Mirage Mail

The Mirage Mail (Japanese: まぼろしメール Illusory Mail) is a type of Mail exclusive to the Generation II games.

Mirage Mail まぼろしメール Illusory Mail

Mirage Mail

Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Items

The Mirage Mail (as well as the Bluesky Mail) is present in the data of Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, but could only be legitimately obtained by using the now-defunct Mobile System GB online service in the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price GSC N/A $25

Effect

Held item

It contains a freely written message with up to 32 characters written across two 16-character rows of text. The player writes the message when giving this item to be held by a Pokémon. Mail uses a unique text entry interface that has a wider selection of characters than other text entry interfaces in these games. The message can be sent to other games of the same generation by trading the Pokémon holding this item.

The message remains available as long as this item is held by a Pokémon or stored in the Mailbox. This item is unable to have any message when stored in the Bag or in the Item Storage System, but there is the option to delete any existing message when storing this item in these places. Once the message is deleted from this item, the player is able to reuse it with a new message. A Pokémon holding this item cannot be placed in the PC or in the Pokémon Day Care.

This item cannot be stolen by Thief.

On the Game Boy Color, the message can be printed in grayscale using the Game Boy Printer accessory. The printing feature is accessed by pressing Start when the message is displayed.

On the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, when the player attempts to enter the Trade Center while one of the Pokémon in their party is holding Mail, they are given a warning on the touch screen not to include offensive material in Mail. The printing feature is disabled on the Virtual Console.

Description

Games Description GSC Mew-print Mail. (HOLD)

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods C PokéCom Center*

In the side series games

Gallery

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  Mirage Mail
  (Pokémon Stadium 2)

In other languages

Language Title French Lettre Mirage German Trugbrief Italian Mess. Visione Spanish Carta Espejismo

Mail Generation II Eon Mail • Flower Mail • Litebluemail • Lovely Mail Morph Mail • Music Mail • Portraitmail • Surf Mail Event-only: Bluesky Mail • Mirage Mail Generation III  Bead Mail •  Dream Mail •  Fab Mail •  Glitter Mail •  Harbor Mail •  Mech Mail  Orange Mail •  Retro Mail •  Shadow Mail •  Tropic Mail •  Wave Mail •  Wood Mail Generation IV  Air Mail •  Bloom Mail •  Bubble Mail •  Flame Mail •  Grass Mail  Heart Mail •  Snow Mail •  Space Mail •  Steel Mail •  Tunnel Mail Event-only:  Brick Mail • Unobtainable:  Mosaic Mail Generation V  BridgeMail D •  BridgeMail M •  BridgeMail S •  BridgeMail T •  BridgeMail V  Favored Mail •  Greet Mail •  Inquiry Mail •  Like Mail  Reply Mail •  RSVP Mail •  Thanks Mail

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