April's Fool rule: If it seems plausible enough to be true, the developer is testing for audience reaction.
@akatoshslayer75993 жыл бұрын
I mean why not? On April Fool's Day you can release your most outlandish designs without the expected backlash. It is a good marketing strategy when done on purpose.
@JondarKorric3 жыл бұрын
Minecraft does that pretty frequently. case and point the Infinity Snapshot that was released last year turned out to be a precursor to custom dimension support without needing mods
@midnitesky713 жыл бұрын
If only that was true for the legend of Zelda movie lol
@nunyobidniz3 жыл бұрын
Or even if it doesn't seem even remotely plausible, apparently.
@brain-drain3 жыл бұрын
Preach. Happy April Fools. We just posted the complete history of April Fools Day and Best Pranks Ever. Give a look when you can!
@kernelpickle3 жыл бұрын
I kinda feel like April Fools Day is a way that people can just throw potentially risky or controversial ideas against the wall to see if it sticks, without the risk of any real repercussions. Some of these were obvious soft sells, where they put years into making these things and kept it under wraps, but were worried it wouldn’t be as cool as they thought it was, so they put out the announcement on April 1st, so they could walk it back it tweak some things if it didn’t go over well. Or there were developers working on mods or DLCs for their games that had a more serious tone that didn’t lend itself to adding something so ridiculous, that they wanted to test the waters to see if fans would be willing to accept the silliness, and then when their big “April Fools Prank” goes over well, someone from marketing said-“hey, can you guys actually make that for real?” At which point they go, “funny you should ask, because here’s a fully working version of that DLC that we just happen to have almost ready to go.” Then they waited a reasonable length of time to actually do it. The Pandaren were absolutely the result of the creative folks at Blizzard trying to add another race into the cannon and using the April Fools Day gag to help promote an idea that was probably seen as a bit too much of a stretch for upper management to get on board with, and it took the massive fan response that generated to make it a reality.
@sjonnieplayfull58593 жыл бұрын
Feels like half the examples were indeed upper management protesting and the creative team begging for a chance
@drwilyecoyote53573 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure they were canon as of frozen throne. You could hire a Pandaren brewmaster as a mercenary hero.
@mesiagamer52172 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure Kung fu panda helped in that regard.
@Reiyichi2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately Activision/Blizzard has since become their own sad joke and not an April fools one at that. Which is sad really when you think on it as both studios used to be so good at making games. WoW used to be the MMO to beat for the longest time. Now that title is held by FFXIV and not because it was so great it just toppled the WoW giant when it came on the scene, I mean it is great, but it took a whole redo of the game to become great.Even after that it didn't topple the WoW giant until Blizzard quite literally shot themselves in the foot with all that happened with them. Yoshi P. himself, for those that don't know Yoshi P. is the creative lead on FFXIV ever since ARR, still holds WoW and Blizzard in high regard to this day. Here is to hoping Microsoft can set them back on the right path, as their fans deserve better.
@ChrisOsberg3 жыл бұрын
There was a World of Warcraft April Fool's joke where you could play as a new two-headed ogre race that was controlled by two players simultaneously. This was actually implemented in Heroes of the Storm as a hero that was, in fact, controlled by two players simultaneously.
@metaloverlord993 жыл бұрын
Kinda sounds like it'd be a pain in the ass to use if the two players couldn't co-exist.
@ChrisOsberg3 жыл бұрын
@@metaloverlord99 If you are talking about the HotS implementation, one player controls the hero's movement and one set of abilities, and the other player controls a separate set of abilities, but only a small nudge for movement. The worst it gets is if the one in charge of movement has poor positioning or screws up the other's skill shots. So yeah, it can be a pain in the butt with a bad driver.
@Barrillel3 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisOsberg It's great fun though if you've got an experienced set of pilots (especially one used to playing Abathur)
@emina153 жыл бұрын
Sadly since no one else in my friend circle plays HotS anymore, I can't play Cho'Gal any more.
@corvo26963 жыл бұрын
Except it was a an April's Fool joke by dota first for Ogre Magi. Where initially he was revealed that 2 people had to use him together. Man the circlejerk of dota and blizzard 'inspiration' is honestly an endless loop
@shaihulud31403 жыл бұрын
"Unless you're the person being assaulted by crawfish." I feel like this phrase could go at the end of any sentence and it would always work.
@georgiykireev96783 жыл бұрын
"I am become death, destroyer of worlds. Unless you're the person being assaulted by crawfish"
@somerandomjohn13293 жыл бұрын
“I am going to become the next president due to the votes. Unless you’re the person being assaulted by crawfish”
@Mr.Monacle3 жыл бұрын
“I cannot come up with a joke that is neither edgy nor bad. Unless you’re the person being assaulted by the crawfish.”
@NareshSinghOctagon3 жыл бұрын
"Honey,have seen my tie?,unless you're the person being assaulted by the crawfish."
@gchap35383 жыл бұрын
"It's time for you to come home, Jimmy! Unless you're the person being assaulted by the crawfish."
