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To me, AW2 made improvements to AW1 and had very interesting mission design, though it's in a dead heat with AWDS. I didn't like DoR's style (both art and gameplay), and haven't played and Battalion Wars games, though I've heard they are good.

Thank you to all in the NIWA community! Things at WW have really been turning for the better since we started relations with NIWA.

I'm sure as hell hoping something will be whispered about a new Advance Wars at E3... we really need a new release, but I'm not holding my breath. =/

I hope that they will go back to the plot of the first three games, if they do make another one. For me, DoR just threw away all that they had built up through the Advance Wars series.

If anything, the image archives are worth an affiliation-- they have many more images of sprites and whatnot for the Wars series then we do at WW.

I didn't see the point of making spritesheet pages when three websites (two public and easy to find: GH and AWN) have it all between them, and it's a waste of our time to re-rip images so we can say we haven't nicked them. It was right at the bottom of any priority list, I'll put it that way.

Unfortunately, I ripped units sprites before knowing of AWN or Gamehiker, so they're still sitting on my hard drive. Now all that I'll need to rip is the start position pics for mission page infoboxes.

Also, are GH's archives released under a CC license or something? I couldn't find any documentation for them.

If anything, the image archives are worth an affiliation-- they have many more images of sprites and whatnot for the Wars series then we do at WW.

Don't quote me for this: but I think they will join regardless of the "they need 200 articles" proposition. 

So are we going to decide on some sort of requirements for induction in future wikis? If not the 200-article limit, then what?

So, in May the new wikis will be formally introduced into NIWA, we will introduce one each week, this is the calendar:

May 16th: WiKirby
May 23rd: Metroid Wiki
May 30th: Wars Wiki

Will the wikis be inducted only if they have met the 200-article mark by the induction date? Or is that policy being discarded?

I doubt Black and White will be at E3.

True, I doubt they'll have announced an international release by then, and they'll probably present most stuff at Japanese expos.

But they may announce an international release at E3, so who knows.

I also agree I hope they have news on the Kirby Wii game too.

IIRC, Nintendo went from posting screenshots in '05-'07 for Kirby Wii to either confirming or denying (they're done both on different occasions) that they were actually making a Kirby game. There's always hope, obviously, but many games with such a marred history do not see the light of day.

I'm pulling for both Black and White coverage and something about the Wars series (a new game, we're killing it, etc.)

No, JoJo is the leader. Other than that, you're spot-on.

If you know what a satire is, which I'm going to give you by default, I am suggesting that we celebrate (in all unseriousness) Wikia's foolishness with a party.  The use of a so called "party" helps it make it a satire.

It is relevant as a silly suggestion (which is not to be taken seriously) because the cause of the party is the action on Wikia's side to try to buy out Bulbapedia again.  Kind of like cause and effect.  [:l]

I think he was alarmed by the picture, not confused as to what you meant by a satire party. (Or at least, I am)

About the staff rankings, I think they can be added that day. You will also need a Leader to represent WW and speak for the userbase in admin matters

We have discussed this matter on our forums, and JoJo (the owner of Wars Central and WW's sole admin) would like be this "Leader". She has an account here (she has posted in the Wars Wiki thread), so take action as necessary, I suppose. As far as staff, I have been permitted by Jo to be added as a WW staff here.

I never heard of this "200 article" requirment.  But then again, I never did read the old stuff from the staff boards.

I haven't read the staff boards either (obviously), but that's what Tucayo said.

Speaking of both membership in NIWA and staff, there should be a "Wars Wiki Staff" rank if there are ranks for "Wikirby Staff" and "Metroid Wiki Staff", to be fair.

I went onto WiKirby and saw that it has joined the NIWA or something. But in the NIWA official website, there are only four links, 3 link to Bulbapedia, Zelda Wiki, and the Super Mario Wiki, and one links to the forums. If WiKirby and Metroid Wiki joined, there should also be links to each of the websites. 

