Irem's and others' April Fools jokes for 2006

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:09 am

At first I thought it was something to do with their new PS2 game Disaster Report 2 which is about catastrophic floods, but I don't think so...

Something about the Loch Ness monster, web-navigating through jungles, slabs of meat, and robotic exploration?

wtf, rough translation please - http://www.irem.co.jp ?

also... appears to be a Bydo weapons pod.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:38 pm

Hey Thunder Force,

why don't you rename your thread and we look for ALL the april fools on the net?

I think I just found one:

www.suikox.com has closed! They sold everything to www.theirstar.com

Edit:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6146818/

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:36 pm

Street Fighter 4

http://www.godmodeonline.com/

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:18 pm

Damn Irem seem to put more work into their april fools day stuff than their actual games

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:05 pm

Grow your own 1-up mushroom!

Also, homestarrunner.com seems to be upside down.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:08 pm

OMG. Their page also shows that PS3 is now shipping. WOOT!

ahnslaught · Post by **ahnslaught** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:13 pm

I really hate April Fool's Day, cause of crap stories like these:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/worldofs ... id=6146918

http://www.defunctgames.com/ (Actually, at this site, I can't even figure out how to get to the actual main page)

Also forgot, here's one more:

http://manganews.net/

Post by **nZero** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:27 pm

http://www.google.com/romance/

I'll admit, I chuckled

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:01 pm

Over on the forums for a game I play on occasion ( http://www.puzzlepirates.com ) the OceanMasters (GMs) put together a pretty good one... They basically put up a "private" forum, filled it with posts validating pretty much every wild rumor and half-baked consipiracy theory ever to come from the players, then "accidentally" made it publically accessible this morning. Judging from the dates on the posts they've been working on this one for months.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:29 pm

This just in, RSG3 has been scrapped and Treasure is filing chapter 11. :'(

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:07 am

http://www.adventurers-comic.com/ Adventurers has been replaced!
Here's another one http://www.seraph-inn.com/viewcomic.php?page=507 Zombie Berard!
http://www.earthsongsaga.com/index.html Blonde Tristam!

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:21 am

Rats, I didn't get to see Irem's April fool's jokes this year, looks like the links TF posted are down.

Macaw wrote:Damn Irem seem to put more work into their april fools day stuff than their actual games

lol Sad, but true these days.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:31 am

Zophar's Domain has an April Fool's joke up too.

Edit: Not a website, but Adult Swim has a good April Fool's joke on right now. Chuck Norris!

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:43 am

Gawd, if that really was Street Fighter 4 i'd be pissed. That graphic style looks shite!

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:27 am

I agree circuitface
I could make something like that in mspaint in about a day.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:21 am

Yeah, those fake SF4 shots are trying to look like Arc System's stuff, but look more like a style of an American webcomic.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:35 am

Dylan1CC wrote:Rats, I didn't get to see Irem's April fool's jokes this year, looks like the links TF posted are down.

Yeah, you missed it. And although it was cool I still have no idea what it meant.

Once any related competitions (if any applicable) expire, Irem will eventually archive it and bring it back under the following new URL probably - so keep checking this link from time to time:

http://www.irem.co.jp/contents/gallery/ ... index.html (currently not active yet)

OneEyedJack · Post by **OneEyedJack** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:23 pm

The fake SF4 was in high rez. I liked it. I think it would have gone over well with the North American audience.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:54 pm

I'd be offended... but you're right. Stupid Americans.