@qpSubZeroqp3 жыл бұрын
I think April fool's had become a way for companies to test content. If it doesn't work it's April fool's, if it does work then it's actually a real game
@Gilhelmi3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. An idea marketing thinks is "too ridiculous". Tease it on the 1st of April and gauge the reaction. Brilliant.
@NicoleTheDodo3 жыл бұрын
Yeah but even then it can be a lot of man hours down the drain depending on how far along they are
@ceviroho86823 жыл бұрын
I think its more like "some game didn't get much attention on other date but april fool give developer more attention and creative thought"
@em_ar81243 жыл бұрын
Yeah like Warthunder
@littleshopofeldritchhorror62243 жыл бұрын
Or it goes into the “these are safe ideas” jar for later use lol
@trinity36313 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that Pokemon Go itself is an April Fool's prank that so many people liked, Niantic actually decided to keep it.
@n124ajdx3 жыл бұрын
That's gotta be the most financially successful Joke ever
@nondescripthandle2123 жыл бұрын
Look at the name of the channel and re assess your comment
@beep40853 жыл бұрын
Beat me to it 😂 Seeing Pokemon on Google Maps was almost as awesome as seeing Mario Kart on MAR10 Day when starting a trip!
@masterofbullsht76783 жыл бұрын
But I guess it was the homosapiens fault for being dense as Frick, not the game's fault.
@camelkingclarith3 жыл бұрын
@@nondescripthandle212 I take it you haven't watched many of their videos
@niagargoyle3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know if this counts, but I thought “Goat Simulator” was a joke. It released on April Fools Day, and I clicked on “buy” and “confirm” buttons expecting a “ha ha, we got you” joke. Instead, I got charged ten bucks.
@joeywheeler38383 жыл бұрын
Das pretty funny
@enterthedoctor14363 жыл бұрын
Goat Simulator was released on April 1st because a year or two earlier those devs had done an April Fools fake post about how they had to cancel their current game "Sanctum" for legal reasons and instead were going to switch directions, which they didn't. Then like all the others in this vid it became a real game and outsold everything they have ever made.
@Mr.Monacle3 жыл бұрын
I dunno man, sounds like a pretty good joke to me
@johncameron19353 жыл бұрын
Best $10 in gaming you've ever spent though.
@sabbathjackal3 жыл бұрын
Worth it though
@konungarike3073 жыл бұрын
Hatoful Boyfriend, the visual novel where you're a human girl dating pigeons, started as a demo released on April Fools. The positive response was so immense that the developer Hato Moa decided to turn it into a full game!
@katiearbuckle90173 жыл бұрын
I actually love that Game lol.
@konungarike3073 жыл бұрын
@@katiearbuckle9017 Me too, it's such an... experience.
@DGneoseeker12 жыл бұрын
Well, that explains a lot.
@Reiyichi2 жыл бұрын
'Coo Coo' 'You want to take me to the movies? Sure, I'm game, I guess. Dating a literal pigeon can't possibly be as absurd as talking to said pigeon. Why do I understand pigeons again?'
@Tyrim Жыл бұрын
Okay, i have multiple questions, but i don't think i want any of them answered 😅
@GeoffreyBronson3 жыл бұрын
Dev team: "Hey here's something ridiculous that the fans will get a kick out of!" Fans: "I WANT IT, WHEN CAN I BUY IT?!"
@xfel59133 жыл бұрын
The Pandaren existed way before being added to WoW, there was a recruitable hero unit in Frozen Throne of that race, and that came out way earlier.
@jonathandixon77603 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for them to say this. It came to WoW because it was already a playable race. Still was probably a joke though.
@danshakuimo2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes the famous Pandarean Brewmaster. I would remember how all the pro e-sports players would recruit him all the time from the Tavern. But I was wondering whether it started as a joke before or after they added the Brewmaster.
@eliteheadhunter8302 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was introduced in Warcraft 3 and was an April fools joke/ Easter egg called the pandarian brewmaster. They actually said this in the video
@Ladywizard2 жыл бұрын
@@eliteheadhunter830 And he was based on one of the dev's nickname that made pandas everywhere as his signature
@ThamiorSilberdrache2 жыл бұрын
@@eliteheadhunter830 No, they do not mentoin the playable brewmaster hero in WC3:FT with any word. All they say and show is a blog entry on Blizzards Warcraft blog.
@joshuarose13813 жыл бұрын
Andy deserves a raise for that first line alone...
@Wowwhut3 жыл бұрын
APRIL'S FOOL!!
@thebaconator44993 жыл бұрын
@@Wowwhut who is April’s fool? He sounds like a nice guy!
@mrnanoodle41753 жыл бұрын
@@thebaconator4499 I met him he is
@Wowwhut3 жыл бұрын
@@thebaconator4499 jokes on you Scotty, he's a she!
@thebaconator44993 жыл бұрын
@@Wowwhut JOKES ON YOU IM INTO THAT S?$&
@cyanimation16053 жыл бұрын
"Tell her I died for my country" "tell her that yourself" is probably the funniest thing I've heard this week
@Hdx643 жыл бұрын
Honey... I died ahhaha
@xeno27522 жыл бұрын
That's actually a line from a lot of 80s movies, basically meaning "tell her yourself, because you're going to survive" (granted, most of the time it was in response to something like "tell her I love her", not "I died for my country").
