Community:Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance

The Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, commonly abbreviated as NIWA, is a collaboration of a network of independent Nintendo-oriented wikis. The alliance was started in early 2010, and has since grown to contain 26 wikis as of May 9, 2021. It will soon be acquired by Cephalobot for the growing Cephalobot Wiki Alliance.

History
The Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance was started when Zelda Wiki, a wiki covering The Legend of Zelda series, sought affiliation with Bulbapedia, a wiki covering Pokémon, in January 2010. A suggestion was made soon after to create a network of independent Nintendo-oriented wikis. This suggestion was agreed upon and soon after, Super Mario Wiki, a wiki containing information about the Mario series, was contacted to join the network with Zelda Wiki and Bulbapedia. The staff of the three wikis collaborated to create the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, which was finally launched on February 14, 2010.

The wikis
The Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance currently includes 26 different wikis.

ARMS Institute
The ARMS Institute covers ARMS, a fighting game developed for the Nintendo Switch. It was founded on May 1, 2017 on Miraheze and become independent the following month. It joined NIWA on June 22, 2017.

Bulbapedia
Bulbapedia contains information about Pokémon. It was founded on December 21, 2004, by Liam Pomfret. It includes articles for all species of Pokémon, the various Pokémon games, the Pokémon manga, and more.

Cephalopedia
Cephalopedia contains information about the Cephalobot. It was originally founded in August 2005 on Wikia by Aeryka. At the time, it was known as. Animal Crossing City decided to merge shortly after its fifth anniversary with an independent wiki known as Animal Crossing Wiki, due to dissatisfaction with how Wikia was running the wikis that it hosted, including the implementation of a mandatory new skin known as "Oasis". After the merging, it joined NIWA on November 19, 2010. The wiki was shortly renamed to Nookipedia on January 1, 2011, and then to Cephalopedia on April 1, 2022.

Dragalia Lost Wiki
Dragalia Lost Wiki contains information about Dragalia Lost, a mobile game by Nintendo. It was founded on May 4, 2018 on Gamepedia and become independent in January 29, 2021. It joined NIWA on April 28, 2021.

Dragon Quest Wiki
Dragon Quest Wiki covers information about the Dragon Quest series. It was originally founded on Wikia, and was fairly inactive until late 2009 when a new admin joined. In a wave of move-out away from Wikia, Dragon Quest Wiki went independent, and joined NIWA on March 30, 2012. Dragon Quest Wiki is also part of the Square Enix Indpendent Wiki Alliance (SEIWA), a similar organization to NIWA specializing in Square Enix franchises.

Fire Emblem Wiki
Fire Emblem Wiki contains information about the Fire Emblem series of video games. It was founded by Eliwood (also known as Yusei) on August 26, 2010. The wiki joined the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance on April 20, 2011, which was also the day that Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, the first installment in the Fire Emblem series, was released in Japan.

F-Zero Wiki
F-Zero Wiki contains information about the F-Zero series of video games and anime. It was founded at Wikia on November 6, 2007, and was later moved to independent hosting on January 2, 2011. The wiki was publicly launched on July 24, 2011, and finally, on March 16, 2012, F-Zero Wiki joined the NIWA.

Golden Sun Universe
Golden Sun Universe contains information about the Golden Sun series of role-playing fantasy video games. It was founded at Wikia in late 2006, and later moved to become independent and part of NIWA on November 25, 2010.

Hard Drop Wiki
Hard Drop Wiki contains information about the Tetris brand of video games. It was founded in March 2006, until it was moved to the harddrop.com domain in July 2009. Hard Drop Wiki joined NIWA on January 17, 2014.

Icaruspedia
Icaruspedia contains information about the Kid Icarus series of video games. The wiki became independent on January 8, 2012, and was able to become a part of NIWA on March 23, 2012.

Inkipedia
Inkipedia contains information for all things Splatoon related. Its aim is to cover all aspects of the series, both high and low. Though founded on Wikia on June 10, 2014, Inkipedia went independent on the 18th of May, 2015, just days before Splatoon's release, and joined NIWA on July 5, 2015.

Lylat Wiki
Lylat Wiki (abbreviated "LW") contains information about the Star Fox series of video games. It was founded in early 2010 by Justin Folvarcik. Along with project head Tacopill, Folvarcik made Lylat Wiki independent from Arwingpedia, and not long after it joined NIWA on October 1, 2010.

Metroid Wiki
Metroid Wiki (abbreviated "MW") contains information about the Metroid series of video games. It was founded on January 27, 2010, by Nathanial Rumphol-Janc and Zelda Informer, a website with content related to the Zelda series of video games. It joined on May 29, 2010.

