April Fools’ Day 2025 compilation

Welcome to the 2025 edition of Gematsu‘s annual April Fools’ Day games industry jokes and gags roundup, featuring Life Crossing: Fantasy Horizons from LEVEL-5, Rival Fantasy: Ever Crisis Academy Seven from Square Enix, and more.

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(This post will be updated with new jokes throughout the day.)

■ Added at Press Time

● Aiming

The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden

Sanrio characters collaboration announced.

● Aniplex

Fate/Grand Order

This year’s annual April Fools’ Day Fate/Grand Order spin-off game is the casual action game Fate/Final Journey. It is available now for iOS via App Store and Android via Google Play. It is a casual action game.

The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

Introducing Too Kyo Games‘ new employee and public relations character: Too Kyo-chan!

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Magia Exedra

(Also available in Japanese.)

● Bandai Namco Entertainment

Katamari Series

A collaboration between That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Memories and the Katamari franchise has been announced.

● BeXide

The Fox’s Way Home

The Fox’s Way Home collaboration with Wizardry Gaiden: The Five Ordeals announced.

● Cygames

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

(Also available in Japanese.)

● Electronic Arts

Apex Legends (Japan)

Valkyrie’s voice will be changed to Kansai dialect in the next update.

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📢アップデート情報：ヴァルキリーのボイスを関西弁に変更予定✨️
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ヴァルキリーのボイスを関西弁に変更予定です！
関西魂あふれる新ボイスで、敵を制圧しましょう！🔥

アップデートを楽しみにお待ち下さい！#エイプリルフール
※実際にApex Legendsゲーム内での実装予定はございません。 pic.twitter.com/mXjWM6kgAz

— EA Japan (@eajapan) March 31, 2025

● Entergram

Nekura na Classmate ga Ore no Ibukuro o Tsukande Hanashite Kurenai

Announcing the new visual novel Youkya-na Classmate ga Ore no Ibukuro o Tsukande Hanashite Kurenai.

● Kadokawa Corporation

Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World

Announcing the otome visual novel Re:Zero – School Life in Another World. Coming soon…?

● LEVEL-5

FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

Introducing the Fantasy Getaway Package. FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time is now Life Crossing: Fantasy Horizons.

(Also available in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese.)

● LOCOBIT

BUTTO BIRD

Announcing BUTTO BIRD Cassette Edition for Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom).

● NEXTON

Novamicus

A completely new original title is in development featuring illustrations by Itaru Hinoue. (This may or may not be a joke.)

● PONOS

Introducing the Neko Nyaturn, a new game system due out on February 22, 2222.

【🎮ポノスから最新型ゲーム機が登場🎮】
ｻｲｼﾝฅ(º ﾛ º ฅ)ｹﾞｰﾑ!?
洗練されたデザインとこれまでにない性能が魅力的な「ネコニャターン」の情報を一足先に公開！
以下の記事からチェックにゃ！https://t.co/ZVFYXrM6QJ#にゃんこ大戦争 #エイプリルフール pic.twitter.com/ySqK3CzlRM

— 【公式】にゃんこ大戦争 (@PONOS_GAME) March 31, 2025

● SEGA

Sonic the Hedgehog (Japan)

The April issue of the Weekly Hedgehog is out now, with stories like “Knuckles Hires a Gang of Thieves to Guard the Emerald!?” and “Rising Costs Mean More Rings Are Required to Get a 1UP!?”

【4月号の 週刊針鼠】は
気になる話題の最新スクープを
超音速でお届け！✨🔵💨

【今回の目玉トピックスは】🕵️‍♂️📰

■ナックルズ、エメラルドの警備に盗賊団を採用!?💎
■物価の上昇で1UPに必要なリングが増加⁉📈😱
■シルバー流気功術🧘👁️
■エッグマンTV春の改革📺🌸… pic.twitter.com/JZ4pQNWRmb

— ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ【公式】 (@SonicOfficialJP) March 31, 2025

● SHIFT UP

GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE

GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE‘s blockbuster movie, “FINAL BATTLE,” will be released on April 1!

SHIFT UP

The newly launched SHIFT UP YouTube channel has surpassed one million subscribers.

● Square Enix

Dragon Quest Walk

Bunmeido Tokyo collaboration announced.

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis

Announcing Rival Fantasy: Ever Crisis Academy Seven (title tentative) with the opening of two new schools in the city of Midgard: Midgard Seventh High School and Shinra Private Academy.

(Also available in Japanese.)

NieR

An 8-bit version of NieR: Automata is finally here.

＼ #NieR ×ドット絵ver.／#ニーアオートマタ を８ビットに移植した【ドット絵ver.】続報です！

勇者から一転、光の戦士となった「ないんず」。待ち受ける波乱の展開とは一体……#とぅびぃはおれのものだ pic.twitter.com/aIPHxsQklj

— NieR公式PRアカウント (@NieR_JPN) March 31, 2025

● VisualArts

Key

Announcing the release of the new movie Key: Escape from the White Locked Room, a new horror movie from the studio behind games like Kanon and Clannad.

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第25回 鳥白島国際映画祭
〈最高賞〉
セブンシャドーバタフライ受賞🦋
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鍵のかかった部屋で
目を覚ましたあなたのそばには
見覚えのある男の死体があった──

4/1(火) 公開
『Key 鍵のかかった白い部屋からの脱出』https://t.co/LvDxUN1auc#かぎべや pic.twitter.com/5PI95Y3KCj

— Key開発室 (@key_official) March 31, 2025

● Wargaming.net

War Thunder

The long awaited and highly requested addition of infantry to the battlefields of War Thunder is finally here!

● Yostar

Azur Lane

Announcing the new anime Azur Lane: Bisoku Tensei!