@darkmatter72669 ай бұрын
I happened to come across this and wolf smut in the same random jog tonight. I’m guessing my subconscious is taking a moderate beating lol
@Legion.63973 жыл бұрын
While its not in-game, the fact that bioware actually made a Garrus body pillow after using it as an April Fool's joke still lives on in my head.
@gothmissstress3 жыл бұрын
What? I need that
@PlebNC3 жыл бұрын
Does it need to calibrated before use?
@Aurantix3 жыл бұрын
Where can you get it? Asking for a friend
@ShoichiRyuu3 жыл бұрын
@@Aurantix Bioware shop
@Aurantix3 жыл бұрын
@@ShoichiRyuu thank you very much ♥️
@plutokitty33863 жыл бұрын
I just knew Yakuza 7 was going to be on this list. The fact that they changed the gameplay to something new because the audience liked it was absolutely legendary.
@faeb.9618 Жыл бұрын
imagine the developers seeing that positive reaction and immediately scrambling like OH SHIT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT NOW
@gruggerduggerhoose3 жыл бұрын
“It was like a website printed on dead trees.” Man the past was wild 😂
@EmeralBookwise3 жыл бұрын
No joke, my niece recently discovered the Rugrats cartoon and the other day asked if we could watch it on my phone. I had to regretfully inform her I didn't have the proper streaming app installed, to which she countered by insinuating if I didn't have Rugrats on my phone how could I have watched it when I was a kid. I proceeded to both inform her I haven't had my current phone that long and that moreover back when I was a kid phones weren't even used to watch anything. That revelation was so mind blowing it left her speechless and slack-jawed.
@HistorianOfVaelris3 жыл бұрын
@@EmeralBookwise What makes me feel old is the fact that Skyrim turns 10 years old in seven months and five days
@pika32073 жыл бұрын
E
@LegiamasC-OnTwitta3 жыл бұрын
@@HistorianOfVaelris I’m not even that old and that makes me feel old
@kodypavic60753 жыл бұрын
i didnt have a computer as a kid so i used to have monthly subscriptions to like 5 of those websites printed on dead trees xD I kinda miss it tbh
@MoonlightStrider3 жыл бұрын
Skullgirls made an April Fools joke when they announced the arrival of their newest character Fukua who was basically Fillia with a different color scheme but this joke was also a subtle take that towards Capcom as they presented the trailer in the same way Capcom announced their latest character, Decapre, who for all intents and purposes was basically Cammy in a mask.
@KestrelDC3 жыл бұрын
Love how for several of these, the actual April fool’s joke was that what everyone thought was the April fool’s joke wasn’t. So basically the joke was that they weren’t joking!
@MCastleberry19803 жыл бұрын
The April fool's joke that broke my heart was back in 2007, I believe it was EGM, announced "Mushroom Kingdom Hearts" for the Wii, which sounded like it'd be AWESOME . Mixing in Nintendo franchise characters into the KH universe would honestly have been a lot of fun, and I'm still mad this wasn't real
@spookyshran52743 жыл бұрын
"short on details, heavy on *vibes*" me at every job interview I've ever gone through
@ClemensAlive3 жыл бұрын
6:37 - "SIXTEEN times the detail..." oh that wasn't april fools :(
@n124ajdx3 жыл бұрын
If you make that joke again Bethesda will sue you and they'll ask you to pay 4 TIMES the price
@jiib77703 жыл бұрын
@@n124ajdx your missing 12 more
@Pehmokettu3 жыл бұрын
Pokémon GO started as a Google Maps April Fool's joke.
@okf20003 жыл бұрын
My thous too, where was pokemon go
@BJGvideos3 жыл бұрын
I was expecting that to be number one.
@brain-drain3 жыл бұрын
Yes it did! Happy April Fools. We just posted the complete history of April Fools Day and Best Pranks Ever. Give a look when you can!
@alticiaekelley47213 жыл бұрын
That was their April fool's joke. Not including it.
@CrazyCoen3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for Pokémon GO to show up the entire video.
@FrenziedRoach3 жыл бұрын
Blood Dragon was gloriously absurd. I loved every minute of it!
@TheRealCodeBlack3 жыл бұрын
The Sheng Long entry cut out the best part: not only did Gouken eventually get created, but the original response to the hoax (including the elaborate tools to find him) also inspired the creation of series mainstay Gouki / Akuma as well.
@deathbykonami54873 жыл бұрын
Is that really the best part considering how many controllers got destroyed when Akuma one shot the player with Raging Demon? Or the PTSS episodes whenever Akuma bellows "DIE ONE THOUSAND DEATHS!!!"
@kanedaku3 жыл бұрын
@@deathbykonami5487 Ha! You should have honed up on the arcades before using the home ports, you would have learnt how to jump kick the Raging Demon coming for you.
@Aiva3 жыл бұрын
Guild Wars 2 - Super Adventure Box became Super Adventure Festival, a now yearly event. Several items given out on various years also became proper in-game items that could be used all the time, such as the Aviator Goggles (turns the screen sepia toned, forces your character to T-pose while actively making "plane" noises with their mouths) and the Bobblehead Potion.
