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| valign="top" | Pokémon-related hoaxes this year included:
| valign="top" | Pokémon-related hoaxes this year included:
* A new Pokémon, ''Korechū'' (Japanese: '''これュウ''' and '''これちゆぅ''', sic) was revealed in a magazine page scan also depicting a DS port of [[Hey You, Pikachu!]]. [[PokéLord]] later admitted he had composed it as a joke.<ref>[http://www.filb.de/?option=news&aktion=komm&ID=201 Filb.de]</ref> The Pokémon [[Shinx]] appears to look similar to this Pokémon.
* A new Pokémon, ''Korechū'' (Japanese: '''これュウ''' and '''これちゆぅ''', sic) was revealed in a magazine page scan also depicting a DS port of [[Hey You, Pikachu!]]. [[PokéLord]] later admitted he had composed it as a joke.<ref>[http://www.filb.de/?option=news&aktion=komm&ID=201 Filb.de]</ref> The Pokémon {{p|Shinx}} appears to look similar to this Pokémon.
* ''Chance'' (Japanese: '''チャーンス''' ''Chānsu''), believed to be a pre-evolutionary form of {{p|Chansey}}, is revealed as a new [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG]] card.<ref>[http://www.pokebeach.com/news/275.jpg Pokébeach 1]</ref><ref>[http://www.pokebeach.com/news/276.jpg Pokébeack 2]</ref> Its  only attack is '''"April Fool"'''.
* ''Chance'' (Japanese: '''チャーンス''' ''Chānsu''), believed to be a pre-evolutionary form of {{p|Chansey}}, is revealed as a new {{Trading Card Game}} card.<ref>[http://www.pokebeach.com/news/275.jpg Pokébeach 1]</ref><ref>[http://www.pokebeach.com/news/276.jpg Pokébeack 2]</ref> Its  only attack is '''"April Fool"'''.
* '''[[Pokemopolis]]''' posted a cease and desist letter from a law firm representing [[Nintendo]] that claimed the site had tarnished Nintendo's image.
* '''[[Pokemopolis]]''' posted a cease and desist letter from a law firm representing [[Nintendo]] that claimed the site had tarnished Nintendo's image.
* '''[[The PokéMasters forums]]''' faked a database error.
* '''[[The PokéMasters forums]]''' faked a database error.

Revision as of 15:01, 15 August 2011

April 1, 2005 was an April Fools' Day that fell on a Friday.

Hoaxes

A magazine page scan depicting Korechū
Pokemopolis
 Pokémon-related hoaxes this year included:
  • A new Pokémon, Korechū (Japanese: これュウ and これちゆぅ, sic) was revealed in a magazine page scan also depicting a DS port of Hey You, Pikachu!. PokéLord later admitted he had composed it as a joke.[1] The Pokémon Shinx appears to look similar to this Pokémon.
  • Chance (Japanese: チャーンス Chānsu), believed to be a pre-evolutionary form of Chansey, is revealed as a new TCG card.[2][3] Its only attack is "April Fool".
  • Pokemopolis posted a cease and desist letter from a law firm representing Nintendo that claimed the site had tarnished Nintendo's image.
  • The PokéMasters forums faked a database error.
  • Serebii.net forums had an elaborate custom avatar prank which angered many.
  • Legendary Pokémon showed a fake magazine page scan (actually about The Legend of Zelda), revealing the shadow of a Pokémon named エイプリルフール — a katakana rendition of April Fool.
A Chance TCG card
The PokéMasters forums
File:Legendary Pokemon April Fools.gif
A scan showing April Fool

Aesthetic changes

Bulbagarden forums
Bulbapedia
 A fairly predictable joke that recurs each April Fools' Day is an aesthetic change:
  • Bulbagarden forums forced all users to adopt a skin for a day, parodying the scheme of Serebii.net forums.
  • Bulbapedia was taken over by a cabal, and various texts were changed to reflect this.
  • Serebii.net used the classic Digimon-for-Pokémon substitution.
  • Pokedex.jp also changed its appearance to focus on Digimon.
Serebii.net

Content changes

Haruka Fanclub
 A variation on the previous theme, some sites change their focus:
  • Haruka Fanclub turned into a crudely done Misty fan site for the day.
  • Dogasu's Backpack changed into "Mod Soul" Kon's Backpack, a Bleach site.
Dogasu's Backpack

Non-hoaxes

Real announcements misinterpreted as hoaxes included:

  • Pokémon Casewraps[4] - a customize your consoles with Pokémon images, but as the information was released on April 1, there was confusion as to whether it was real.

References

  1. ↑ Filb.de
  2. ↑ Pokébeach 1
  3. ↑ Pokébeack 2
  4. ↑ Casewraps - not a joke
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