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.)
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● Aiming
The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden
Sanrio characters collaboration announced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNw-rgtICVQ
● 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.
https://twitter.com/eajapan/status/1906723177042243777
● 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69HlFW9RpJs
(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.
https://twitter.com/PONOS_GAME/status/1906723174525382933
● 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!?”
https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1906723163993772461
● 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.
https://twitter.com/NieR_JPN/status/1906723499248431474
● 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.
https://twitter.com/key_official/status/1906723196533121533
● 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!
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