April Fools' Day 2018

April 1, 2018 was an that fell on a Sunday. In the Pokémon fandom, some websites pulled hoaxes on gullible fans.
==Hoaxes==
===The Pokémon Company===
*The Pokémon Company International announced on social media that they had been taken over by Team Rocket.
**On Twitter and Facebook, they made several posts following the beginning and fall of their takeover.https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980448397097189376https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980456311967031297https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980462612180692992https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980480444142567424https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980489298146312192https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980480444142567424https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980489298146312192https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980502518257016832https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980514297968148480https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980514300295983104https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980525874595299328https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980538540650983424https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/980548002057043968 The hashtag #TeamRocketTakeover was launched with the first post and continued to be used on all posts.
***VIZ Media played along with the hoax and got retweeted.https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/980482424915116032
**On their homepage, several articles were written about Team Rocket and promoted on the main page.Trainer Spotlight: Jessie, James, and MeowthPrepare for Trouble on Pokémon TV!Team Rocket Performance EvaluationsTeam Rocket’s Pokémon TCG Legacy
***The Featured Pokémon were all Team Rocket Pokémon and the first one was .
===Pokémon GO===
*8-bit graphics for Pokémon sprites were announced, and then released in Pokémon GO. The 8-bit graphics were kept until April 7.Experience Pokémon GO Like NEVER BEFORE with Brand-New Graphics!
===Pokémon Duel===
*The Pokémon Duel Twitter account posted information for a figure featuring the player's AI, Carlo:https://twitter.com/pokemoncomaster/status/980235024678117376https://twitter.com/pokemoncomaster/status/980235887203135488
====Figure information====
* Figure name: Carlo (カルロ)
* Move Points: 
* Types: 
* Rarity: 
* ID: 0401
=====Abilities=====
=====Data Disk=====
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===Fansites===
* Pokémon Showdown announced it would have Max Revive and Critical Hit Insurance DLC.
* The Cave of Dragonflies revealed a new style for the day, which was a remake of the site as it appeared in 2003. It kept the layout and design but updated the banner to use newer Pokémon sprites, used Comic Neue as the font instead of Comic Sans, and included a new cursor trail instead of reusing the prior design.https://www.dragonflycave.com/april-fools April Fools' Jokes Archive
==Aesthetic changes==
*The Bulbagarden Forums were changed into GardenGarden with accompanying Garden theme and names for rooms.
*Pokémon Central Wiki changed its main page to Pokémon Central Rainbow Rocket Wiki and designed it to reflect this.
==Other==
* (NJPW) added an mascot as one of their new pro-wrestler signed to the company. He was scheduled to fight wrestler on April 1, 2018.新日本プロレス NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING OFFICIAL WEBSITE
*During a press conference, the Udon-prefecture announced that they would change their name to Yadon-prefecture () to boost tourism and that Slowpoke would become their newly appointed Prefecture Governor. They even displayed some Slowpoke merchandise to sell and showed a commercial.Youtube: An announcement from Udon-ken（April 1, 2018）Yadon-prefecture official site
==References==
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