Nookipedia:News Archive
All the main page news is to be archived here.
2015
July
June
- 16th June, 2015
- New Game - Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival has been announced for the Wii U!
- 7th June, 2015
- Promotion - Congratulations to Mario (talk | contribs | logs) for his successful promotion to Bureaucrat!
- 1st June, 2015
- Staff - Happy June! Leem01 (talk | contribs | logs) and Miku51 (talk | contribs | logs) have been demoted from staff for inactivity. In the meantime, Mario (talk | contribs | logs) has been nominated for Bureaucrat. Check out the application to comment or vote.
April
- 1st April, 2015
- New Game - Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has been announced for the 3DS!
January
- 18th January, 2015
- Promotion - Red Snapper has been promoted from a Patroller to an Administrator - congrats!
2014
December
- 21st December, 2014
- Nintendo - Come tomorrow, December 22, Animal Crossing Plaza will no longer be available on the Nintendo eShop; additionally, the Animal Crossing Series Miiverse Community will be closed on January 1. See this post on Miiverse for more information.
October
- 22nd October, 2014
- Anniversary - Today marks Nookipedia's anniversary! Four years ago, we set out to create the best community-run Animal Crossing resource on the web. A shoutout to all our readers and editors who have supported Nookipedia over the years - thank you!
August
- 28th August, 2014
- Nintendo - Nintendo has announced two new DLC Packs for Mario Kart 8, including an Animal Crossing-themed pack to be released May 2015.
- 7th August, 2014
- Promotion - Please give a warm welcome to Nookipedia's newest patroller, sunmarsh!
- 4th August, 2014
- Upgrade - Nookipedia has been updated to the latest version of MediaWiki! To get a summary of new features and to report any bugs that you might find, head over to our thread on the Bulletin Board.
- 4th August, 2014
- Site Survey - The recent site survey has been closed, and the results are being discussed over on the Bulletin Board.
- 1st August, 2014
- Project - Editors are making progress on our coverage of furniture with the revitalization for Project Furniture - check it out and consider contributing!
July
- 30th July, 2014
- Site Survey - To our readers and editors, please take a few minutes to participate in our site survey to help improve your Nookipedia experience!
June
- 20th June, 2014
- Template Update - We're adding some more information to the villager infobox, and we could use your help! Check out this forum topic for details.
May
- 16th May, 2014
- Social Media - We now have an official Nookipedia subreddit! Sub for wiki news, announcements, and Animal Crossing discussions.
April
- 24st April, 2014
- Promotion - Welcome to Red Snapper, our newest Patroller!
- 21st April, 2014
- Milestone - Our main page has been visited over 2,000,000 times!
January
- 17th January, 2014
- New NIWA Member - Please welcome the latest member of NIWA, the Hard Drop Tetris Wiki!
2013
December
- 26th December, 2013
- Happy Holidays / Promotion - Happy holidays to everyone! Just in time for the festivites, Mario has become our newest Administrator - welcome!
October
- 6th October, 2013
- Facebook and Twitter Brought Back from the Dead - The Facebook and Twitter pages are back to being active after a month of inactivity. mlnintendo97 has also volunteered to help out with keeping the Facebook page active.
August
- 14th August, 2013
- Server Update - Nookipedia has been moved to a new server, which means quicker loading, and less downtime. Thanks for your patience! Kudos to our server admin, Jake, for his work.
- 7th August, 2013
- Nintendo - During today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo announced that Animal Crossing Plaza is coming to Wii U. This application is like Wara Wara Plaza in a way, except it focuses solely on the Animal Crossing series. You can import your screenshots from Animal Crossing: New Leaf and post them to Miiverse, including QR Codes. You can also post about your favorite animal neighbors, who wander the plaza.
- 6th August, 2013
- Nintendo - 3DS owners can now update their systems to use StreetPass Relay Points, allowing them to get others' StreetPass data without being physically near them.
- 3rd August, 2013
- NIWA News - Good news everyone! WiKirby is back online. Click here to enjoy your favorite Kirby Wiki on the internet!
- 2nd August, 2013
- NIWA News - WiKirby is in trouble and needs your help, so go to SmashWiki for more info.
July
- 31st July, 2013
- Promotion - It's been a while since we've had a new Bureaucrat - we're pleased to announce that Sky has been promoted to our latest one! Congrats!
- 23rd July, 2013
- Promotion - Two more promotions today: please welcome Imjon to the team as our latest Patroller, and XXSuperXXNintendoXx as our latest Administrator.
- 17th July, 2013
- Promotion - Yet another promotion as Grekox joins our Patroller team - welcome!
- 14th July, 2013
- Promotion - Wookiee123 has been promoted to become our latest Administrator!
