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* [http://pkmn.net PKMN.NET] announced a new administrator. The administrator would be the person viewing the announcement. | * [http://pkmn.net PKMN.NET] announced a new administrator. The administrator would be the person viewing the announcement. | ||
* [http://thepokemontimes.com The Pokemon Times] changed their theme for the episode to Digimon. | * [http://thepokemontimes.com The Pokemon Times] changed their theme for the episode to Digimon. | ||
* [http://www.psypokes.com Psypoke]posted an exclusive interview with a Nintendo development team which aqquired the rights to develop new Pokemon games and had just begun developing a new DS gsme called Pokemon Platinum Version(several months before the real Pokemon Platinum was confirmed by Nintendo)a few days before April 1st.The site featured a new Pokémon which would appear in the game known as Slowduck, a pink [[Psyduck]] with a [[Slowpoke]]'s face on the main page which danced across the screen. On April 1st, Psypoke announced that it had recieved a cease and desist letter from Nintendo for posting th interview and were ordered to remove any liscensed material from the site. | |||
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Image:4-1-08 BMGf.png|Bulbagarden forums | Image:4-1-08 BMGf.png|Bulbagarden forums | ||
Revision as of 22:14, 14 February 2009
April 1, 2008 was an April Fool's Day that fell on a Tuesday.
Hoaxes
- Bulbagarden forums changed the default font on some of the forum skins to Wingdings.
- Bulbapedia deleted its User: namespace.
- Game Freak announced it was moving to the Arctic to save the elusive snow Pikachu together with a "new" Nintendo DS game, Seasan.
- Bulbanews ran a story based on Game Freak's hoax.
- Feminist Gamers ran a story about police busting an illegal Pokémon fighting ring.
- deviantART changed the avatar of all of its users to an animated Mudkip sprite.
- 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 Pokemon Times changed their theme for the episode to Digimon.
- Psypokeposted an exclusive interview with a Nintendo development team which aqquired the rights to develop new Pokemon games and had just begun developing a new DS gsme called Pokemon Platinum Version(several months before the real Pokemon Platinum was confirmed by Nintendo)a few days before April 1st.The site featured a new Pokémon which would appear in the game known as Slowduck, a pink Psyduck with a Slowpoke's face on the main page which danced across the screen. On April 1st, Psypoke announced that it had recieved a cease and desist letter from Nintendo for posting th interview and were ordered to remove any liscensed material from the site.
Bulbagarden forums
Bulbapedia
Bulbanews front page
Bulbanews story
Game Freak
Game Freak's snow Pikachu
Feminist Gamers
- 4-1-08 deviantART.gif
deviantART avatar
