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Ailure
Posts: 1871/11162 |
Originally posted by Legion
Yeah, everyone said that he was full of shit but Ace uploaded the proof positive video. 
Honestly many people acted like asses back then against me, becuse they didn't belive me...  "IT'S FROM GAMEFAQS! GAMEFAQS IS FOR STUPID PEOPLE AND IT'S FALSE BECUSE IT'S FROM GAMEFAQS!" "YOUR ARE A MORON FOR BELIVING THIS!"
I was so close leaving the board for that... (I took the insults pretty seriously back then... heck I still feel little angry how people reacted against me  ) and well I had also a proof video but none downloaded it/had the right codec for it.
I was pretty much unknown back then, and my spelling wasn't the best... so it's still somewhat understandable why people didn't belive me...
And the triforce in ocarina of time, Ariana fooled alot of people back then. But I wasn't around when it happened just saw a article about it a few months after it happened. And you do get one part of the triforce in Ocarina of time... triforce of courage. |
Colin
Posts: 1571/11302 |
EGM had some of the most well-done April Fools tricks. The Sheng Long one was tremendous, mainly because people looked at the screenshots and thought "Oh, wait, this might be real!" - and then they go to the arcade and fail miserably. 
I also liked the cute one they did where you could play as Simon Belmont in TNMT2. |
Emptyeye
Posts: 5/2273 |
As has been stated several times in this thread already, I think the biggest factor in the decline in rumors (If there even has been such a decline) is the Internet. It's a lot easier to relay information via the Internet than through paper magazines or what-have-you. It effectively eliminated the necessity of having to repeat the hoax yourself to see if it was true or not.
I think my all-time personal favorite hoax/joke/whatever was EGM's 1992 April Fool's Day joke of "Fight Sheng Long in Street Fighter II". Yes, II. The process involved something rediculous and physically impossible, like fighting M. Bison to a 10-round (Note that SFII only had a maximum of four rounds) hitless draw or something.
Two things made it great: 1. In that same issue, they had a "spot the April Fool's Day joke" contest. The information for it was printed directly underneath this "trick". 2. a Hong Kong magazine actually believed it and reprinted it, without permission. EGM's response was "That'll teach them to use our material without our permission..."  |
Kefka
Posts: 2059/3392 |
Occasionally you'll find an easter egg to be true. Like the Kirby's Adventure easter egg... I didn't believe it at first, but it turned out to be true. And I actually fell for the Luigi in SM64 one, as hard as it was to believe...  I spent SO long trying to do that...
I don't like people spreading rumors for no reason though. It's mean. I would rather you tell a true secret, then if someone doesn't believe it, they lose out. |
Toxic
Posts: 1307/2857 |
The last real secret that I found on my own was waaaay back in the day, when I was like 6.
I played Commander Keen, and in one of the temples, if you let the worms all crawl by your feet, a foot would appear, and take you to a secret place where there was another oracle.
Other than that...there are the wimpy ones in RtCW, where you just happen to find a room full of ammo. |
Slash Dafter
Posts: 235/584 |
Originally posted by Fyxe
How the hell has nobody mentioned...
The Triforce in Ocarina of Time?
That was one of the biggies. That one was frickin' huge, even. O.o'' Some people even went out of their way to create well done (although easily proved false) hoax pictures and the like.
Yeah like that 'Ariana' girl from Columbia who submitted those pictures of her TV with Link in front of the Triforce. Even though it was disproved like three years ago, I actually believed her. |
Private Adamant
Posts: 193/551 |
Originally posted by Legion
That was Ailure? 
Ah yes, for some reason I thought it wasn't Mew but now I remember correctly. Yeah, everyone said that he was full of shit but Ace uploaded the proof positive video.
Rumor.......true!
It's not just Mew, you can get every pokemon in the game this way. I believe I was the first person on the board to figure out how, but someone else probably did it before me elsewhere. |
Fyxe
Posts: 210/1160 |
How the hell has nobody mentioned...
The Triforce in Ocarina of Time?
That was one of the biggies. That one was frickin' huge, even. O.o'' Some people even went out of their way to create well done (although easily proved false) hoax pictures and the like. |
Ramadan Roy
Posts: 222/816 |
Well, nowadays, no secret can get out of today's gamers' sights. And after a secret is found, it is posted everywhere. So the surprise element is really shot. |
Colin
Posts: 1552/11302 |
Well, at least some of those things CAN happen... somewhat... with a game enhancer.
Yeah, the Mew thing WAS a glitch but luckily it hasn't seemed to affect worldwide Pokemon competition.  |
Legion
Posts: 884/5657 |
That was Ailure?
Ah yes, for some reason I thought it wasn't Mew but now I remember correctly. Yeah, everyone said that he was full of shit but Ace uploaded the proof positive video.
Rumor.......true! |
Cymoro
Posts: 535/2216 |
Leg: That was Ailure, and he found Mew with the weirdest method that Milly proved to be true. It was really weird |
Toxic
Posts: 1301/2857 |
I dunno about the glitch, but I for one scrambeled all over the damn place looking for a frigging Mew....which DID NOT EXIST IN THE GAME.
God damn it. Me and TheKram got wind of this and scoured the place, only to find that select few people had it, given out by Nintentdo. |
Legion
Posts: 883/5657 |
Haha, I forgot all about Pokemon.
But that reminds me of something that happened here at this very board.
Now I'm not a Pokemon game expert or anything so I can't remember the name of the game or pokemon. But there was this one game you could glitch to make it appear. At first, hardly ANYONE here at this board believed the person. But it turned out to be true after all.
Anyone care to refresh my memory on what pokemon it was? |
Keitaro
Posts: 316/1342 |
or the ungodly amount of pokemon rumors Pikablue, anyone? |
Legion
Posts: 881/5657 |
And thee mother of all of them...
Aeris in FFVII.
To this day people still think you can revive her. I believe the original plan was that it was going to be possible, but they decided against it. That's why you get her ultimate move so late. And her weapon I think.
But there were tons of rumors for FFVII. Anyone remember the Wooden Chocobo? Or the money card at the clock in Kalm? I tried out most of the rumors well aware that they weren't true. Just for fun I guess. :/ |
Jack-Al
Posts: 130/284 |
I remember when I was playing The Legend of Zelda: A link to the past, I had told kids at school about a secret world behind a mountain, and they all thought it was real.
I guess people just have a harder time believing in rumors now, and if they believe it for a second they can just check on the internet. Most of the time someone will have already proven if the rumor is true or not, so people don't really have to try and find out.
There are still some rumors around, but alot less than before. |
Jarukoth
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Not just rumors, but well hidden and hyped easter eggs, too. Like the aformentioned Akuma thing. What the hell happened? |
Cymoro
Posts: 530/2216 |
I remember when I was about 8 when I heard of Sonic Extreme. All my life, I was searching for it to complete my collection, until 2 years ago when I found out that it was cancelled.
Things like that give you hopes. It's fun, and not that bad at all. Now it's dead. With the internet in abundance, people can easily dispel rumors. It's not fun anymore. I want my rumors back. |
Waddler-D
Posts: 102/442 |
Well, if I remember correctly, a BUNCH of less-informed people were either hoaxing about Sonic and Tails being in Smash Bros. Melee or believe that they were... That wasn't too long ago, but it's hard to say if they're true rumors for games floating around a lot these days.
Now though, video game hoaxes are probably more annoying than fun... |
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