- 12th July, 2013
- New User Group - We've created a new user group: Trustees. Trusted users may be placed into this group, and will have their edits auto-patrolled.
- Records - Yesterday, we beat our record for the most edits in one day. We have now broken all of our previous records within 2013. Huzzah!
- 8th July, 2013
- Nookipedia's homepage just hit 1,000,000 views, in addition to having reached 400+ likes of our Facebook page! We're pleased to announce that we have started activity again on our Twitter - feel free to follow us for site updates, game news, and more.
- 4th July, 2013
- Stats - Our statistics page has been updated - we're pleased to say that we received over 2,400,000 views during the month of June!
June
- 22nd June, 2013
- Update - Our homepage got a bit of an upgrade today!
- 21st June, 2013
- Promotion - Please welcome Wookiee123 as our newest Patroller!
- 10th June, 2013
- New Leaf - Animal Crossing: New Leaf came out yesterday in the United States with a rumble! Nookipedia received almost 90,000 views in 24 hours, and received a record number of user registrations.
May
- 20th May, 2013
- New Page - Our Current Events page has been replaced with a new portal - The Community Fountain. Here you will find the latest happenings and things to do.
- 14th May, 2013
- Sweepstake - Editors, check out our New Leaf Editing Sweepstake for a chance to win an Animal Crossing plush doll!
- 12th May, 2013
- New Page - We now have a new statistics page, highlighting various records and statistics regarding the wiki. More data will be added as time passes, so keep an eye out!
- 11th May, 2013
- Promotion - Dorsal Axe has been promoted to our staff as the latest Patroller. Congrats!
- 10th May, 2013
- We apologize for the recent downtime here at Nookipedia. If you experience anything unusual, please let one of the active members of staff know!
April
- 26th April, 2013
- Promotion - Pleased to announce mlnintendo97 as our latest administrator! Congratulations! Additionally, several inactive staff members have been retired from the team.
2012
December
- 15th December, 2012
- Promotion - Please welcome SpideyCanThrash as the newest Patroller on our staff team! Additionally, the Lead Editor position has been retired.
- 5th December, 2012
- Promotion - Please welcome Pakkun as the newest Patroller on our staff team!
November
- 29th November, 2012
- Milestone - We've hit over 1,400 articles on Nookipedia! A huge thank you to all our contributors.
- 26th November, 2012
- Promotion - mlnintendo97 has been promoted to become Nookipedia's latest Patroller! Congrats!
- 16th November, 2012
- New Staff Application - Editors can now apply for staff positions at our new application page!
October
- 22nd October, 2012
- Anniversary - Two years ago on this day, we started a project to create the best Animal Crossing resource on the internet. Two years later, we celebrate our second anniversary and thank all of our contributors, visitors, and NIWA for helping us get closer to meeting our goal. We couldn't have come as far as we have without you. Here's to another incredible year!
- 21st October, 2012
- Bulletin Board Back! - The Bulletin Board is back! We apologize for the delay.
- 6th October, 2012
- Downtime - We are aware that The Bulletin Board is down at the moment. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
- 5th October, 2012
- New Feature - A new box containing the latest news and information regarding the upcoming Animal Crossing: New Leaf game has been placed on the front page.
August
- 20nd August, 2012
Promotion - XXSuperXXNintendoXx has been promoted to our newest patroller. Congrats!
- 7th August, 2012
Promotion - Please welcome the latest staff member to our staff team, Zharkaer, who is now a Lead Editor!
June
- 22nd June, 2012
AC: Jump Out - During last night's Nintendo Direct, gameplay footage of the new Animal Crossing was shown that reveals a wealth of new information. Check out the article for more information and a video translation!
- 7th June, 2012
E3 2012 - Whilst we were expecting to see Animal Crossing: Jump Out at this year's E3, it has been absent from the press conference and the 3DS software showcase. What this means in terms of release dates and prices is currently unknown.
- 5nd June, 2012
E3 2012 - At Nintendo's E3 Conference, it has been revealed that Animal Crossing is one of the series featured in the new Wii U game, NintendoLand.
April
- 22nd April, 2012
Animal Crossing: Jump Out - Satoru Iwata has announced the Japanese title of AC:3DS to be Animal Crossing: Jump Out. Check out the article for more information.
- 6th April, 2012
Search Rankings - Before the rankings change, I'd just like to say that at the moment, our AC3DS page is second in a Google search for 'Animal Crossing 3DS' and first on Google UK. When searching for 'Animal Crossing Wiki', we are fifth in Google US and fourth in Google UK.
March
- 23th March, 2012
NIWA News - Another week another member, to co-incise with the release of Uprising, welcome Icaruspedia to the NIWA family.
