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April Fools’ Day is here once again. April 1, 2025 marks the day in which game companies make some intriguing, funny, and sometimes questionable jokes that shouldn’t be taken seriously at all. Here are all of the best game April Fools’ Day jokes regarding English games in 2025 you should know about.

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Zenless Zone Zero went for the tongue in cheek “joke” this year that appears to also be seemingly true in a way. The announcement of a new Bangboo arrives in the fake in-game event “An Outstanding Partner.” This Bangboo’s name is XBOO and it certainly carries the classic Xbox logo and green aesthetic.

While XBOO is fake, this joke might actually be hinting at an official Xbox release someday down the line. This is one to certainly keep an eyes on at least.

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Level-5 is hard at work on the release of Fantasy Life i, but the developer took the time to both market the game and jest at another game in the process. A really well done trailer showcases the supposed announcement to Animal Crossing: New Horizons known as Life Crossing: Fantasy Horizons. While fake, it honestly looks great with the different animal creatures and the like, but, thankfully, we’ll get Fantasy Life i in the near future.

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This announcement appears to be a joke, though it arguably shouldn’t be. The mobile game FFVII Ever Crisis teased a supposed Academy event. This reimagines the cast of the beloved JRPG as high schoolers at academies. You get Cloud looking like a baseball star, Barret as a teacher, and Aerith and Tifa looking great. Plus, there is a rival Shinra school with Sephiroth and others.

Unfortunately, this is most likely just a joke given its announcement window. It is a shame, though, since it has a lot of stunning art associated with it for the characters.

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Palworld is celebrating April Fools’ Day with a game joke you might be familiar with. Once again, PocketPair is showing off More Than Just Pals. This is the same visual novel from 2024’s joke where you get to romance humanoid versions of the Pals. It is even more elaborate this time with a Steam page for the spin-off game. I don’t want to get your hopes up, but this once joke may actually turn out to be real down the line, which would be spectacular.

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As you might expect, a remarkable indie title released in 2023 certainly doesn’t need a remaster. Rather than joke about the seemingly endless collaborations it has, Dave the Diver joked for April Fool’s Day about a remastered version. This supposed version is coming out for the YS7 and Ybox Series X/L. You’ll have to wait a while for this fake remaster, though, as it is set to arrive in 2049.

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Yakuza star Ichiban Kasuga is ready to make a splash, as the Ichiban’s Holiday Like a Dragon crossover DLC will go live in Dave the Diver on April 10, 2025. Mintrocket ed a Dev Dive episode, giving behind-the-scenes details on the add-on, as well as a closer look at its gameplay.

You can watch the Ichiban’s Holiday Dev Dive for Dave the Diver here:

The story of Ichiban’s Holiday follows him and Kashiwagi, the bartender from Survive Bar, visiting the Blue Hole for a vacation. It doesn’t take long before he witnesses Sea Blue capturing dolphins and picks a fight with them, though. Kasuga can dive in and explore the sea with Dave, as well as fight alongside Cobra when infiltrating Sea Blue’s base. You can switch which one you control, and the whole sequences is reminiscent of a retro beat ‘em up. There will also be a surprise at the end of the stage.

The collaboration isn’t all just Like a Dragon appearing in Dave the Diver content based on the Yakuza series. Kasuga’s also introducing some unique flair, as you can sing karaoke at Bancho’s Bar. It plays exactly like the original mini-game from the Like a Dragon games.

“Ichiban’s Holiday” will be the first piece of paid DLC for Dave the Diver. As well, it’s a limited one, since it’s a special collaboration with a big game series. Interested players will only have six months from when it comes out on April 10, 2025 to get it.

Dave the Diver is readily available on the PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, and macOS.

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Dave the Diver is going to crossover with another series, and this time Like a Dragon characters are coming in Yakuza inspired Ichiban’s Holiday DLC. It is named after Ichiban Kasuga, the hero of Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. We’ll see the add-on appear in April 2025. 

