personally i found the idea that i could only get certain things as gifts REALLY STUPID but it sort of worked with the business model that you need more than 1 version to Catch Them All. however, i adore mystery gift as a concept. i'd love to see the G/S ball event from crystal in the game than having to get celebi through our generosity. an event to catch mew etc as end game post-trainer red content. this game is going to be a single game with the only other 'versions' being big mod projects, so we can put everything in here and add all the content we like.
however, if we get a master server going one day for freidns lists etc a once a day mystery gift thing would be fun to have. i dont know what we'd deliver via this service but i dont want it to be the only way you get things like celebi.