The Fate Truth Behind Type-Moon's "Fate/Grand Order" April Fool's Joke

Type-Moon has a history of elebrate April Fool's jokes. This year, it was Fate/Gutentag Omen, or Fate/GO, a Fate/Grand Order answer to Pokemon GO where you (could) download the app for iOS, explore the world collecting servants, level them up, and display them in AR. Like many of the Japanese media jokes, it was pulled on April 2nd with the service ended. In this case though, that one-day run turned out to be part of the point.

 【カルデア広報局より】

お待たせしました。
『Fate/Grand Order Gutentag Omen』をApp Storeにて配信を開始しました！
ダウンロードはこちらから→https://t.co/XPnDta88Qy #FGOGO #FateGO pic.twitter.com/cyvdABUDXw

— 【公式】Fate/Grand Order (@fgoproject) March 31, 2017

 

The game's servants...

 

 

Rie Takahashi, the new voice of Shielder enjoying the game...

まずは一人目！#FGOGO pic.twitter.com/2iAx4zMVnW

— 高橋李依 (@taka8rie) March 31, 2017

待ってました！行きましょう！iOSのみなさん！ https://t.co/D2GhTxA4aM

— 高橋李依 (@taka8rie) March 31, 2017

Jouji Nakata, voice of F/GO's King Hassan and F/SN's Kirei Kotomine playing

神かよ！？

一日限りのアプリをリリースだと！しかも山の翁もおるだと！
粋なエイプリルフールをやってくれるやん運営さん＼(^o^)／

早速DLしてゲットしなきゃ！でも今夜で消えちゃうなんて…

FGO GO pic.twitter.com/kwYCEfLHuQ

— 中田譲治 (@joujinakata123) April 1, 2017

もしも、キャラボイス付きだったら… pic.twitter.com/Pyh53eIK8J

— 中田譲治 (@joujinakata123) April 1, 2017

 

It's end of service...

一夜の夢をありがとう（＾ω＾） pic.twitter.com/KTyJ9iCMnz

— 中田譲治 (@joujinakata123) April 1, 2017

And, ultimately, Type-moon co-founder and Fate/stay night writer Kinoko Nasu explaining what Fate/GO was all about

The true message of #FateGO #FGO's April Foolshttps://t.co/hQR4BwXGc5 pic.twitter.com/FQcA1Nvvac

— Karoshi -過労死- (@KaroshiMyriad) April 2, 2017

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.