game: Gen I • Gen II • Gen III (RS • FRLG • E • Colosseum/XD) • Gen IV (DP ​• Pt ​• HGSS) • Gen V (BW • B2W2) Gen VI (XY • ORAS) • Gen VII (SM • USUM • PE) • Gen VIII (SwSh • BDSP • LA) • Gen IX (SV) Gift Pokémon (Eggs) • Wild Pokémon (Roaming Pokémon) • In-game trades (Hayley's trades) Game-based: Gen I • Gen II • Gen III • Gen IV • Gen VI • Gen VII Gen VIII (Wild Area News) • Gen IX (Poké Portal News) Other: Undistributed Non-Pokémon event distributions Gen III • Gen IV • Gen V • Gen VI • Gen VII (Game-based) • Gen VIII • Gen IX (Game-based) Global Link Other lists Notable ID numbers (Gens I-II • III onward) • Wonder Cards (Gen V • Gen VI • Gen VII) • Serial code prefixes