April Fools in video games

There have been many hoax's in the video game world on April 1st that are very notible such as those in Electronic Gaming Monthly. Here is a list of well known hoaxs that were on April 1st, or April Fools.

Major Hoax's

 * 2002 - Electronic Gaming Monthly stated that there was a way to unlock Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails in the game Super Smash Bros. Melee by defeating 20 characters in curel melee.. For many months this was believed to be true, even Nintendo Power had to make a blurb stating that its not.
 * 2005 - Electronic Gaming Monthly told there readers that if you preordered Zelda: Twilight Princess, you would get an updated version of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]] with graphics that resemble Twilight Princess.
 * 2006 - 5 teenage girls between 16-17 created up to seventeen questionmark blocks from the Mario Series across there town in Ohio. A citizin noticed one of the boxes and turned it into the police, whom sent out a bomb squad to investigate. Even though there was nothing in the boxes, authorities plan to press charges against the five girls.

Minor Hoax's

 * It was stated over the internet that Nintendo banned the character Dr. Mario from any more games on the account of parents' complaints about his association to a drug dealer.
 * The major website IGN reports that Nintendo is making a stylus that looks like an NES Zapper and will re-release Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley as the third wave of the NES Classic Series.