@ShieTar_3 жыл бұрын
Lesson learned: Always announce your next DLC on April 1st, and just watch out if anybody takes you serious in a positive way.
@d_xavier_j1183 жыл бұрын
Landfall games in a nutshell.
@mahiru20ten3 жыл бұрын
Someone should make a crossover between Detective Conan, Conan the Barbarian and Conan O'Brien.
@sabershenanigans Жыл бұрын
Conan O'Brien playing Conan the Barbarian in a murder mystery?
@samricketts84153 жыл бұрын
*cries in Darkest Dungeon's Butcher's Circus DLC*
@alejandronieto42123 жыл бұрын
I don't get it. What was the joke?
@lechking9413 жыл бұрын
@@alejandronieto4212 im gonna say it was once. but its now a free dlc AS i ahve it
@Moalei-Lolerfry-3 жыл бұрын
*cries in wes update*
@batcat23383 жыл бұрын
6aa6ya
@shinysnivy66043 жыл бұрын
@@Moalei-Lolerfry- Wes is pest but as slave wes is best
@angelshade003 жыл бұрын
Worth mentioning that the first Pandaren in a Warcraft game was in fact in Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne. First seen just as a Pandaren chilling by a pond, and then as a hero actually used during a level in the Blood Elf campaign.
@666Vampirefromhell3 жыл бұрын
I'm so fucking glad Blood Dragon was real. That game was fucking incredible.
@sgtraytango3 жыл бұрын
I got it because obviously, but never got to play it before my 360 went the way of the dragon.
@666Vampirefromhell3 жыл бұрын
@@sgtraytango Harsh, friend. You ever get to play it since? It's backwards compatible with the xbox one.
@1972LittleC3 жыл бұрын
@@sgtraytango play it. Play it. Play It. PLAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@GamingDad3 жыл бұрын
Best tutorial ever.
@GamingDad3 жыл бұрын
Also the physical pc copy had a poster and a physical soundtrack
@ReaperRedeemer21123 жыл бұрын
The best thing about the EGM Sheng Long April Fool's joke is that on the very same page EGM announced their April Fools contest asking readers to figure out which article in that issue was fake.
@nitej_3 жыл бұрын
Completely lost it when the black bar expanded at 6:00
@Mina_Angel3 жыл бұрын
Your profile picture adds to the fun of your comment.
@thequacken32263 жыл бұрын
It has not released yet, but the entirety of Crab Champions started as a April Fool's joke and has become a project the creator is still working on.
@ERHershman13 жыл бұрын
I am honestly astonished that BioWare’s “Garrus body pillow” didn’t make this list.
@Der_Dekanter3 жыл бұрын
But where is the Tali body pillow
@jjmblue73 жыл бұрын
Sonic isn't nude. He's wearing shoes. We demand Shoeless Sonic!
@kiskillilla2233 жыл бұрын
The internet: Sonic! Show feet!
@emptycradle13043 жыл бұрын
I hope they do it, then put censor bars on his feet lol
@michazabowka3063 жыл бұрын
As a Polish person I feel obliged to mention Witcher 3 April Fools video from CDP concerning Roach in which they mention Roach speaking and got one of biggest polish radio celebrities (Wojciech Mann for those interested) to voice it. Later when Blood and Wine released there is a sidequest during which Roach speaks.
@sarasmedberg82033 жыл бұрын
do you know which sidequest that is?? ive tried to google for it but no one seems to have an answer :( would love to find it in game!
@michazabowka3063 жыл бұрын
@@sarasmedberg8203 As far as I know the quest is called Equine Phantoms and can be found on middle-left of top-right part of Toussaint.
@sarasmedberg82033 жыл бұрын
@@michazabowka306 thank you! ill roam around the area and see what i can find :)
@noraallies5983 жыл бұрын
It honestly sounds like April 1st is the best time to pitch a game idea to the public and just see how they react without getting any backlash.
@insecdroid3 жыл бұрын
To quote a classic line: “Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.”
@insaincaldo3 жыл бұрын
Where other men blindly follow the truth, Remember, nothing is true. Where other men are limited by morality or law, Remember, everything is permitted.
@arnox45543 жыл бұрын
This is a dumb line.
@stevenbobbybills3 жыл бұрын
@@arnox4554 To say that nothing is true, is to realise that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepards of our own civilization. To say that everything is permitted, is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.
@arnox45543 жыл бұрын
@@stevenbobbybills That's a lot to pull from those two very vague and broad sentences though.
@stevenbobbybills3 жыл бұрын
@@arnox4554 I'm just quoting Asassin's Creed Revelations.
@mrspiffy85873 жыл бұрын
My favorite april fool's joke has to be "Lovers of Aether," a dating sim using the characters from Rivals of Aether: a platform fighter. Dan Fornace then legally sponsored Alpharad to play it be sending him one dollar on PayPal.
@Icam_here3 жыл бұрын
remembers the time Outside Xtra was an elaborate April fool's joke but they forget to let Luke and Ellen know so they kept the channel instead
@xdsmile53593 жыл бұрын
Yes
@bezerkoid3 жыл бұрын
"Steak dinner! Steak dinner! Steak dinner!"
