April Fools' Day 2006
April 1, 2006 was an April Fool's Day that fell on a Saturday.
Hoaxes
Pokémon-related hoaxes this year included:
- A special edition of Bulbacast was released, breaking the news about 10 newly-discovered Pokémon names, as well as other 'information' about Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, such as a true cross-breeding feature and the name of the new region. The Pokeani hoaxes were also discussed.
- Pokeani made its first April Fool's Day hoax, announcing a spinoff anime based on Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon, where the main character is a boy-turned-Pikachu. Also reported was a new ending, Takeshi's Paradise 2. [1]
Aesthetic changes
A fairly predictable joke that recurs each April Fool's Day is an aesthetic change:
- SPP expanded its initials as Super Princess Peach.
- PokéCommunity set the default colour scheme to black-on-black.
- Bulbapedia set the interface for logged-in users to Finnish.
- Pokémon Emerald MA imitates the new, 'girl-oriented' Slashdot look, OMG!!! Ponies!!, including the pink colour scheme.
Content changes
A variation on the previous theme, some sites change their focus:
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Miscellaneous
- pkmn.net set up the profanity filter on their forums to change various common words:
- Poké → Digi
- Ash → Soot
- Egg → Infant
- Disable → Hypnosis
- Member → Peasant
- Admin → Base jumper
- Left ↔ Right
- Up ↔ Down
- pkmn.net also announced that Celebi was obtainable in Pokémon Emerald.
- #pocketmonsters released a parody translation of AG160.