Note that WiKirby and Metroid Wiki have not yet met the 200-article requirement* to (fully) join NIWA. Wars Wiki, another wiki trying to join NIWA, has met this requirement but is waiting for WiKirby and Metroid Wiki to reach that 200-article point as well for it to become an official member.

* This is currently the only requirement, according to Tucayo's post in the Wars Wiki thread:

Well, we had set it to 200 articles But of course, quality and other stuff also count 

However, this requirement may have changed, and a subjective judging or something may be necessary.

if that's true, are you going to restrict it to Nintendo-Games? or have all "Casual Games"

I would include all Touch Gen. games to start and allow the wiki to cover any first- (or second-)party game that had been approved as "casual" by a committee on the wiki. This committee could be comprised of admins, etc., and would investigate any game (within reason) for which someone had submitted a request for approval. Committee members would post findings and discuss in a thread (within a committee-only forum), and then take a vote on whether or not to approve the game. Either way, the result of the vote would be released to the rest of the wiki, and coverage could begin on a game that was just approved immediately. Articles about games currently in the review process could still be in the mainspace, but would be flagged as "potentially irrelevant content" or something along those lines.

Out of curiosity, if Touch Generations were to have its own Wiki, what articles would we have in mind? :|

Articles on every game that is labeled under the Touch Generations brand (including Nintendogs), as well as articles on the Wii series (Wii Sports, Wii Play, etc.).

does that include Art Style games?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Touch!_Generations_titles

It's not on the list, but we could definitely expand this to a "Casual Games Wiki" (but perhaps with a better title, as that sounds a bit degrading).

Well, I've finally gotten the Ace Attorney Wiki up and running here.

As you can plainly see it's still a work in progress, but I'm planning to install extensions and work on content in the near future.

Looks great, I'll be sure to edit there.

I'm not sure about everyone else, but I still feel that we aren't quite a community yet.  Yes, there is plenty of room to add more wikis/members, but quantity isn't the answer here.  I don't know what needs to happen, but we could be more of a unit.

I think we need to take baby steps here. The NIWA community is almost entirely made up of the three founding members' communities (Bulbagarden, Mario Wiki, and Zelda Wiki), as Metroid Wiki and WiKirby were founded by these wikis (and you can count the number of active editors here at Wars Wiki with two hands). These three communities are well-developed and large, and, more importantly, independent. Furthermore, NIWA was formally created less than two months ago. I bet some editors don't even know NIWA exists, and that the vast majority have never been to this forum. Now I don't think the wikis are at fault: the three founding wikis are doing a good enough job of advertising NIWA's existence and linking to the other member wikis. Though this forum and the actual NIWA website could be linked to a bit more, I think that this is simply a matter of time and we just need to wait for people to trickle in and gain interest. I hope that eventually, some editors will not edit one wiki exclusively but will move between any number of NIWA wikis that they have the passion and knowledge to work on. (I think that an (optional) universal login would be necessary for this to come to fruition.) Also, we certainty don't want to disregard the existence of separate communities around each wiki; these are a very important part of the wikis and I doubt that any would want to be assimilated into a larger NIWA community.

    The best way to catalyze this behavior, in my opinion, would be through the creation of alliance-wide projects and initiatives. This "NIWA Operative" idea that Austin suggested seems like a great idea that will help raise awareness of NIWA and help the wikis greatly. However, I think this could be expanded into a series of organized, cross-wiki efforts (or "NIWAProjects") to improve NIWA wikis. There could be NIWAProjects for new, developing wikis that need more editors, NIWAProjects that focus on improving spelling, grammar, and style across all wikis, NIWAProjects that work on improving infoboxes and other templates, et cetera. NIWAProjects could be organized on the forums, have their own task forces and leadership, and co-ordinate with the leadership of NIWA wikis within the NIWAProject's scope on various levels. I think this is a really interesting idea that could build bridges between the various communities, and would like to hear what you all think about it.

Out of curiosity, if Touch Generations were to have its own Wiki, what articles would we have in mind? :|

Articles on every game that is labeled under the Touch Generations brand (including Nintendogs), as well as articles on the Wii series (Wii Sports, Wii Play, etc.).