Published , by Jesse Collins
Published , by Jesse Collins
A new glitch has hit classic Pokemon games for anyone that missed out on specific events during the 2010 to 2013 era of games. This bug allows Nintendo DS players to get online after the end of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection services back in 2014. As the exploit allows players to play games like Mario Kart DS and the like, Pokemon players have discovered an additional side effect to it: Mystery Gift events.
This is incredibly easy for the Generation 5 games, Pokemon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2. But, it takes some additional steps for the games during Generation 4, such as Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver.
To begin, this exploit is doable on the Nintendo 3DS, 3DS XL, 2DS, and 2DS XL for both generation 4 and 5, as well as the Nintendo DS and DS Lite for Generation 4. Nintendo DSi does not work for this, unfortunately. For brevity, we will give the 3DS/2DS version for this guide, but the steps for Gen 4 work the same way in DS/ DS Lite.
Do you already have an internet connection set up on your 3DS? If so, skip this part. If not, head to the System Settings, then into Internet Settings, and finally Connection Settings from there. Add a “New connection” and take on the tutorial to set up an internet connection onto the 3DS. Test your connection and ensure it’s successful.
Now that you have an internet connection, head to Change Settings and find DNS. It’ll ask if you want to “Auto-obtain the DNS” and you’re going to want to set this to No. You’ll then see a primary and a secondary DNS. In the primary DNS, type in 164.132.44.106. Leave the second one as all zeros and hit OK. No, seriously that’s it for the Gen 5 games. You’re done and ready to go.
For the Gen 4 games, however, their internet settings were individual in each game. So, head into the opening menu, just after the title screen of your choice of game. Somewhere on the list, it’s going to mention Nintendo WFC. For Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, use the above paragraph to do the same thing, but within the game settings. For Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, it takes some additional steps.
Starting off, do you have Mystery Gift unlocked yet? Head to Jubilife City and into the Jubilife TV building. On the third floor, find the man in the bottom left area and he will ask two questions. For the first question, choose “Everyone” “Happy”, then for question two, answer “Wi-fi” “Connection”. This will unlock Mystery Gift in the usual menu before you start the game.
For the three in question, however, the stars have to align and you’ll need an older-style WPS setting on your router. Some older Wireless-N routers have them built in and it’s a matter of a setting. But, it will ask for the WPS code that is used instead of the usual password. Some phone hotspots have this ability built in as well and may take some additional settings to fiddle with. (In my case, it was not to be, no matter how hard I tried.) Try the same DNS settings as above (164.132.44.106), but another additional possibility is putting 178.62.43.212 as the primary and setting the secondary to 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8. If none of these options work, you may be out of luck for this one.
Update December 3 2018: Gen 4 will work, but has to be configured within the game itself (use the same info, but once you're inside the game). You have to be using an older router or lower end hotspot under WEP to get it to work though. It will not connect without it. If it gets code 52100, you may need to put it on an iPhone network or you're out of luck. For help with solving the 60000 error, see below. As for the 52100 error, there's loads of great information available on the Mystery Gift post featured over on the Pokemon subreddit.
There's a specific method that should help trainers get around the Error 60000 problem. Here's the procedure:
There's one additional tip we'd suggest, and it comes by way of MrBean35000vr over on YouTube: Keep in mind that the DNS server doesn't only allow you to get Mystery Gifts, but also to use the WiFi club to do trades and battles with friends online, too, if people are interested. Gen 4 even has a fully working GTS. Try these settings:
So, what do you get out of these Mystery Gift events? Let me tell you, there’s a lot to unpack here. This includes event-based Pokemon only obtainable by attending major Pokemon events personally, like the World Championships, but also includes Pokemon and items from around the world in some cases, such as the 2012 Pika Pika Carnival event in Singapore. It includes online wi-fi events and Gamestop on-site events. In the HGSS games, the Yellow Road (and other routes) allow your game to tie to the Pokewalker with new Pokemon that can be caught. Yellow Road is nothing but Pikachus, including a possible Pikachu that knows Surf and one that knows Fly (just like the old games).
The following events are exclusive to players who own the Japanese versions of the indicated games:
Needless to say, there are a ton of different events. When going for them, understand that they will be randomized in the system, so the events will try to duplicate, but you can only handle one of a single Wonder Card in a specific game. Wonder Cards are the game’s way of letting you get Mystery Events. Speaking of, generation 5 had 12 slots for Wonder Cards, while gen 4 only has 3 slots. So, expect to delete them as you utilize this glitch to make room. Don’t forget to pick up your Mystery gift in-game before you delete them, though. Generally, you’ll see the delivery man around Pokemarts. In gen 5, he’s near the doorway inside Pokemon Centers.
From there, the Pokemon are all ready to go. But, how do you get them into the modern games? Pokemon Bank is an application within the Nintendo 3DS that also allows for the download of another program within it called “Poke Transporter”. First download the Bank and it’ll give the option within it. Make sure the Pokemon you’d like to transfer into the Pokemon Bank are in your in-game Box 1 first. Then, head to the Transporter and choose your game. It will zap everything in Box 1 into your Pokemon Bank. For safekeeping, Bank is worth the $5 per year to have and use anyway, but the transported Pokemon will be waiting in the first box in Bank called “Transport Box”. They can then be brought into even the most modern Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon games. If you're running Gen 4 games, however, you need to trade the Pokemon individually into a Gen 5 game to get them.
There are still plenty of new events to uncover, and we'd like your assistance. Help us fill in the guide, as it’s incomplete for all of the possibilities. If you find something new, or any event that isn't listed here, let us know in the Chatty below.