Ah, April Fools, the day of pranks, jokes, and never-ending stress for journalists trying to make sense of fake nonsense from official sources. Woe is us.
Getting into the spirit of things, though, Pokémon Sword and Shield has added a little surprise for players today that'll no doubt have some poor souls tearing their hair out. Yes, special Magikarp that can't be caught have been added into the game for one day only (and we're being deadly serious).
As reported by Serebii, these frustrating fishy foes have been included in an 'Extra Event', essentially serving as the current Wild Area Event. You'll spot one immediately if you hop into the game, as they are currently the only Pokémon appearing in Raids, no matter which Wild Area location you head to.
Nice work, Game Freak. Raids will return to normal tomorrow (hopefully).
[source serebii.net]
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So, what about if you try using a master ball?
Edit: Looked it up, the article doesn't explain that the game tells you straight up that you can't catch this Pokémon before beginning the raid.
https://twitter.com/JoeMerrick/status/1377416345625657344/photo/1
If you don't explain that, people will think it has a 0% catch rate or something.
@RupeeClock
Well then you have just wasted a Master Ball.
Would be funny if they were Shiny since you can't catch them
@RupeeClock you can't throw a ball
I'd rather see them troll probably, have it be a Shiny Mew or Celebi that you can't catch. No one is gonna be upset they can't catch a Magikarp.
@jump well, think about it, magikarp is the ONLY pokemon in the raid battles (if that's not the ultimate trolling, I don't know what.... or perhaps if it was a bidoof)
@mariomaster96
Yes the article failed to explain that.
Uncatchable implies 0% catch rate, not being prohibited from throwing.
Laaaaaaaaaame. They should have put in "gag" Pokémon with ridiculous movesets.
@jump : It would have been funnier if the Wild Area were suddenly overrun with fake event shinies rather than just the dens.
Man they should have been a mew or a mewtwo or somthing it would have been hella funny.
@Silly_G I honestly think it should have had moves a Magikarp can't learn.
They should have made it a shiny with outrageous moves. That would have been more amazing
If Mario's removal from the eShop was the injury, this is definitely the insult.
Poisson d'avril!
they should of also made the Magikarp knockout all players pokemon with one hit would of been funny
I don't feel like waiting for Sword to redownload; can someone confirm? I get the feeling this article itself is the actual April Fools joke.
It would be amazing if it was also shiny, to upset players even further!
@Dizavid Multiple people above have already confirmed.
This is hilarious!
Sigh... I hate April fool's.
Best Pokémon update since they added online functionality.
@CactusMan You might not have been connected to the internet. I thought I had been tricked initially too, but after I connected to the internet I found all of my raids updated to be uncatchable Magikarp 😂
sword and shield are enough of a prank already
Maybe you cant catch the Magikarp because they all belonged to the recently deceit Mario RIP Mario
@CactusMan No, this is true. Although I couldn't verify if EVERY raid is being replaced by Magikarp (my first was a Comfey), one did show up in my second raid. You get a warning of "You can't catch this Pokemon. Is that OK?", and when you defeat it it just disappears.
I was one of those poor saps that encountered a shiny. I know that at least one other person encountered one too (they were with me.)
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