April Fools' Day 2018: Difference between revisions

April 1, 2018 was an April Fools' Day that fell on a Sunday. In the Pokémon fandom, some websites pulled hoaxes on gullible fans.

Hoaxes

The Pokémon Company

• The Pokémon Company International announced on social media that they had been taken over by Team Rocket.
  • On Twitter and Facebook, they made several posts following the beginning and fall of their takeover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]} The hashtag #TeamRocketTakeover was launched with the first post and continued to be used on all posts.
    • VIZ Media played along with the hoax and got retweeted.^[14]
  • On their homepage, several articles were written about Team Rocket and promoted on the main page.^{[15][16][17][18]}
    • The Featured Pokémon were all Team Rocket Pokémon and the first one was Meowth.

Pokémon GO

• It was announced that 8-bit graphics Pokémon would be released in Pokémon GO.^[19]

Fansites

• Pokémon Showdown announced it would have Max Revive and Critical Hit Insurance DLC.

Aesthetic changes

• The Bulbagarden Forums were changed into GardenGarden with accompanying Garden theme and names for rooms.
• Pokémon Central Wiki changed its main page to Pokémon Central Rainbow Rocket Wiki and designed it to reflect this.

Other

• New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) added an Eevee mascot as one of their new pro-wrestler signed to the company. He is scheduled to fight wrestler EVIL on April 1, 2018.^[20]
• During a press conferance, Udon-prefecture announced that they would change their name to Yadon-prefecture (Slowpoke) to boost tourism. They even displayed some Slowpoke merchandise to sell and a commercial.

References

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