Yeah, this could be a twitter update. What of it?

Something I've noticed in pretty much all American events: there are no Celebi in the U.S. I mean, there are some for trade over on Smogon, but legitimacy is really a big shoulder shrug and a lot of throat-based noises that just sound like you're about to throw up or are choking on something.

With remakes of Gold and Silver coming to DS, the number of legitimate Lugia, Ho-oh and legendary dog trio increase exponentially (particularly if the game works off a similar RNG to the DPP trilogy of games). But what about Celebi? The forgotten plot device of Pokemon: Jhoto, the GS Ball, was given away through special event in Japan, where you could use the GS ball to trigger one of the first in-game unlockable events (in so far as "mystery gifting" was concerened), meeting Celebi in the Illex Shrine.

At present, virtually every other legendary Pokemon is available through some fairly open source (Deoxys had two U.S. giveaways, Darkrai had one with a likely pending item Mystery Gift event... the same is true of Shaymin. Mew is available through Ranch, Jirachi has its own disc from the Pokemon Colloseum demo, FR/LG have Mewtwo, etc), but Celebi has had virtually no exposure in America (particularly since the Japanese equivalent of the Jirachi disc had Celebi... thanks Gamefreak).

Be on the lookout for Celebi rumors to start popping up as more is known about the Gold and Silver remakes, I am sure you will see them.