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Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance

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The logo of NIWA, featuring the hiragana にわ, meaning "garden".

The Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, NIWA for short, is a network of wikis and their associated websites that aims to chronicle all things Nintendo, supporting wikis independent of large corporate wiki groups.

History

First Wave: Founding Members


Bulbapedia

Pokémon series
Bulbapedia


Super Mario Wiki

Super Mario series
Super Mario Wiki


Zelda Wiki

The Legend of Zelda series
Zelda Wiki

NIWA began as an expansion of the concept of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis, shortly after the administration of Zelda Wiki contacted Archaic, Bulbagarden's head, about a possible affiliation. It was jointly decided, shortly thereafter, that rather than a simple affiliation, an entire network of Nintendo-based wikis could be begun, and Super Mario Wiki was shortly asked to join as a founding member.

After a little under a month of planning, NIWA was launched on February 14, 2010, coincidentally the fifth anniversary of the public launch of Bulbapedia.

Second Wave: Puffballs, Morph Balls, and Cannonballs


WiKirby

Kirby series
WiKirby


Metroid Wiki

Metroid series
Metroid Wiki


Wars Wiki

Wars series
Wars Wiki

Within two months more, preparations were complete for the launch of Metroid Wiki and WiKirby, which had been spun off by users of the original trio of NIWA wikis, and they joined the group. Wars Wiki, a wiki based on the age-old Nintendo Wars franchise, became the first member recruited from outside the original trio.

Third Wave: The Great Influx


Lylat Wiki

Star Fox series
Lylat Wiki


Pikipedia

Pikmin series
Pikipedia


Pikmin Fanon

Pikmin series
Pikmin Fanon


StrategyWiki

No specific series
StrategyWiki


SmashWiki

Super Smash Bros. series
SmashWiki


WikiBound

EarthBound series
WikiBound


Donkey Kong Wiki

Donkey Kong series
Donkey Kong Wiki


Nookipedia

Animal Crossing series
Nookipedia


Golden Sun Universe

Golden Sun series
Golden Sun Universe


NintendoWiki

No specific series
NintendoWiki

After a period of calm, there was a sudden uprising in the world of wikis. With their commercial host announcing mandatory, highly controversial, and widely panned changes to its entire network, wikis started packing up and moving on in the dozens. Five of them would up being directed towards joining NIWA's rapidly inflating ranks, supplemented by a few original startups.

Fourth Wave: Swords and Stars


Fire Emblem Wiki

Fire Emblem series
Fire Emblem Wiki


Starfy Wiki

Starfy series
Starfy Wiki


Fifth Wave: Speed, Sky, and Slime


F-Zero Wiki

F-Zero series
F-Zero Wiki


Icaruspedia

Kid Icarus series
Icaruspedia


Dragon Quest Wiki

Dragon Quest series
Dragon Quest Wiki


Name

NIWA's name, an acronym of Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, is also romanized Japanese for "garden", symbolizing the natural growth of the community around the fandoms that make it up. This is fitting, given Nintendo's Japanese origins, with romanization of Japanese being an important aspect of all sixteen wikis that currently make up the network.

Manifesto

Executive Board

Wiki Link N-Wiki Link Forum Link Other Position(s)
Bulbapedia
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Donkey Kong Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Dragon Quest Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
F-Zero
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Fire Emblem Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Gold Sun Universe
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Icaruspedia
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Lylat Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Metroid Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Nookipedia
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pikpedia
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pikmin Fanon
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Smash Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
StrategyWiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Super Mario Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Starfy Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Wars Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A
WikiBound
N/A N/A N/A N/A
WiKirby
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Zelda Wiki
N/A N/A N/A N/A


External link


NIWA

ARMS Institute

ARMS
ARMS Institute


Bulbapedia

Pokémon series
Bulbapedia


Chibi-Robo! Wiki

Chibi-Robo! series
Chibi-Robo! Wiki


Dragalia Lost Wiki

Dragalia Lost
Dragalia Lost Wiki


Drawn to Life Wapopedia

Drawn to Life series
Drawn to Life Wapopedia


F-Zero Wiki

F-Zero series
F-Zero Wiki


Fire Emblem Wiki

Fire Emblem series
Fire Emblem Wiki


Golden Sun Universe

Golden Sun series
Golden Sun Universe


Hard Drop Tetris Wiki

Tetris series
Hard Drop Tetris Wiki


Icaruspedia

Kid Icarus series
Icaruspedia


Inkipedia

Splatoon series
Inkipedia


Kingdom Hearts Wiki

Kingdom Hearts series
Kingdom Hearts Wiki


Kovopedia

Magical Vacation series
Kovopedia


Lylat Wiki

Star Fox series
Lylat Wiki


Metroid Wiki

Metroid series
Metroid Wiki


MiiWiki

Mii series
MiiWiki


Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki

Mystery Dungeon series
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki


NintendoWiki

No specific series
NintendoWiki


Nookipedia

Animal Crossing series
Nookipedia


Pikipedia

Pikmin series
Pikipedia


Pikmin Fanon

Pikmin series
Pikmin Fanon


Rhythm Heaven Wiki

Rhythm Heaven series
Rhythm Heaven Wiki


SmashWiki

Super Smash Bros. series
SmashWiki


Starfy Wiki

Starfy series
Starfy Wiki


StrategyWiki

No specific series
StrategyWiki


Super Mario Wiki

Super Mario series
Super Mario Wiki


Ukikipedia

Super Mario 64
Ukikipedia


Wars Wiki

Wars series
Wars Wiki


WikiBound

EarthBound series
WikiBound


WiKirby

Kirby series
WiKirby


Xeno Series Wiki

Xeno series
Xeno Series Wiki


Zelda Wiki

The Legend of Zelda series
Zelda Wiki

Former Wikis:

Donkey Kong Wiki

Donkey Kong series
Donkey Kong Wiki


Dragon Quest Wiki

Dragon Quest series
Dragon Quest Wiki