Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl – Unlocking Mystery Gifts

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl – Unlocking Mystery Gifts

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl have a Mystery Gift feature that allows players to receive various rewards by connecting to the internet and/or entering codes. Unlike in Pokemon Sword And Shield, the Mystery Gift feature is not immediately available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and must be unlocked.

Unlocking Mystery Gifts

This can be done in two ways;

  • Option 1: Beat Veilstone Gym Leader
    • Mystery Gift can be automatically unlocked by defeating the Veilstone Gym Leader Maylene.
      • Maylene is the game’s third gym leader, so it may take some time to unlock Mystery Gift using this method.
  • Option 2: Enter Password At Jubilife TV
    • The second method can be done immediately after defeating the game’s first gym leader and visiting Jubilife City for the first time.
    • After unlocking the Poketch, go to the third floor of the Jubilife TV station and speak to the TV Producer there.
      • When the Producer asks what your favorite TV Show is, enter “EVERYBODY HAPPY WI-FI CONNECTION”, which will unlock Mystery Gift early.

Mystery Gift makes a return in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. However this time there are two different ways to get it. First, the feature is automatically unlocked after you have defeated the Veeilstone City Gym. There is a way to get it earlier, though. If you go to Jubilife City’s TV Station, on 3F you will find a TV producer who will ask you what your favourite show is. If you answer “Everyone Happy Wi-Fi Connection”, then you will get the Mystery Gift feature early

Get A Mystery Gift

When you enter Mystery Gift you will be presented with three different options on how to proceed. These are all in order to retrieve various events and the methods used depends on the location and type of the event. This time, rather than having to get the gift from a person in the Pokémon Center, they’ll just be put automatically into your Pokémon Box or inventory. These methods have been reduced in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl with Local and Battle Stadium being removed

Get via Internet

Get from Internet is one of the more commonly used features. From time to time, various events will be held online to celebrate various things such as anniversaries or product releases. This feature allows for you to get the event distribution from home.

Get via Code/Password

The next way is another which requires the Internet. Various distributions will be given where you will get a Serial Code. This Serial Code can only be used once and needs to be entered into the form to be received. There are also special Codes which are shared by all players so they can use the same code to receive the Pokémon being distributed.