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   As I was browsing the usual "resource for games journalists" for my daily ratio of communiques a few hours ago, I briefly caught sight of a press release titled "Excite Truck 2", accompanied by what seemed like a pack of screenshots. "Goodie!!, I playfully thought to myself. But alas, much to my disappointment, by the time I clicked them they were already gone. Having used that website for... oh, quite a few years now, and knowing it as a source of 100% official news, you can imagine my 100% perplexed face when I later found out it was all a hoax. A great hoax, I have to admit, especially since April Fool's is long overdue.

   "Nintendo UK asked us to take it down. Sounds like it might have been some kind of prank", one of the press site's editors explained on their forums. And CVG also got a similar response from Nintendo today:
"Shortly after the fraudulent press release was published on an industry website, we spoke to Nintendo who made clear that the news was not genuine.

"It seems to have stemmed from an unofficial source," said Nintendo. "We have not announced any sequel in the Excite Truck series.""    Curiously, some websites chose to keep the info and/or screenshots posted even after finding out they were fake, so you can still see them for yourself on WorthPlaying for instance. You might notice that whoever fabricated the screens even went through the trouble of apllying a Monster Games logo on them. Not that there would be any surprise if the supposed Excite Truck sequel was really being made by them - as was the original Wii game.

   We should also notice that Ubi didn't refute the existence of Excite Truck 2 (or whatever they would / will call it), just the validity of today's fabricated announcement. So until they come forward, we can only hope that some of the fake info will turn out to be true - that the sequel will feature online modes, with Mii display, and races on the moon, and everything...