@tretretre11113 жыл бұрын
Shhh.
@Vinemaple3 жыл бұрын
Ouch
@thatoneotheridiot33613 жыл бұрын
Cytus II. It's a rhythm game, they teased a literal giraffe named "G. Raff" as a character a couple years ago on April Fools' day, and recently added him as the character where they dump their collab songs.
@toadsage3 жыл бұрын
0:12 Funniest thing about Google Tulip was that dude's haircut lmao
@Volumixen2 жыл бұрын
Pandarens are from The WC3 expansion, The Frozen Throne. You could get one in a special way in the Blood Elf campaign, and in the bonus campaign with Rexxar, Chen Stormstout was a character you got to use. They were popular, for sure.
@SirMethos3 жыл бұрын
The Pandarens were already introduced in the Frozen Throne DLC to Warcraft 3, in the form of the "Pandaren Brewmaster" Hero, most notably Chen Stormstout in the side-campaign The Founding of Durotar.
@nikolai13263 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Pandaren got canonized long before Mists, the only reason people were upset was because Kung Fu Panda was popular and recent, therefore Pandaren are for kids. Naturally if you're gonna aim an entire race at a young fanbase, it's important to make alcohol an extremely important part of said races culture :P
@SirMethos3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the full extended lore for the race wasn't actually expanded on until the WoW expansion.
@alexclark47923 жыл бұрын
@@nikolai1326 That's how you get the adults interested too. Bam! Double sales.
@TheFiddleFaddle2 жыл бұрын
April Fool's Day has become a day of mourning for me, ever since the death of ThinkGeek at the hands of GameStop.
@connor78313 жыл бұрын
Nude code for sonic makes sense... What do those shoes hide. What are his feet made of? Are they human feet or hedgehog feet? So many questions!
@petermanfox25353 жыл бұрын
The Sonic movie actually answers that question, his feet appear to be somewhat humanoid, judging from a few scans in one of the scenes at Robotnik's lab.
@zimmygirl7773 жыл бұрын
Are those gloves that he’s wearing or just weird hands? Does he have hands under there?😺👻
@sjonnieplayfull58593 жыл бұрын
@@zimmygirl777 And did I see a cape when he was running?
@zimmygirl7773 жыл бұрын
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 Is he wearing gloves that he never takes off or is those his hands?😺👻
@docrofreborn74973 жыл бұрын
Everything in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. First, the early access. Then, the Bug DLC, and finally, and most recent, the game is now fully released.
@frodobaggins77103 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for those HL3 April Fools Day jokes to come true
@insaincaldo3 жыл бұрын
If only they could actually count to 3
@oftenspanx3 жыл бұрын
I didn't want to see this. My heart can't bare being reminded that we haven't avenged the deaths of some good people in that last Halflife 2 episode ☹
@batcat23383 жыл бұрын
O
@Enderlinkpawnu3 жыл бұрын
My favorite one was by Re-Logic in 2014. Cenx posted on the fourms at the time about some batshit crazy ocean themed update with a ocean invasion and moon event summoned by some conch lead by a viscious enemy. Said enemy: Duke Fishron. The post detailed that Fishron had the ability to summon sharknadoes and had a bunch of other crazy and outlandish attacks. As well it scaled in difficulty to how many players were on the server. Needless to say, Duke Fishron, sharknadoes and all, were eventually added to the game in 1.2.4 (a little over a month later) alongside the fishing update, and it is a much beloved boss. On top of that, the multiplayer difficulty balancing was added a year later in 1.3 in the form of Expert Mode.
@generalguy64x3 жыл бұрын
Lovers of Aether. They made a real dating sim as an april fool's joke.
@StrawberryShmello3 жыл бұрын
*cough* *cough* *kfc* *cough*
@Nbgamerguy3 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know about the fighting game beforehand and just assumed a furry made a dating sim.
@zelamorre11263 жыл бұрын
It wasn't a game, but the Witcher 3 Geralt in a Hot Tub figurine was originally an April Fool's joke. But it was so popular that they decided to make it a real thing you could purchase.
@Alobo0753 жыл бұрын
I love that the IS-8's are shown being delivered to the moon by "Space:1999" Eagles. I grew up watching that show and loved how straightforward the design of the Eagle was on the show.
@abdulmasaiev90243 жыл бұрын
Pandarians were a thing well, well, WELL before Mists of Pandaria in 2012 though. The expansion pack for Warcraft 3 already featured a pandarian hero in the orc campaign, and that was in 2003.
@TeamSoraPresents3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of EGM, remember when they said Sonic and Tails were in Smash Bros Melee? And then years later, Sonic was announced to be coming to Brawl?
@metaloverlord993 жыл бұрын
They also said Toad was a secret unlockable character.
@annana60983 жыл бұрын
Smash Brothers has turned into the party everyone wants an invitation for, so even the competition is flattered to be invited.
@lary64203 жыл бұрын
Your 1st one is incorrect, they actually made their debut in Warcraft 3 in an expansion where Rexar helps out the construction of the Horde
@regs1372 жыл бұрын
That is actually incorrect. The first Pandaren was part of side quest in the Barrens during Classic.
