Monthly Newsletter
March + April + May 2018

• Promotions - Alex95 on the Super Mario Wiki and GeneticistVarik on WikiBound have been promoted to administrators! On Nookipedia, LoneShadowStar has been promoted to patroller! Congratulations to all.

• April Fools'! Several NIWA wikis had fun jokes and pranks this year.

  • MarioWiki enabled a New Funky Mode which turned the wiki into the Funky Kong Wiki.

  • Pikipedia created a cutscene from a leaked game, called Hotel Pikmin, based on the infamous opening cutscene of Hotel Mario.

  • SmashWiki parodied a Star Trek episode by converting its homepage into a custom language composed entirely of allegories and references (mostly based on Nintendo and other games).

  • Nookipedia announced their transformation into a wiki about room corners (also known as nooks). With this came a change to a bland, gray layout, and a main page that featured various room corner images and trivia.

  • Fire Emblem Wiki announced that Intelligent Systems had partnered with Universal for Illumination to make a CGI-animated Fire Emblem movie, and that this also would lead to a game called Despicable FE with Gru as the main character.

• Wars Central - Wars Central, the parent site of Wars Wiki, has shut down. While we're saddened with this closure, we're happy to say that Wars Wiki is here to stay with a new host and URL at warswiki.org!

• The 'Shroom - The 133th edition of The 'Shroom is now available here. Check it out for the wiki spotlight, fun stuff, Critic Corner, and more!

• Bulbapedia Weekly News Videos - Bulbapedia has started doing weekly news segments on YouTube - check out their channel!

• SmashWiki - SmashWiki has had an organizational change: tournaments and crews have been given their own namespaces.

• Nookipedia - Nookipedia has a new look for the spring and summer!

Recent & Upcoming Releases
 

Nintendo Switch

• Penny-Punching Princess (NA: April 3, 2018)
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (JP: May 3, 2018 | WW: May 4, 2018)
• Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition (NA: May 18, 2018)
• DARK SOULS: REMASTERED (NA: May 25, 2018)
• Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido (NA: June 8, 2018)
• Mario Tennis Aces (WW:June 22, 2018)
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (WW: July 13, 2018)

Nintendo 3DS

• Detective Pikachu (WW: March 23, 2018 | AU: March 24, 2018)
• Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido (NA: June 8, 2018)
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (WW: July 13, 2018)

amiibo

• Detective Pikachu amiibo (NA: March 23, 2018)
• Pearl amiibo (NA: July 13, 2018)
• Marina amiibo (NA: July 13, 2018)

Featured Content

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch, to be released later this year. Read more on SmashWiki...