April Fools' Day 2014: Difference between revisions

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April 1, 2014 was an April Fools' Day that fell on a Tuesday. In the Pokémon fandom, some websites pulled hoaxes on gullible fans.

Bulbapedia adopts a Canadian theme.
Bulbagarden forums were redesigned into Maple Garden Forums, adopting a Canadian theme. Other changes in the forums include:
- Forum moderators have their usernames and avatars changed to reflect the theme. Most of them were named after famous Canadians.
- Forum and site sections were renamed to reflect the theme.
Bulbanews posted an article about a real life Shiny Canadian baby being born using the Masuda method.

The PokéMasters changed its forum theme to a Finnish theme giving the site's name as "The Finnomasters." The forum banner featured Articuno and was designed by Finnish forum member Mikachu Yukitatsu.

Google updated their Google Maps mobile application with a licensed, time-limited "Pokémon Challenge" mini-game running until April 2, 2014 at 02:00 PDT where users have to find and catch Pokémon scattered across the worldwide map. This is accompanied by a live-action announcement trailer depicting exaggerated augmented reality gameplay.^[1]

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 ** Forum moderators have their usernames and avatars changed to reflect the theme. Most of them were named after famous Canadians.
 ** Forum and site sections were renamed to reflect the theme.
+* [[Bulbanews]] posted an article about {{n|Couple discovers Masuda method after child born Shiny|a real life Shiny Canadian baby being born using the Masuda method}}.
 ====Other Fansites====
 * [[The PokéMasters]] changed its forum theme to a Finnish theme giving the site's name as "The Finnomasters."  The forum banner featured [[Articuno]] and was designed by Finnish forum member Mikachu Yukitatsu.