@MonsieurMcRib3 жыл бұрын
Electronic Gaming Monthly had another infamous April Fools joke about Sonic being unlockable in Smash Bros Melee which also eventually came true
@Macaulyn_973 жыл бұрын
What about Fukua from Skullgirls? She was a palette-swap of Filia with some different moves that was released in the game as a temporary secret character for April Fools, but the playerbase liked her so much, that she got some updates and was brought back as a permanent member of the roster.
@themarkandrus3 жыл бұрын
For April Fool's Day 2010 Blizzard put out a picture for Blackthorne 2: Thorne Harder which showed the protagonist of Blackthorne shooting a giant shark while surfing. To this day there is no game I want more.
@darrenlenz64012 жыл бұрын
2022 calling Games Workshop just trolled its fanbase with a Squats revival video on April 1st, of this year. One day later, they reveal it was not an April Fool's Day joke at all. I know it's not a video game, but still fits the theme!
@DEFxRECON3 жыл бұрын
Yakuza 7 is hands down the best April fools “joke”
@maxs-lz4pn3 жыл бұрын
I genuinely can't believe my favorite expansion started out as an April fool's joke
@SanyouRuki3 жыл бұрын
The "Super Adventure Box" in Guild Wars 2. What once was an Aprils Fool joke is now a weirdly popular Festival, returning every year
@kallasantysanty60923 жыл бұрын
Sadly to never be finished as they stoped developing it (and we have only half of the story playable now, world 1 and 2 out of 4). I would even pay for a mini expantion to get it finished if money was a problem ...
@melskunk3 жыл бұрын
Guild Wars was big on these, the first game had some jokes end up becoming in game items.
@kallasantysanty60923 жыл бұрын
@@melskunk And some jokes that still makes me smile (like the stick figure people one and the Gwen mini dolls one, i think they were more creative with their sens of humor back then, now they are to serious of a company ...).
@Barrillel3 жыл бұрын
@Lellis I miss playing SAB. Did you know the raft level was a static platform, and the world around it is what moved? Same for the tower jumping puzzle at Halloween
@melskunk3 жыл бұрын
@@kallasantysanty6092 yesss the gwen mini dolls was my thought, also there was a very specific beta to main game joke where the area in the city where the CM who'd talk to players about things in the beta would stand ended up having a frog on that spot in the release, which wouldn't seem like much except announcements for a while CAME from that frog
@waffleoutlaw9951 Жыл бұрын
Pokemon Go! It was originally an April fools joke that google ran where you could find different mons on Google Maps. Couple years later a guy from Google implemented it with a game called Ingress, and then later Pokemon Go
@ethanrobyn23993 жыл бұрын
They really fooled us into thinking these would be fake,but it was not.
@TTH2473 жыл бұрын
Well they were intended to be fake
@valiantorion58153 жыл бұрын
EGM had a April Fool's joke about Sonic being in Super Smash Bros. Melee in the time when Smash Bros was only Nintendo characters before the flood gates were opened.
@JoshFoden3 жыл бұрын
I still maintain that "Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon" is not only the greatest April Fool's joke ever made, but also the greatest Far Cry game ever made.
@wallofnyc3 жыл бұрын
While Far Cry in the main is not my jam (just not my sort of game) I absolutely ADORE Blood Dragon
@brodriguez110003 жыл бұрын
Primal.
@Mina_Angel3 жыл бұрын
@@brodriguez11000 dude Primal was awesome!
@civicrider55563 жыл бұрын
yet with a bad sequel though
@n124ajdx3 жыл бұрын
Far Cry 2 is the best Far Cry
@magicbeefy853 жыл бұрын
The Pandaren race was created LONG before their appearance in WoW, back in Warcraft 3 the Frozen Throne we had Chen Stormstoat, a Pandaren brew master, who joined forces with the Orc/Ogre half-breed Rexxar as he assisted Thrall in building Orgrimmar after the ending of the campaign mode in FT, as well as the neutral hero that you could hire at a Tavern in the multiplayer maps They were also considered for the new Horde race in WoW back in Burning Crusade though ultimately passed over for the Blood Elves
@ryanqube91323 жыл бұрын
Kiryu: never killed a single person Also Kiryu: 03:42
@deathbykonami54873 жыл бұрын
When he kicked that guy out a window? He survived though
@gothmissstress3 жыл бұрын
Every single person in Yakuza game series have at least 9 spare lives
@deathbykonami54873 жыл бұрын
@@gothmissstress unless it's a cutscene, then they die faster than a fruit fly with copd
@TheManOfManyNames3733 жыл бұрын
LOOPHOLE!!!
@demitriuscovington3703 жыл бұрын
Kiryu: “I didn’t kill him, gravity and the fall killed him, I just kicked him.”