A trailer appeared offering an idea of what to expect. Ichiban himself will appear at the restaurant to eat. We also see him diving alongside Dave. A beat’em up minigame element showed as well. That looked like a Streets of Rage style 2D beat’em up with Ichiban fighting alongside Cobra.

Here’s that trailer:

There have been a ton of Dave the Diver crossovers prior to this Yakuza one with Like a Dragon lead Ichiban Kasuga. For example, one involved Goddess of Victory: NIKKE. Another brought in elements of Guilty Gear. A Godzilla crossover event happened too. However, Godzilla only appeared for a limited time. 

Dave the Diver is available for the PC, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch, and the Ichiban's Holiday DLC will debut for the game on all platforms sometime in April 2025. However, an exact date isn't available yet for the new add-on and character cameo.

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Since it came out in 2023, Dave the Diver, an action-adventure scuba diving game that combines harpoon fishing with restaurant management, has received almost universal praise from critics and fans alike. Despite its unique premise and cute pixel art, I didn't purchase the game until the end of 2024. The only reason behind my reluctance to try Dave the Diver was my crippling thalassophobia and megalophobia. However, new year, new me. It’s time to overcome my fear and, to my surprise, it worked better than I imagined.

Honestly, I thought most people have thalassophobia. "It’s not irrational or ridiculous or something I need to work on at all," I thought. Have you ever looked at how vast and dark the ocean is, and realized how small we humans are in comparison? The idea of being trapped underwater while God knows what lurks around you in the murky depths is terrifying. And speaking of which, don’t even get me started on the creatures that live down there. Whales are friendly, I know, but they’re so big. What if it swallows you by accident? Fish don’t need to be big to be scary either. Some look like they’re the bastard children of Lovecraftian horrors and Satan’s nightmares. Of course, that’s when I ed that marine biologists and scuba divers exist in real life. So maybe it’s not as normal a fear as I thought.

My fear of the ocean (any large body of water, really) was so bad that I freaked out while on the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride at Tokyo DisneySea. The Fishdom ad, when it shows that giant fish about to swallow all the other fish, makes my heart beat faster. A trailer I saw of Subnautica once scared me so badly that I had to exit YouTube. Yes, I’m aware of how embarrassing this is and how weak I seem, but I can’t help it. Since even clips of Subnautica look far scarier than any other horror game I’ve ever seen, I decided that Dave the Diver is the safest place to start from. I mean, how scary can it be?

In Dave the Diver, you play as a dude who dives for fish, which you then give to sushi chef Bancho. At night, you also need to help out at Bancho's restaurant. The pixel art is so cute, and the gameplay loop sounds relaxing. Surely, I can see that the ocean is a lovely place full of friends, and that'll curb my fear with this. That optimism didn’t last long. The moment I had to travel to the depths and a huge shark appeared from the dark, I wanted to turn off the game. All the tunnels full of tubeworms and hostile jellyfish, as well as the sheer scale of the ocean you can see in the background, frightened me.

But you know what? My idea actually worked. I was right about how the game's visuals make it approachable. I won't lie and say the depths didn't scare me at first, but after a while, I stopped hesitating to dive down there for fish and quests. Subnautica features a much wider space, and it forces you to see it from a first person perspective. Since Dave the Diver's level design is more compact, and you view it from a third person perspective, it's not so bad once you play more of it. The designs of the fish aren't that realistic thanks to the pixel art, and you see them from such a distance that even species I'd normally scream at look fine.

There's something soothing about the grind, too. Focusing on finding coral or looking for a specific fish to hunt keep my eyes and mind busy enough that I don’t notice the dark environment anymore. The game constantly forcing you down there for quests, as well as the rather static layout, makes the depths more familiar, which is another way of alleviating fear. The pixel art really softens the visuals when it comes to the scarier looking marine animals, too. Riding the high of the confidence boost, I checked out some Subnautica clips and had to back out before even seeing the Leviathan Reaper. So I have a real appreciation for the overall design in Dave the Diver.

