That Pokemon World Cup plane photo was a hoax
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The 2014 World Cup kicks of today in Brazil, and yesterday we saw a photo that appears to show the Japanese team's private jet, a jet that was plastered with Pokemon art. It was a hoax.
Kotaku reports that the photo was bogus. In case you missed it, look:
Japan's plane for the World Cup. How awesome is that? pic.twitter.com/5wNKd7Le5z
— FIFA World Cup 2014 (@FIFAWorldCupTM) June 11, 2014
The Twitter account seems official doesn't it? But in actual fact the team arrived in this plane:
Credit: Mainichi.
Yawn. I give it 6/10.
Kotaku has loads of photos of the plane through here. Hoax absolutely exposed it seems.
