March is coming to a close, and as April begins, we are anticipating a great historical event in first day of the month…wait, what did I just say!?
Kidding aside, let me first take a brief recap of previous April Fools jokes that has happened within the KI Community:
#2014
Long before the first Season 2 character (TJ Combo) was revealed, Mick Gordon jokingly posted this picture on Twitter, a picture of Bottles from Banjo-Kazooie in the S1 select screen.
And I quote, “OMG!!! First killerinstinct Season 2 character leaked!!!”
The joke itself is essentially a reference to one of Bottles’ lines in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.
#2015
In the Season 2 forums, a thread detailing on the upcoming patch notes was posted…and they were outright weird, strange, silly, crazy, or random! Some of the joke patch notes I remembered were:
- Fulgore would cease to function if he activated a special move that had Eagle’s memories fully restored.
- Orchid’s grenades were multi-colored and would explode into glittering particles.
- Hisako was nowhere to be found in the game and is reportedly to be lurking within the XB1 and Xbox Live.
#2016
No April Fools joke happened, but something was fishy in the website…
According to @rukizzel in a Site and Forum Feedback thread:
So yeah. As the title of the topic says, do you think they should have another April Fools joke…or nah? If so, what do you think the joke will be?
Personally, I think it would be funny if they posted a glimpse of an upcoming Ultimate for any character who is part of Ultimate Pack 2 besides Fulgore. However, it turns out that the footage your are seeing is VERY early work-in-progress, the animations are so wonky. And probably they would state along the lines of: “We aren’t just fooling you, we are showing you some progress to keep on your toes.”
