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Level 5 Pwnz Tons of Otaku With Fake Release of Dragon Quest IX

Alafista | April 2, 2009 - 12:47 pm

If you just happened to be in Akihabara on the eve of April Fools’ Day, you would have witness one of the best April Fools’ Day prank this year. Level 5, developer of Dragon Quest, announced on their website that Dragon Quest IX was being release on the midnight of 1st April, and made tons of otaku wait outside Softmap for the “official launch”.

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Here’s a look at the tons of otaku that were queuing up (AkibaBlog reports that there was more than 2,000 people):

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Source: AkibaBlog

Btw the real release date for Dragon Quest IX is in July. So folks, don’t panic and head to your game store yet. =P

I pity the poor 2000 folks who stood outside in the cold. It would be really “funny” if they started a riot and burned down Softmap for this prank. But still I’m puzzled why these people still fell for it considering this wasn’t the first time such a prank was pulled.

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5 Responses to Level 5 Pwnz Tons of Otaku With Fake Release of Dragon Quest IX

  1. bobofet says:
    April 2, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    otakus will always be otakus :)

  2. oOgA says:
    April 2, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    pity the fans who are standing outisde.. =/

  3. black_sun says:
    April 2, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    pure ownage XD

  4. Dee says:
    April 3, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    isnt that classed as miss informing the public or something? like….neglegence or some such??