@jacket65603 жыл бұрын
How can we forget the fact that Payday 2's devs literally added a comically large spoon melee into the game on April 1st, just cause they could and fans wanted it. Not to mention the community challenge, that was to kill 5 million people with only the spoon to get the COMICALLY LARGE SPOON OF GOLD, which is more powerful and has a chance to set people on fire. Not to mention that it is made of gold
@Vexkun3 жыл бұрын
Pandaren were a thing in WC3, Chen show up in the bonus missions at the end of the The Frozen Throne expansion. Plus the real reason they were made was really sweet. One of the WC3 devs was having their 1st girl and one of the artists made art of a panda man and a cub. They like it so much the used it for WC3 April Fool joke and added Chen in the WC3 expansion.
@Charistoph3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the AFJ was so well received (was announced in place of the Undead Scourge, actually), that they put Chen Stormstout/Brewmaster in the Frozen Throne expansion as an Allied Hero. He could also be unlocked in campaign. When they looked to open up the China market, it seemed like a good way to get their attention to include this race in to the game.
@SpokeInNoise3 жыл бұрын
Gay
@thinkEdem3 жыл бұрын
Umm actually, the Warcraft 3 expansion Frozen Throne already introduced the Pandaren Brewmaster as a playable hero and key to the orc campaign...
@boltstrike27873 жыл бұрын
No mention of Pokemon on Google Maps? That turned into the worldwide phenomenon Pokemon Go.
@xsanguine83 жыл бұрын
Probably because it wasn't the same company making the game and the joke.
@patrickchaney3 жыл бұрын
So, back in 2017, Arika (known at the time for aiding Capcom on Street Fighter’s 3-dimensional EX series) had posted a trailer for a new game using their characters and music... on April Fools Day... When a positive public reaction was generated, the game was revealed as Arika’s brand new “Fighting EX Layer,” and released on PS4 and PC in 2018.
@adamshaska3 жыл бұрын
Sonic isnt already nude, he's wearing shoes.
@thatman6663 жыл бұрын
And Gloves.
@chrismanuel97683 жыл бұрын
Thanks, now I'm thinking about Sonic's too human feet
@jakwolfe30253 жыл бұрын
Hey hey... he's got socks too
@Dragonorder183 жыл бұрын
Careful, or Barefoot sonic might become a thing.
@khobielonsdale16143 жыл бұрын
People reacting to Pandaren people for the first time: "He's a panda, your a panda. What are you gonna do big guy? Sit on me?"
@zimmygirl7773 жыл бұрын
Cuteness overload. I mean dude, really. Panda people. It’s adorable.🐼🥰
@PsychCaptain3 жыл бұрын
The Pandarians also came back before then as a Hero in Warcraft 3.
@TheDwagonHD3 жыл бұрын
I think one of the names the hero coyld have was Chen Stormstout, a character in the later Mist of Pandaria Expansion
@vilejustice21843 жыл бұрын
Thank god someone mentioned it on here 😰
@HypercatZ3 жыл бұрын
I'm still hoping for the Dog Ace Attorney April fool to become reality.
@ReAliTyWan3 жыл бұрын
I think the Blizzard one should be the "out of season April fool's joke", Immortal came true right after the joke. Legendary!
@seand70423 жыл бұрын
They probably don't have phones.....
@nathaeladalyah96812 жыл бұрын
Another example of an April Fool's joke was URF mode in League of Legends, a mode where cooldown are reduced by 80% and mana costs removed. Game designers originally were only going to have the mode for a moment, while telling customers that it was replacing the original game mode. It never replaced the original game mode, but it did become such a popular game mode among fans that it is available for a month every year.
@RamzeyXD3 жыл бұрын
Remember that Goat Simulator was an april fools joke in 2014 but was backed so heavily the developer had to make it a game?
@insaincaldo3 жыл бұрын
More of a physics fuck around, but damn did it grow and see multi platform release.
@Chris_Sizemore3 жыл бұрын
... the last time I played Goat Simulator was April 5th 2014.
@n124ajdx3 жыл бұрын
@@Chris_Sizemore now there is a sequel called Deer Simulator
@SolidSonicTH2 жыл бұрын
Fukua in Skullgirls. Originally made to spoof Decapre in Ultra Street Fighter IV but was made playable in-game on April 1, 2014 which eventually led her to becoming a full character the following month.
@Sophie_the_Sapphic3 жыл бұрын
Saints row 4 definitely deserves a spot on this list. It started as a joke DLC for saints row the third and somehow grew into it's fully fledged sequel.
@richardtheactor3 жыл бұрын
Okay but Dempsey Kart, the CoD Characters on ATVs just racing and picking up weapons to use on each other around Verdansk would literally be an incredible game mode
@Michael_Lindell3 жыл бұрын
1. I think we can literally blame Blizzard for Pandaren to the fans.
@IamaPERSON3 жыл бұрын
That pun!
@Badbirdie3 жыл бұрын
No
@acesamm3 жыл бұрын
@@Badbirdie I think they were talking about how AWFUL they are now with their community.
@oriolgonzalez93283 жыл бұрын
I want to boo this so badly, but GODDAMN I respect that level of wordplay.
@gruggerduggerhoose3 жыл бұрын
@@oriolgonzalez9328 would that not be a bam-boo? 🤔
@Terumimi3 жыл бұрын
So to slightly correct the Sheng Long one, yes Gouken was indeed inspired by Sheng Long. But there was a step you missed. There was a reference before Gouken, that being Akuma's first appearance in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. Why, you may ask? Simple, the complex way of unlocking the fight with him is somewhat similar.
