How Fighting Games Fooled Us This Year

April's Fools can be a bit of a controversial day. You may or may not like all the tricky business going around, and honestly, some jokes can be real stinkers, but it's still a good bit of fun.

Let's start with somewhat of a repeat. Cygames has once again partnered with the legendary AC-bu comedy team for a new hilarious animated song, but also some in-game goodies that you can earn until the end of April.

Fight Crab 2 developers, Calappa Games, have also added new content to their game, but in a slightly more dramatic way. With the crab evolution outpacing the development of fishing technology, humanity had to step things up, leading to giant humanoid boat mechs.

Though only connected to fighting games in the loosest way possible, Arma Reforger posted a bit of a joke expansion that would expand the combat to include hand-to-hand brawls.

Not too many fighting games were in the mood to joke around this year, but at least Bandai Namco is still keeping the spirit of April's Fools alive with their hilarious patch note. Even among the biggest companies, this level of dedication to the bit is unmatched.