April Fools' Day 2005: Difference between revisions

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April 1, 2005 was an April Fool's Day that fell on a Friday.

A magazine page scan depicting Korechū

Pokemopolis

Pokémon-related hoaxes this year included:

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 it had composed it as a joke.^[1]
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".
Pokemopolis posted a cease and desist letter from a law firm representing Nintendo that claimed the site had tarnished Nintendo's image.
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 (actual 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.

A Chance TCG card

PokéMasters forums

A scan showing April Fool

Bulbagarden forums

Bulbapedia

A fairly predictable joke that recurs each April Fool's Day is an aesthetic change:

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.

Serebii.net

Haruka Fanclub

A variation on the previous theme, some sites change their focus:

Dogasu's Backpack

Real announcements misinterpreted as hoaxes included:

Pokémon Casewraps^[4] - a customise your consoles with Pokémon images, but as the information was released on April 1, there was confusion as to whether it was real.

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 | valign="top" | Pokémon-related hoaxes this year included:
 * 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 it had composed it as a joke.<sup class="plainlinks">[http://www.filb.de/?option=news&aktion=komm&ID=201]</sup>
-* ''Chance'' (Japanese: '''チャーンス''' ''Chānsu''), believed to be a pre-evolutionary form of {{p|Chansey}}, is revealed as a new [[TCG]] card.<sup class="plainlinks">[http://www.pokebeach.com/news/275.jpg][http://www.pokebeach.com/news/276.jpg]</sup> Its attack is "April Fool".
+* ''Chance'' (Japanese: '''チャーンス''' ''Chānsu''), believed to be a pre-evolutionary form of {{p|Chansey}}, is revealed as a new [[TCG]] card.<sup class="plainlinks">[http://www.pokebeach.com/news/275.jpg][http://www.pokebeach.com/news/276.jpg]</sup> Its  only attack is '''"April Fool"'''.
 * '''[[Pokemopolis]]''' posted a cease and desist letter from a law firm representing [[Nintendo]] that claimed the site had tarnished Nintendo's image.
 * '''[[PokéMasters forums]]''' faked a database error.