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Galaki on 01 April 2009

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The Cruelest April Fool's Joke In Japan

This is going to be hard to top. Japanese website Akiba Blog has run a post saying that Dragon Quest IX went on sale.

According to Akiba Blog, over two-thousand people lined up at midnight today for DQIX. Midnight. Today. Today is April 1, and Dragon Quest IX is slated for release this July.

Very cruel considering the number of times Dragon Quest IX has been delayed — and how many Japanese gamers are impatiently waiting for it.

Still, don't be surprised if frazzled individuals are running around Akihabara, frantically looking for DQIX. If you happen to see any, be sure to let them know the game is sold out and new shipments are expected shortly.

This is just one of many April Fools jokes circulating on the Japanese internet. Website Canned Dogs has a great round-up of today's pranks. Stand outs include a Queen's Blade live action flick, SNK announcing Star Radish and a retro version iDOLM@STER.

ドラゴンクエスト９本日発売！秋葉原で2000人以上の行列が [Akiba Blog]



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Star Scream on 01 April 2009

Yeah, I saw it, was pretty lame considering...



Maynard_Tool on 01 April 2009

:O that freaking sucks!!!!!!



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http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=63437&page=1

Khuutra on 01 April 2009

This is about as extreme as April Fool's Day pranks should get.



Maynard_Tool on 01 April 2009
Star Scream said:

Yeah, I saw it, was pretty lame considering...

 

Pretty lame?????

 

I want to see an april 1st joke that can get over 2.000 people O.o



03/10/09 HUGE day in my life:

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=63437&page=1

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cebrian on 01 April 2009

it was pretty lame for those 2000 people jeje



Star Scream on 01 April 2009

Yeah, for them, although seriously, how stupid can some people get?



Undying on 01 April 2009

So these people just believe some random website out of the blue saying a game just released?

That would be like IGN saying today that Halo 4 just released. We obviously know thats false because the game is not finished/started.

In a nut shell people are stupid.




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Maynard_Tool on 01 April 2009
Undying said:
So these people just believe some random website out of the blue saying a game just released?

That would be like IGN saying today that Halo 4 just released. We obviously know thats false because the game is not finished/started.

In a nut shell people are stupid.

 

Well... it's different. At least DQIX was announced for this year. But i would guess that if something like that happens here in the Us, people would actually go.



03/10/09 HUGE day in my life:

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=63437&page=1

stof on 01 April 2009

That's brilliant. A real honest to goodness kick ass April Fools prank.


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