#i'm trying to complete my gen 3 dex 100% legit so someday i'll buy that celebi bonus disc and GET MY ONION

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Sorry if this is a stupid question but i re-bout pokemon diamond recently (i lost the original one i had probably 6 years ago it was a long time) and do you know if there is anyway for me to get a celebi? I know you cant catch them and ive tried to look it up but all the answers are from 2011. Is there any other way to get a celebi? She’s my favorite pokemon and i dont have any friends who have one available to trade

hey! i really love fourth gen despite what everyone says about them, so i’d be super glad to help you.

celebi is super stupidly rare because it’s a mythical pokemon, but there is a way to get one legitly. the japanese bonus disc of pokemon colosseum  is the only 100% not cheating way to get one. 

the positives:1.) the bonus disc comes with 48 celebis! you can transfer all 48 to them to different pokemon rse save files! 48 legit celebis!!!2.) there’s also a special bonus pikachu that comes with this disc!3.) you can easily transfer these celebis up through pal park to diamond4.) these discs are SUPER rare, so if you end up picking one up you’re basically a god

the downsides:1.) you have to have a japanese gamecube / a modded english gamecube that can play and save foreign games2.) you have to have a japanese copy of pokemon colosseum (they go for around 15-30 dollars from what i’ve seen which is not bad at all)3.) you have to complete the entire story mode of colosseum and purify + catch all shadow pokemon4.) and finally own a japanese copy of pokemon emerald, ruby or sapphire and the wireless adaptor that allows the gamecube to communicate with a gameboy advance (you have to complete the japanese ruby sapphire or emerald in order to access pal park to trade up to diamond)

a tutorial about the whole process can be found here, so if this seems like something you want to do someday, check it out.

there is another way to get celebi, but it’s debatably a little trickier than simply unlocking it in japanese colosseum. here’s a post on how to unlock event pokemon in 4th gen specifically. i know celebi was distributed, so maybe unlocking it there would be an alternative to colosseum?