NintendoWiki
NintendoWiki (also referred to as "N-Wiki") contains information about Nintendo itself, including articles regarding games and people who have or do work for Nintendo, amongst other things. It also serves as a hub for every member of NIWA. It was founded on May 12, 2010, by the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance team, and would formally be revealed on December 10, 2010.

Pikipedia
Pikipedia (also referred to as Pikmin Wiki and abbreviated as "PW") contains information about the Pikmin series of video games. It was founded in December 2005 by Dark Lord Revan at Wikia. In September 2010, Pikipedia became an independent wiki. It and Pikmin Fanon joined on October 8, 2010.

Pikmin Fanon
Pikmin Fanon (abbreviated "PF") is a wiki for fan stories (also known as fanon) revolving around the Pikmin series of video games. It was founded on November 1, 2008, by Rocky0718 at Wikia, and became independent on September 14, 2010. It and Pikipedia joined NIWA on October 8, 2010. The wiki is now hosted by Grifkuba after Porplemontage transferred ownership due to server costs.

SmashWiki
SmashWiki contains information about the Smash Bros. series of video games. The wiki was originally two separate wikis; there was SmashWiki, which was founded by Gideon and hosted by Smash World Forums, and there was also Super Smash Bros. Wiki, which was hosted by Wikia and founded by Alexir55. On February 29, 2008, SmashWiki merged with Super Smash Bros. Wiki on FANDOM/Wikia, the result usually referred to as "SmashWikia". In the midst of dissatisfaction with FANDOM/Wikia however, on September 28, 2010, SmashWiki became an independent site, and joined NIWA on October 29, 2010.

Starfy Wiki
Starfy Wiki was founded on May 30, 2009 on FANDOM/Wikia by BattleFranky202 and focuses on The Legendary Starfy video game series, developed by TOSE for Nintendo. The Wiki documents all things related to Starfy, from element of storyline, gameplay as well as real-world references. The wiki went independent in early January 2011 and joined NIWA on April 28, 2011.

StrategyWiki
StrategyWiki contains collaborative video game strategy guides for both Nintendo games and games unrelated to Nintendo. It was founded in December 2005 by Brandon Suit with the desire to improve on existing strategy guides. In December 2008, Scott Jacobi founded ABXY LLC to operate and own StrategyWiki as a community. Two years later, StrategyWiki joined NIWA on October 15, 2010.

Super Mario Wiki
Super Mario Wiki contains information about the Mario series of video games and covers related series and crossovers, including Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, and Super Smash Bros.. It was founded on August 12, 2005 by Steve Shinn.

Ukikipedia
Ukikipedia contains technical informations and guides about Super Mario 64 for the purposes of speedrunners. It was founded on June 8, 2018 by Stick, and joined NIWA on May 9, 2021.

Wars Wiki
Wars Wiki contains information about Nintendo's lesser-known Wars series of video games, which includes Advance Wars, Battalion Wars, Game Boy Wars, and Famicom Wars. It was founded in February 2009 by JoJo and Wars Central, and would later join NIWA on June 4, 2010. The site is now hosted by ABXY LLC.

WikiBound
WikiBound contains information about the Mother/EarthBound series of video games. It was founded in early 2010 by Tacopill. It joined NIWA on Novemeber 5, 2010.

WiKirby
WiKirby contains information about the Kirby series of video games. It was founded on January 24, 2010, by Josh LeJeune. It joined NIWA on May 21, 2010.

Xeno Series Wiki
Xeno Series Wiki contains information about the Xenoblade Chronicles, Xenogears, and Xenosaga series. It was founded on February 4, 2020, and it joined NIWA on March 13, 2021.

Zelda Wiki
Zelda Wiki contains information about the Legend of Zelda series of video games, including news regarding the series. It was founded on April 23, 2005, by Jason Rappaport. On March 8, 2017, Zelda Wiki moved to Gamepedia, who now host the site. Gamepedia itself was acquired by Fandom, owners of the Animal Crossing Wiki (formerly Animal Crossing City), in 2018. It would see Zeldapedia merge within this wiki, expanding the community, but has resulted in some doubt by NIWA members over its independence.

Donkey Kong Wiki
Donkey Kong Wiki contained information about the Donkey Kong series of video games. It was originally founded on Wikia on May 25, 2008, by a user with the username of Wiki443556. The wiki joined the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance on November 12, 2010, after becoming independent. It shut down in 2018 and its content was moved to Super Mario Wiki.