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Peter Paltridge
03-12-2007, 03:07 PM
....will fool no one.


"MUSHROOM KINGDOM HEARTS: THE ULTIMATE FANBOY PIPE DREAM"
Admit it--the original idea for Kingdom Hearts was absolutely absurd. A role-playing game featuring characters from Final Fantasy and Disney? Hell, that's about as asinine as combining Legos and Star Wars (wait--scratch that). But the only dumb ones were the ones who doubted it'd work--the unlikely combination actually touched a helluva lot of gamers' hearts. So now that we're used to seeing Mickey Mouse and the rest of his cartoon clowns muck it up with the Final Fantasy crew, we thought we'd seen the last of these oddball pairings. Boy, were we wrong--published Square Enix is ramping up a radically new Kingdom Hearts sequel....only this game isn't set in under the sea, but rather under the pipes of the Mushroom Kingdom. We don't know much of the juicy deets right now (all Square Enix gave us was this early logo) but we were able to squeeze out some helpful intel. First off, Mushroom Kingdom Hearts is a Wii exclusive and will feature a cast of over 41 Nintendo characters. Not only that, but it will also feature Sora, Mickey, and a flock of other favorites from the first two Kingdom Hearts. And as far as the story goes, all we know is Mario will get his hands (and feet) dirty hammering down on the Heartless...oh, and apparently some princess needs saving, too.

If you were hoping for another "Sonic and Tails in SSBM" incident, you'll have to hope for next year. I can't see anyone falling for this. I'd buy it if it existed, though. "Mario vs. Sephiroth" would be interesting.

PC!
03-12-2007, 03:19 PM
I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Square-Enix + Nintendo always = greatness, particularly when it comes to Mario games.

*sigh*

Undrave
03-12-2007, 03:35 PM
I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Square-Enix + Nintendo always = greatness, particularly when it comes to Mario games.

*sigh*

Same here... well if I had a Wii XD

BCVM22
03-12-2007, 03:46 PM
I can't see anyone falling for this. I'd buy it if it existed, though. "Mario vs. Sephiroth" would be interesting.

Never underestimate the power of stupidity, be it of the one or of the many. I've already seen 3 threads elsewhere asking if it's real.

Mynd Hed
03-12-2007, 04:21 PM
Actually, it had me going for a couple seconds. Given that Squeenix's been a bit more buddy-buddy with Nintendo lately (DQIX as a DS exclusive, etc.) and that Nintendo and FF characters were already combined in a Squeenix game once in that Mario basketball game for the DS, and what sick amounts of bank such a game would net everyone involved, I kind of wouldn't have been surprised if this had been legit.

Then I remembered that if it HAD been real, I would've noticed the Internet exploding over it LONG before I read it in a print mag. (-:

iMustang
03-12-2007, 04:43 PM
Now it's all ruined. On April fools day I was going to post that, and see how many I could fool. Although it didn't work with the last guy, and he took it seriously :sweat:

Dark Fact
03-12-2007, 04:50 PM
Valkyrie Wylde was a better prank than this...

Dogbert
03-12-2007, 05:33 PM
Now it's all ruined.Actually it was ruined for you a couple days ago: Mushroom Kingdom Hearts: Wii Exclusive (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=185514)

Camdon
03-12-2007, 05:41 PM
I was fooled...

...for two seconds.

Though, I admit last year's "Wind Waker revamped with Twilight Princess graphics" (I think?) was pretty worthy of an April Fool's, since I could see many Nintendo diehards falling for it.

TheMecca
03-12-2007, 05:42 PM
What a crappy joke.

Bubblegum Girl
03-12-2007, 05:44 PM
I actually felled for it...:sad: Once I realized it was a joke, I got really mad. Raising my hopes up like that...:mad:

ZeroFate
03-12-2007, 06:19 PM
A lot of people over at GameFaqs fell for it. Figured a lot of you guys over here would too. =P

The name is a dead giveaway though. "Mushroom" Kingdom Hearts is BEYOND cheesy...

New Noise
03-12-2007, 06:59 PM
They're obviously trying to make it look like an April Fool's joke. I still remember when I was in the fifth grade and that Sonic/Tails joke was all over the internet. I really thought it was true. :sad:

Bird Boy
03-12-2007, 07:30 PM
Actually it was ruined for you a couple days ago: Mushroom Kingdom Hearts: Wii Exclusive (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=185514)

Yup. No need for another.

-BB