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 Pokémon Pikachu, Pokémon Pikachu 2 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. However, there is no clipboard in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, there is no Mystery Gift but instead called Mystery Event. To access this event, players should complete the Elite Four first. After defeating them, players can now talk to the NPC near the PC in the Pokémon Center in Petalburg City. Players should enter the phrase when being interviewed: MYSTERY EVENT IS EXCITING. 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.

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 then 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, from a friend, or from the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection; however, the latter two have yet to be 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. Gifts are sent with a Wonder Card, which players can store up to three of. This is why players should choose to trash used Wonder Cards so that they will have no more than two cards before receiving another Mystery Gift.

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.