List of computer and video game hoaxes
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This is a list of video game hoaxes that are created usually by gamers or the media, often as an April Fool's joke.
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[edit] Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence
Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence (MVAV) was created as a satirical hoax organization as part of a school project. The organization takes a similar stance towards video games as noted video game critic Jack Thompson. MVAV currently exists as a satirical blog. In 2007, the governor of the state of New York included information from the MVAV website in a presentation on video games.[1]
[edit] Nintendo On
Nintendo On is the name of a hoax console. The console was featured in a faked trailer released shortly before E3 in 2005. Said to show Nintendo's next console, the Wii, which was then code-named Revolution, the video was discovered to be the work of Pablo Belmonte and was only fully debunked when Nintendo released pictures of the future Wii console, following E3 2005. The video was so convincing to so many that it is now considered one of the greatest hoaxes in the history of video games. [2]
[edit] Sheng Long
Sheng Long is a nonexistent character created by Electronic Gaming Monthly as an April Fool's joke. EGM originally claimed that the character was unlockable in Street Fighter II in 1992, and in 1997 claimed that the character had been added to Street Fighter III. The hoax character influenced the creation of a real unlockable character in Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Akuma.
[edit] Sonic and Tails in Super Smash Bros. Melee
In 2002, the staff of Electronic Gaming Monthly posted in an issue of their magazine that both Sonic and Tails can be unlocked in Super Smash Bros. Melee by defeating 20 Fighting Wire-Frames in the Cruel Melee mode. Afterwards, the player would have to battle both of them in order to be able to play as them. They also provided photoshopped screenshots of them in battle and the message the player sees when they are unlocked. However, once people began accomplishing it, Electronic Gaming Monthly revealed that it was a hoax.[3]
