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April Fools 2010 Round-up

02.04.2010

April Fools 2010 Round-up on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

A day of tomfoolery is now done and dusted, so we bring you some of the highlights of April Fool's Day 2010.

Final Fantasy VII DS

Obscure Nintendo website Cubed3 decided to destroy the hopes and dreams of many and announce a DS port of much loved Playstation classic Final Fantasy VII. Cloud's battle with his past and that scene would have come to the dual-screen portable but alas not anytime soon!

Pokemon Kart Wii

This year saw Nintendo's favourite critters borrow Mario's racing setup and zip about in Karts, with 1up mixing up a gorgeous rendition of what will sadly never come to light. Even includes a fairly drugged-up Pikachu!

Ace Attorney Series for Wii

"Objection, Pal!" This piece of evidence would even make a Von Karma shrivel up in fear, a Wii remake of the original Phoenix Wright trilogy and Apollo Justice's debut DS adventure complete with "HD graphics and orchestrated music". Unfortunately it was all a forgery by and you'll have to make do with the WiiWare version!

Vengaboys Do Virtual Console

Eurogamer played a different sort of prank this year, slipping in an amusingly titled Venga Boys Go Wii within the regular weekly Nintendo Download line-up. Wii remote thrusts and cringeworthy costumes would have awaited you if the download had existed (we hope not).

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Nintendo Announces Wii Games for iPad

Apple and Nintendo seem to share some similarities, and Playswitch used this to fuel their April Fool's gag - Nintendo games playable on the upcoming iPad tablet computer, complete with on-screen Wii remote for massive damage to Nintendo's own Wii.

Ecco: Water Wars 2

Do you love dolphins? If so go out and buy a copy of Ecco the Dolphin for Virtual Console. Do you like guns and dolphins? SEGA have the answer for you - Ecco: Water Wars 2, a fictional game where dolphins rise up and use pistols, grenades and all sorts of deadly weapons to kill things, and humans, much like one of The Simpsons Halloween specials.

Virtual Fighter vs Street Fighter

SEGA were prankster kings this year, mocking up a special edition of Virtual Fighter 5 and although this isn't too Nintendo-related it's certainly worth a watch! We see the cast of its fist-em-up take on the fireball wielding folks from Street Fighter, complete with amusing lets-avoid-lawsuit censorship!

GAME to Stock Fruit and Veg

We've had all sorts of video and fake screen pranks, so industry mag MCV decided to introduce fruit to GAME and Gamestation stores across the country. Unfortunately you'll need to wander into your local Tescos if you want your 5-a-day. GAME is strictly for the porky plumbers and hotdog scoffing hedgehogs, until some government bum decides to do something about it, that is.

Did you fall for any pranks this year? Were there any you found to add to the list?

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Wolvesgod 02.04.2010#1

Ouch, that's bad C3... lol, I really wasn't interested into FFVII but look at all the posts too... talk about hitting a wall at high speed.

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Marzeee 02.04.2010#2

Some of them I'd really like to see.

The Phoenix Wright one would be great, in my opinion. I would love all four games on one disc, with all those extra features.

I wouldn't mind Pokémon Kart either, I think it could be a nice rival to Mario Kart, if done rightly.

I definitely want to see Ecco make comeback someday, as well.

Trepe 02.04.2010#3

I wasn't taken in by any of those. But the Final Fantasy VII one was just cruel. Smilie

jesusraz 02.04.2010#4

Trepe said:
I wasn't taken in by any of those. But the Final Fantasy VII one was just cruel.

How about Nintendo Life's VC for the DSi? That was more believeable than our FFVII DS one... Smilie

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JoshSL 02.04.2010#5

The Brawl one is really old C3 Smilie

By the way. I want the Phoenix Wright remakes to be real so fucking badly oh god how could someone do this this is just cruel

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Mr. T 02.04.2010#6

Yeah, looks like the Brawl one is from last year Jaybee...

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Super Sonic 02.04.2010#7

Marzy said:
Some of them I'd really like to see.
The Phoenix Wright one would be great, in my opinion. I would love all four games on one disc, with all those extra features.
I wouldn't mind Pokémon Kart either, I think it could be a nice rival to Mario Kart, if done rightly.
I definitely want to see Ecco make comeback someday, as well.

The Phoenix Wright series on Wii would be epic. Pokémon Kart would be as bad as the Digimon Racer game. Another sequal of Ecco would be good. SEGA coukd do the same as Sonic 4. Going back to roots with new graphics.

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PK Mongoose 02.04.2010#8

I was surprised there weren't any prank threads yesterday... I guess this was one prank taken too seriously!

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Keven 02.04.2010#9

Cubed3? Never heard of it... Smilie

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Stulaw 02.04.2010#10

How about the 3DS advert?

PMD 03.04.2010#11

The Final Fantasy VII one by that one website was the best, as it's the only one that would get a ton of people very excited and very angry at the same time.