Gaming therapy is a real thing, and it’s something that’s gaining some real traction from its first use in 1980. Different cases require different games or genres. Relaxing games like Flower can relieve stress, while some therapists use more open-world games like Minecraft to help children with autism. For better or for worse, games are a more mainstream hobby now. Sure, there are some people now who still believe games (like anime or cartoons) are specifically for children. But, that seems like a minority opinion nowadays. So it makes sense that as games become more common in our everyday lives, different fields and industries will employ them for their own purposes.

Saying that Dave the Diver helps me with my real-world phobia is like saying a Band-Aid helped me with a broken arm. Toss me into the ocean, away from land, and I’ll definitely have a panic attack. But at least while I occupy Dave’s body and paddle around the pixel waters of Dave the Diver, I feel better about my fear of thalassophobia. I can at least watch that silly Fishdom ad with a normal resting heart rate now. Maybe one day in the far future, I’ll work myself up to playing Subnautica.

Dave the Diver is available on the PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, and macOS.

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A new Goddess of Victory: NIKKE collaboration event is on the way, and this time the unlikely partner is Dave the Diver. The event is set to launch on July 4, 2024, and will include a new minigame and new skins for characters like Mast and Anchor.

The new event features the characters Helm, Anchor, and Mast taking part in what appears to be a pretty faithful recreation of Dave the Diver's core gameplay including diving, fishing, and then operating a sushi restaurant at night. New costumes have also been confirmed. Anchor's diver skin will be available through playing the minigame, while Mast's skin is found in the track of the new "Diver ".

You can watch the trailer for the crossover event via YouTube below:

Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is currently running an event called Clay, More, which is set to end on July 3, 2024. That's just before the new collaboration begins. Meanwhile, back in March 2024, it was announced that Dave the Diver would also be having a collaboration with Arc System Works' Guilty Gear Strive.

Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is immediately available for PCs and mobile devices, while Dave the Diver is available for the PC, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch. The NIKKE x Dave the Diver crossover event will begin on July 4, 2024.

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The Nintendo Switch version of Dave the Diver is set to get crossover content from Guilty Gear Strive, including rhythm minigames, boat skins, and cosplaying customers. The Dave the Diver Anniversary Edition will also get a physical release on May 30, 2024, and it is available to pre-order from the official website and select retailers.

The Anniversary Edition trailer also gives us a look at some of the Guilty Gear content which, as well as the aforementioned minigame and skins, will also include a weapon based on May's anchor. The Guilty Gear content will be exclusive to the Switch version of the game, while the physical anniversary edition will also include a digital artbook.

You can watch the Dave the Diver Anniversary Edition trailer via YouTube below:

The Guilty Gear franchise is also set to appear on Epos Visa credit cards in Japan, starting March 15, 2024. The latest game in the series, Guilty Gear Strive. is also set to be part of the lineup at Evo 2024 in Japan.

The Dave the Diver Anniversary edition containing Guilty Gear content is available to pre-order now and will release on May 30, 2024. The game is also available on PC, PS4, and PS5. Meanwhile, Guilty Gear Strive is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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At the January 2024 State of Play, Sony and Mintrocket announced both the Dave the Diver PS4 and PS5 ports and Godzilla DLC. The game is already on the Switch and PC. 

The new trailer began by confirming that yes, the game is coming to the PS4 and PS5. Duff is sitting on a couch, holding a Dualsense 5, and playing the game. From there, a bit of footage appeared. Once that was done, it confirmed an April 2024 release window.

However, after the halfway point of the footage, the new crossover appeared. Godzilla then rises from the Blue Hole and towers over everything. That’s confirmed to be a free DLC for the game. That will appear in May 2024. 

Here’s the new footage.

There’s already one free bit of free crossover DLC for the game. Back in December 2023, Dredge showed up in it.

Dave the Diver is on the Switch and PC now, PS4 and PS5 versions are coming in April 2024, and the Godzilla DLC will launch in May 2024.

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