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'''April 1, 2008''' was an [[wp:April Fool's Day|April Fool's Day]] that fell on a Tuesday.
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=Hoaxes=
'''April 1, 2008''' was an {{wp|April Fools' Day}} that fell on a Tuesday.
* [[Bulbagarden forums]] changed the default font on some of the forum skins to Wingdings.
* [[Bulbapedia]] deleted its <nowiki>User:</nowiki> namespace.
* [[Bulbanews]] ran a story based on [[Game Freak]]'s hoax.
* Game Freak announced it was moving to the [[wp:Arctic|Arctic]].


==Hoaxes==
===Fan sites===
====Bulbagarden====
* [[Bulbagarden forums]] changed the default font on some of the forum skins to {{wp|Wingdings}}.
* [[Bulbapedia]] deleted its <nowiki>User:</nowiki> {{bp|namespace}}.
* [[Bulbanews]] ran a story based on [[Game Freak]]'s hoax. (''see below'')
====Other fan sites====
* [http://www.pokecommunity.com PokéCommunity Forums] changed every user's status to moderator.
* [http://pkmn.net PKMN.NET] announced a new administrator. The administrator would be the person viewing the announcement.
* The Pokémon Times changed their theme for the episode to {{wp|Digimon}}.
* [[Psypoke]] made several edits to their website.
** Visitors either saw a dancing {{p|Psyduck}}-{{p|Slowpoke}} hybrid (named Psypoke) at the bottom of the screen, or would have a {{p|Seaking}} burst through the top of the page.
** The forums were completely shuffled out of order. Furthermore, the icons and descriptions did not match up with the forum listed, and clicking the link to enter a forum would send the visitor to a random forum.
** An interview with an exclusive story on a supposed Pokémon Opal version was posted to the site.
** After the interview was posted, the site instead displayed a notice of closure following a cease-and-desist notification in relation to the interview. After 15 seconds, the visitor was returned to the real main page.
===Others===
* [[Game Freak]] announced it was moving to the {{wp|Arctic}} to save the elusive snow {{p|Pikachu}} together with a "new" [[Nintendo DS]] game, ''Seasan''.
* [http://www.deviantart.com deviantART] changed the avatar of all of its users to an animated {{p|Mudkip}} sprite.
* [http://www.feministgamers.com?p=373 Feminist Gamers] ran a story about police busting an illegal Pokémon fighting ring.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:4-1-08 BMGf.png|Bulbagarden forums
File:4-1-08 BMGf.png|Bulbagarden forums
Image:4-1-08 Bulbapedia.png|Bulbapedia
File:4-1-08 Bulbapedia.png|Bulbapedia
Image:4-1-08 Bulbanews-front.png|Bulbanews front page
File:4-1-08 Bulbanews-front.png|Bulbanews front page
Image:4-1-08 Bulbanews-story.png|Bulbanews story
File:4-1-08 Bulbanews-story.png|Bulbanews story
Image:4-1-08 Game Freak.png|Game Freak
File:4-1-08 Game Freak.png|Game Freak
Image:Snow Pikachu.png|Game Freak's snow Pikachu
File:Snow Pikachu.png|Game Freak's snow Pikachu
File:4-1-08 Feminist Gamers.png|Feminist Gamers
File:4-1-08_deviantART.png|deviantART avatar
</gallery>
</gallery>
 
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April 1, 2008 was an April Fools' Day that fell on a Tuesday.

Hoaxes

Fan sites

Bulbagarden

Other fan sites

  • PokéCommunity Forums changed every user's status to moderator.
  • PKMN.NET announced a new administrator. The administrator would be the person viewing the announcement.
  • The Pokémon Times changed their theme for the episode to Digimon.
  • Psypoke made several edits to their website.
    • Visitors either saw a dancing Psyduck-Slowpoke hybrid (named Psypoke) at the bottom of the screen, or would have a Seaking burst through the top of the page.
    • The forums were completely shuffled out of order. Furthermore, the icons and descriptions did not match up with the forum listed, and clicking the link to enter a forum would send the visitor to a random forum.
    • An interview with an exclusive story on a supposed Pokémon Opal version was posted to the site.
    • After the interview was posted, the site instead displayed a notice of closure following a cease-and-desist notification in relation to the interview. After 15 seconds, the visitor was returned to the real main page.

Others

Gallery

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