@listerofsmeg8843 жыл бұрын
For the SF one, they really should have put in 'you must defeat Ryu to stand a chance' as one of Goukens win quotes.
@alpieogd21253 жыл бұрын
Paradox?
@ManImTheVoid3 жыл бұрын
I remember when they added kung fu panda into World of war craft
@alex56233 жыл бұрын
I just want to note that BioWare teased a Garrus bodypillow for April Fools back in 2014, only to make it real in 2019 for April Fools and they're bringing it back today for April Fools as well.
@nickdejager88733 жыл бұрын
Meh. Now if there was a Tali body pillow....
@arthas6403 жыл бұрын
f i didnt have a roommate who'd ask too many questions, I'd buy one of those
@alexanderzweber84533 жыл бұрын
"pandaren were only a joke until world of warcraft introduced them, and created lore for them" Warcraft 3: "am I a joke to you?"
@arthas6403 жыл бұрын
Since only like 5% of WoW fans have ever played Warcraft (and not all Warcraft fans even played that bonus expansion) I'm guessing they didnt realize that. I've seen a few people also say that the Pandaren were just copied from Kung Fu Panda even though Frozen Throne predates it by about 5 years. The Brewmaster was such a unique character in the franchise, especially since he was more of an eastern asthetic and had such unique moves/acting/story line that it was only a matter of time before either the Pandaren as a whole or at least the "Brewmaster" class made it into Wow just like the Draenai and Blood Elves did
@TheRealCodeBlack3 жыл бұрын
Surprised there was no mention of Fighting EX Layer, probably the biggest April Fools related fighting game buzz in the last decade. Testing the waters for a long thought impossible revival of a cult classic series on April Fool's Day? Why not?
@PissedGrunty3 жыл бұрын
That one wasn't actually intended as a joke though... They were making the game and released the announcement trailer on the day without thinking... Japan doesn't really do April Fool's day, for one.
@alexdivision43203 жыл бұрын
War Thunder has had some really great april fools events as well, Pirate ships, comically OP pony planes with friendship lasers, a gaint snailzilla, inflatable tanks with HP bars to make fun of World of Tanks, kv2 mech walkers, etc etc
@BottleWaterson3 жыл бұрын
the lack of Fighting EX Layer is... disturbing
@c7po4573 жыл бұрын
I enjoy y'all's channel so much. The commentary is superb. I hope y'all are doing well.
@travisjordan38533 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that the Sheng Long hoax was also responsible for the addition of Akuma in Super Street Fighter II Turbo.
@KurisuBlaze3 жыл бұрын
And Gouken in 4.
@GeneralBulldog542 жыл бұрын
The one that still got me was Saints Row: The Third's DLC Enter the Dominatrix. An April Fools gag that not only morphed into sequel Saints Row 4, but ended up becoming a DLC for that game.
@caloninsgames64813 жыл бұрын
And they missed that you could actually play as a pandaran brew master in warcraft 3 expansion after you beat the main campain.
@tomix78663 жыл бұрын
Team Fortress 2's Jarate, it was announced on April 1st and people thought it was a joke, then they actually added it in.
@Ceece203 жыл бұрын
Anything written on the internet is true. That’s why we have the internet.
@flibbernodgets70183 жыл бұрын
Here's another one from WoW: they joked about making two-headed ogres a playable race of characters that required two people on two separate accounts to play. Each head would have a different class, but they would share a health pool. Eventually, this concept made it into Blizzard's MOBA, Heroes of the Storm as Cho'Gall, a character requiring two players to play. One pilots the character as normal and the other uses the body like a turret to fire abilities from. HotS has some of the most unique character concepts I've seen out of any MOBA and I love it!
@MAW-sf6ru3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't mists of Panderia just like "I just saw Kung Fu Panda, let's put dat in the game!"
@jeromenancyfr3 жыл бұрын
Well, Pandaren existed years before Kung Fu Panda, so it's more "I just played Warcraft 3, let's put that in an animated movie!"
@DrBrangar3 жыл бұрын
According to Jane, 2002: pandaren april fools joke. 2012, pandarens actually properly exist. Kung Fu Panda came out in 2008, and was publicly announced as in development in 2004. However, one of the main producers had produced for video games, sooo, maybe the reverse
@jeromenancyfr3 жыл бұрын
@@DrBrangar You missed : 2003 the Pandaren hero is released in Warcraft 3... And I can't find the website anymore, but one of the artist working on Warcraft had dozens of images of Pandaren long before Kung Fu Panda.
@whitenekos3 жыл бұрын
Didn't warcraft Orcs vs humans have an easter egg that was a pandaren
@DrBrangar3 жыл бұрын
@@jeromenancyfr i just quoted jane, I don't know any Blizzard games
@TheChrisLotus3 жыл бұрын
Skullgirls released a character named Fukua (who was a palette swap of fellow Skullgirls character Filia, with a different moveset) in the beta of the game. They made Fukua an official member of the Skullgirls roster due to the positive reception from the fans.