Pokémon Gold Version/Connectivity/Mystery Gift

Mystery Gift is a 2-player feature that allows players to be gifted a random item by interacting with another player. This feature uses the infrared port on the Game Boy Color. The games that support Mystery Gift are Pokémon Gold, Silver, and, Pokémon Stadium 2, and Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS. Mystery Gift can be used up to five times per day, receiving no more than one gift from each player each day.

When Mystery Gift is used to connect to another Generation II core series game, each of the connected games will receive a random item, and the opponent in the Trainer House will be replaced by that other player. When it is used to connect to Pokémon Stadium 2, the handheld game will receive an item; some items can only be received when communicating with Stadium 2. When connecting to Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS, the player decides on a number of s to transfer from the device, and the item received will depend on the amount of transferred Watts.