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* '''{{OBP|Legendary Pokémon|site}}''' showed a fake magazine page scan (actually about {{zw|The Legend of Zelda (Series)|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''. | * '''{{OBP|Legendary Pokémon|site}}''' showed a fake magazine page scan (actually about {{zw|The Legend of Zelda (Series)|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''. | ||
* [[The Cave of Dragonflies]] claimed on the splash page to be shutting down.<ref>https://www.dragonflycave.com/april-fools</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 17:08, 22 July 2024
April 1, 2005 was an April Fools' Day that fell on a Friday.
Hoaxes
- 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". This Pokémon resembles Happiny, which evolves into Chansey.
- 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.
- The Cave of Dragonflies claimed on the splash page to be shutting down.[4]
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A magazine page scan depicting Korechū -
A Chance TCG card -
Pokemopolis -
The PokéMasters forums -
A scan showing April Fool
Aesthetic changes
- 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.
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Bulbagarden forums -
Serebii.net -
Bulbapedia
Content changes
- 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.
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Haruka Fanclub -
Dogasu's Backpack
Non-hoaxes
Real announcements misinterpreted as hoaxes included:
- Pokémon Casewraps[5] - lets consumers customize consoles with Pokémon images, but as the information was released on April 1, there was confusion as to whether it was real.
References
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