I despise April Fool'

[A Black Falcon]

So yes, it's good that this Nintendo direct actually WAS telling the truth. The problem is, I had to instinctively assume they were probably making at least some of it up, and I had no idea which parts they were. Every time they announced something really awesome, instead of feeling really excited about it, I instead started feeling angrier and angrier with every one. Not because I thought they WERE lies, but because I had to entertain the distinct possibility that that ONE thing I thought was totally awesome (Lucas returning to Smash) was in fact just a poorly timed joke at Mother fan's expense. I closed the video really quick just because of how insanely angry every awesome thing was making me, and decided to swear off reading ANY news stories at all until today. Only now can I actually give myself permission to be excited again. This holiday RUINED a bunch of very interesting news stories around the world for me, and for what? I didn't see a single laugh to be had, basically anywhere, that was worth this "web browsing inconvenience".

Really? That seems like a bit extreme of a reaction... but also, thinking about it, has Nintendo ever done any kind of April Fools' joke? I can't think of anything. I don't think it's something they do.

In addition, April 1 is the first day of the first quarter of the fiscal year (remember, fiscal years for most companies start April 1), that might be why the Direct was on the 1st.