Irem's annual april fool's 2008 is up

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:43 am

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:01 am

I thought the joke was Irem in 2008.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:18 am

i do look forward to these. my favorite is the ireMBurger. although i remember that picture of R-type Final 2 causing quite a stir.

thanks to them for having a sense of humor. jeers for not making shooters anymore (and most of all for closing with R-type Final. *gag*)

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:32 am

geez, like you could have pretended it was real and actually fool someone. Thank you for breaking April Fools day. Now I won't be laughing at idiots falling for it.

Edit: PLEASE CHANGE THE TITLE WE DON'T WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE IT'S APRIL FIRST.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:35 am

What is it about? I don't get it.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:38 am

Specineff wrote:What is it about? I don't get it.

It's about wasting time and not making good games anymore.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:43 am

True that.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:59 am

JoshF wrote:I thought the joke was Irem in 2008.

Ziiiiiiiiing!

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:53 am

Specineff wrote:What is it about? I don't get it.

Something about mutated evolution? (random guess)

If you repeatedly click on this Irem executive's face he evolves into something evil-looking... http://www.irem.co.jp/menu/main/aisatsu/enchou.swf

rehosted a few pics for latecomers as Irem will remove them all within 24 hours...

(random shmup cuteness):

(and @ UFO, hope you're not really upset, we've had april Irem threads every year for a while now

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Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:15 am

It's the Irem Zoo. And you are supposed to find and klick 7 stamps hidden on the site. Unfortunately I can't find the second one; maybe it's inside one of the timed events on the main page?

Thunder Force wrote: If you repeatedly click on this Irem executive's face he evolves into something evil-looking... http://www.irem.co.jp/menu/main/aisatsu/enchou.swf

First it says "Don't klick me", after you do a couple of time "祝" comes up which means "celebration".

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:02 am

quit pissing about and make some games

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:56 pm

If you find all of the tickets you get to download an awesome video!

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:32 pm

Thunder Force wrote:(and @ UFO, hope you're not really upset, we've had april Irem threads every year for a while now )

Please make your threads after the jokes have served their purpose, like several days later.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:49 pm

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Please make your threads after the jokes have served their purpose, like several days later.

Irem April threads have to be quick. Irem's fake sites are only posted up each year for 24 hours, then you have to wait 12 months to experience them again (from Irem site archives).

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:52 pm

Thunder Force wrote:
UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Please make your threads after the jokes have served their purpose, like several days later.
Irem April threads have to be quick. Irem's fake sites are only posted up each year for 24 hours, then you have to wait 12 months to experience them again (from Irem site archives).

Ok, post them. Just make believe like ZoMG the IREMZoo is closing, start adopting the poor beasts! Instead of making it obvious it's a joke.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:13 pm

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:Ok, post them. Just make believe like ZoMG the IREMZoo is closing, start adopting the poor beasts

*spoilers*

UFO's posts in this thread are part of a savvy "meta" april fool's gag where he is trying to trick careless readers into believing that he genuinely cares about April Fool's day sanctity.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:15 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote:If you find all of the tickets you get to download an awesome video!

Where is the second stamp?

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:19 pm

Hey now, that's cheating! Too late anyway, looks like they took it all down. I'm glad I grabbed what I could when I did.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:29 pm

No, it's still up and running. The timed events are linked to your computer's clock, by the way.

junkeR · Post by **junkeR** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:19 pm

Their Exidna game console joke in 2005 was classic.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:45 pm

This one is quite elaborate. I love that Irem has a sense of humor; I just wish they'd make more games.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:28 pm

I wish they'd make non-RPG games that have shooting and are like R-Type.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:59 pm

This year's is up, and I have no idea what it is.

D · Post by D » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:04 pm

Some game company should first post something awesome pretending as a april fools joke, then actually have secretly been developing it and coming up with an actual release date!
Well, they did not make boss, so sorry, never going to happen.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:14 pm

this fellow has been stuck on April Fool's the last few months

Courtesy of Venezuela

Courtesy new Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman...oh wait, that's not a surprise.

A_Civilian · Post by **A_Civilian** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:36 am

It's already in their archives as of today...

But seriously, it would be awesome to get a console with a DVD-drive that runs at .98 the speed of light...that would totally put a new meaning to disc-burning.