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
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.
Items Accessible by Mystery Gift in Generation II
| Common Items | Uncommon Items | Rare Items | Very Rare Items |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry | Great Ball | Leaf Stone | HP Up |
| Bitter Berry | Gold Berry | Thunderstone | PP Up |
| Burnt Berry | Miracle Berry | Fire Stone | Big Lapras |
| Ice Berry | Revive | Water Stone | Surfing Pikachu Doll |
| Mint Berry | Super Repel | Scope Lens | |
| PRZCureBerry | Max Repel | Max Revive | |
| PSNCureBerry | Ether | Max Ether | |
| X-Attack | Elixer | Max Elixer | |
| X-Defend | Squirtle Doll | Big Onix | |
| X-Special | Bulbasaur Doll | Big Plant | |
| Dire Hit | Pikachu Bed | Red Carpet | |
| Guard Spec | Pink Bed | Yellow Carpet | |
| Pikachu Poster | Polkadot Bed | Green Carpet | |
| Clefairy Poster | Tropical Plant | Blue Carpet | |
| Jigglypuff Poster | Magna Plant | Virtual Boy | |
| Weedle Doll | NES | ||
| Jigglypuff Doll | N64 | ||
| Diglett Doll | |||
| Oddish Doll | |||
| Geodude Doll | |||
| Machop Doll | |||
| Poliwag Doll | |||
| Shellder Doll | |||
| Grimer Doll | |||
| Gengar Doll | |||
| Voltorb Doll | |||
| Staryu Doll | |||
| Magikarp Doll | |||
| Bluesky Mail | |||
| Eon Mail | |||
| Morph Mail | |||
| SNES |
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 fucntion (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.