- 16th March, 2012
NIWA News - It's that time again, we've got a new member of NIWA. Please welcome F-Zero Wiki to the team. FALCON PUNCH!
February
- 10th February, 2012
New Mainpage Layout- Nookipedia is pleased to announce a fresh change to the mainpage. A thanks to SuperAlpaca for developing the new design.
- 2nd February, 2012
Staff Changes- The Nookipedia staff team had some major changes this week in order to better reflect the activity levels of our staff members. We're happy to announce two major promotions: Sky has become the wiki's latest administrator, and SuperHamster has taken the position of Director, replacing SuperAlpaca as he takes a hiatus.
2011
October
- 22nd October, 2011
Anniversary- One year ago today we set out to create the best Animal Crossing wiki on the planet. Today, we celebrate the first anniversary of Nookipedia and are pleased to see how far we have come. What we've accomplished in only one year is incredible, and it wouldn't have been possible without NIWA and all of our users. Thanks for everything, and here's to another great year! --Jake
September
- 10th September, 2011
Promotion- Please welcome our newest lead editor, Sky! Sky is an amazing wiki contributor, and we couldn't be happier to have him on the team.
August
- 30th August, 2011
Affiliation- We are now affiliated with RedPandaGamer and his 365 Days of Animal Crossing: City Folk series!
- 22nd August, 2011
Promotion- Please welcome our newest wiki administrator, SuperHamster! SuperHamster has been an active editor for quite a while now, and we're thrilled to have him on the team.
July
- 20th July, 2011
Main Page- SuperAlpaca is hard at work on the latest version of our main page. Check it out here and leave any suggestions you have for him here.
June
- 7th June, 2011
E3 News- The Wii U was shown, along with a Zelda demo to show of its HD graphics.
- 7th June, 2011
E3 News- A new trailer for Animal Crossing: New Leaf is shown on the Japanese E3 site, along with the Animal Crossing logo being among other 3DS titles coming out soon.
May
- 22nd May, 2011
ZW News- ZeldaWiki has revealed their brand new Vector skin. Be sure to check it out when you have the chance!
- 21st May, 2011
Notice- The experimental 'NookipediaVector' skin will be removed soon. Users who have this skin will be reverted to the default Vector skin.
- 5th May, 2011
Honored Members- The Nookipedia staff is pleased to introduce a new program available to all members. If you're interested in getting an ad-free account, you'll want to read this page to find out how to get one!
April
- 30th April, 2011
New Feature- You can now share your friend codes with selected users through our new Special:FriendCodes page. Try it out, and post feedback and suggestions on Jake's talk page. Enjoy!
- 28th April, 2011
New NIWA Member- Starfy Wiki joins as the newest addition to the NIWA family. Don't forget to check them out!
- 20th April, 2011
New NIWA Member- Nookipedia is proud to welcome Fire Emblem Wiki to the NIWA Network. Please be sure to check them out if you're a fan of the Fire Emblem series!
March
- 20th March, 2011
Death- Joshua Paul LeJeune, aka Axiomist, has recently passed away. He was an active member of NIWA, being active on mostly Zelda Wiki and Wikirby and he will truly be missed. Nookipedia would not exist in his current form without him.
- 11th March, 2011
Statistics- In only five short months after becoming independent, Nookipedia is now well over 17,000 edits and 780,000 page views. We'd like to extend a huge thank you to all of our visitors, contributors, team members, and our friends at NIWA. Now let's head for one million page views next!
January
- 1st January, 2011
Promotion- SuperHamster and SnorlaxMonster have been promoted to lead editors and Vulpes is now an admin!
2010
December
- 30th December, 2010
Promotion- We have a new patroller, Crazyguy20076!
- 28th December, 2010
NIWA- Metroid Wiki is back online. Our friend in the NIWA network was down for a while. If you like Metroid, check them out here.
- 10th December, 2010
NIWA- We welcome a new member to the NIWA family today, NintendoWiki!
- 1st December, 2010
Milestone- The wiki has reached a major milestone: reaching over 1,300 pages.
November
- 27rd November, 2010
Promotion- Everyone, please welcome Vulpes and MikuLover to our team of lead editors!
- 25th November, 2010
The staff of Nookipedia wishes a happy Thanksgiving to all! Please don't eat Franklin!
- 24th November, 2010
Facebook- Nookipedia has a Facebook page! If you have a Facebook account, why not like us?
- 23rd November, 2010
Promotion- Everyone, please congratulate SnorlaxMonster for becoming our wiki's newest patroller!
- 19th November, 2010
NIWA- We are now a full member of the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance!
- 7th November, 2010
Merge- The merge is just about complete! However, there are still a few tasks that need to be done: create missing categories, templates, and pages that were not copied over.