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*{{wp|New Japan Pro-Wrestling}} (NJPW) added an {{p|Eevee}} mascot as one of their new pro-wrestler signed to the company. He | *{{wp|New Japan Pro-Wrestling}} (NJPW) added an {{p|Eevee}} mascot as one of their new pro-wrestler signed to the company. He was scheduled to fight wrestler {{wp|Evil (wrestler)|EVIL}} on April 1, 2018.<ref>[http://sp.njpw.jp/profile/141171 新日本プロレス NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING OFFICIAL WEBSITE]</ref> | ||
*During a press conference, the Udon-prefecture announced that they would change their name to Yadon-prefecture ({{p|Slowpoke}}) to boost tourism and that Slowpoke would become their newly appointed Prefecture Governor. They even displayed some Slowpoke merchandise to sell and showed a commercial.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3VL7nSgW-o Youtube: An announcement from Udon-ken（April 1, 2018）]</ref><ref>[https://www.my-kagawa.jp/yadon-ken/ Yadon-prefecture official site]</ref> | *During a press conference, the Udon-prefecture announced that they would change their name to Yadon-prefecture ({{p|Slowpoke}}) to boost tourism and that Slowpoke would become their newly appointed Prefecture Governor. They even displayed some Slowpoke merchandise to sell and showed a commercial.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3VL7nSgW-o Youtube: An announcement from Udon-ken（April 1, 2018）]</ref><ref>[https://www.my-kagawa.jp/yadon-ken/ Yadon-prefecture official site]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 04:14, 7 March 2019
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.
- 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]
Pokémon Duel
- The Pokémon Duel Twitter account posted information for a figure featuring the player's AI, Carlo:[20][21]
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