April Fools' Day 2016

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April 1, 2016 was an April Fools' Day that fell on a Friday. In the Pokémon fandom, some websites pulled hoaxes on gullible fans.

Hoaxes

Fansites

Bulbagarden

  • The Bulbagarden Forums stated that Chespin would be Pikachu's successor as the mascot for the Pokémon franchise.[1]

Other fansites

  • On Reddit, subreddits /r/pokemon and /r/CFB switched themes for the day turning /r/Pokémon into a sub on College Football and /r/CFB into a Pokémon themed sub.

Others

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