Wonder Mail
Wonder Mail (Japanese: ふしぎなメール Wonder Mail) is a feature in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series of games. Depending on the entry, Wonder Mail can allow players to redeem specific missions to play, redeem Pokémon directly, or redeem items directly. These methods all usually involve inputting specific passwords.
Redeem Missions
In Red and Blue Rescue Team, each of the randomly generated in-game missions has a password in its description that allows players to share mission with one another. A given password can be entered only once on a given save file. In Japanese versions, they are a single row of 17 characters: 5 white, 7 gold and 5 white (making them similar to Friend Rescue passwords), while in non-Japanese releases, they are instead 2 rows of 12 characters: 4 white, 4 gold, 4 white. As such, they are incompatible. It is possible to receive a Wonder Mail for a job in a dungeon that the player has not unlocked yet; however, except for the four dungeons that have to be unlocked this way, such jobs cannot be taken.
In Explorers of Time and Darkness, the Wonder Mail is now 2 rows of 12 characters regardless of the version, making them all compatible. It is now also possible to send the Wonder Mail to another player via wireless communication; this is the only way to share the special missions that unlock Mewtwo in Explorers of Time and Celebi in Explorers of Darkness, as these missions do not feature the code and the Pokémon are otherwise not available in those respective games.
Kecleon and legendary Pokémon cannot be clients; in the Explorers games, many NPC species, such as Grovyle and Chatot, are unavailable as well. Magnemite and Magnezone are often the clients for outlaw missions in the latter games, but they will never appear for other types of jobs.
Special Wonder Mail codes were periodically available on Pokémon.com, which give access to unique missions or dungeons. Wonder Mail is ranked by difficulty, with the lowest difficulty being E, and the hardest being * (in Red and Blue Rescue Team), or ☆9 (in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky). A small selection of Wonder Mail could also be found on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection prior to its shutdown in 2014.
In Explorers of Sky, Wonder Mail instead has 34 characters, and is renamed Wonder Mail S (Japanese: ふしぎなメールS Wonder Mail S). Wonder Mail missions from its sister games Time and Darkness are unusable, unlike Friend Rescue passwords. Additionally, unlike Wonder Mail codes in Time and Darkness, Wonder Mail S codes are not compatible between the Japanese, North American and European releases of the game.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare), special missions were available to download through WiiConnect24.
In Rescue Team DX, an 8-character password system can also grant special missions. However, the game looks up a distinct list of valid passwords in its data, rather than the game "decoding" any code it is given.
Red and Blue Rescue Team
Legendary Pokémon, Mythical Pokémon, Kakuna, Magnemite, Magneton, Gengar, Unown, Silcoon, Cascoon, Castform, Kecleon and Gardevoir are unavailable through Redeem Missions.
Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky
Legendary Pokémon and Mythical Pokémon are unavailable through Redeem Missions. In addition to these restrictions, many other species, mostly storyline NPCs, are also unobtainable. As a result, it is impossible to obtain these Pokémon prior to the point when they would normally become recruitable; for example, Bidoof cannot be obtained prior to unlocking Mystifying Forest.
In Explorers of Sky, certain Legendary Pokémon as well as Lucario can issue Challenge Letters despite being otherwise unavailable through jobs, and the Challenge Letters can be shared through Wonder Mail S. It is required to unlock certain dungeons before these jobs can be accepted.
The following Pokémon are unavailable through Redeem Missions:
- ↑ In Explorers of Sky, Mewtwo can issue a Challenge Letter. It is required to unlock Sky Stairway before the job can be accepted.
- ↑ In Explorers of Sky, Raikou can issue a Challenge Letter. It is required to unlock Southeastern Islands before the job can be accepted.
- ↑ In Explorers of Sky, Entei can issue a Challenge Letter. It is required to unlock Inferno Cave before the job can be accepted.
- ↑ In Explorers of Sky, Suicune can issue a Challenge Letter. It is required to unlock Treacherous Waters before the job can be accepted.
- ↑ In Explorers of Sky, Jirachi can issue a Challenge Letter. Both the Secret Rank and completing Bidoof's Wish are required to accept the job.
- ↑ In Explorers of Sky, Lucario can issue a Challenge Letter.
Redeem Pokémon
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare), it is possible to automatically recruit certain Pokémon through 16-character "Pal Passwords". This uses a distinct list of valid passwords in the game's data.
Redeem Items
Starting with Gates to Infinity, it is possible to redeem items directly through Wonder Mail by using an 8-character password. Once again, the game refers to a list of valid passwords in its data.
In Super Mystery Dungeon, it is also possible to redeem items by QR Code.
Availability
| Game | Redeem Missions |
Redeem Pokémon |
Redeem Items |
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| Red and Blue Rescue Team | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Explorers of Time and Darkness | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Explorers of Sky | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare) | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
| Gates to Infinity | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Super Mystery Dungeon | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Rescue Team DX | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
List of characters
When writing Wonder Mail, only some of the characters on the keyboard can be used, the rest are red or gray.
Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky
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Gates to Infinity
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Super Mystery Dungeon
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In other languages
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Wonder Mail S
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External links
- Wonder Mail Generator for Blue and Red Rescue Team
- Wonder Mail Generator for Explorers of Time and Darkness
- Wonder Mail Generator for Explorers of Time and Darkness
- Wonder Mail Generator for Explorers of Time and Darkness
- Wonder Mail S Generator for Explorers of Sky
- Wonder Mail S Generator for Explorers of Sky
- Wonder Mail Generator for Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky (Japanese-language tool)
- Generators both online and for download
- GameFAQs thread about Pokémon absent from Wonder Mail Generators
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