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The ''Pikmin'' movie in this line-up was decided to be a parallel to ''{{w|Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man}}''. Given that in both the ''Ant-Man'' and the ''Pikmin'' franchises, the human(oid) heroes are of a small size compared to their surroundings, and are able to control an army of colony insects, the connection was clear as day straight from the start. The similarity between the two series' names also made the final movie's name an easy choice: ''Pik-Min''. | The ''Pikmin'' movie in this line-up was decided to be a parallel to ''{{w|Ant-Man (film)|Ant-Man}}''. Given that in both the ''Ant-Man'' and the ''Pikmin'' franchises, the human(oid) heroes are of a small size compared to their surroundings, and are able to control an army of colony insects, the connection was clear as day straight from the start. The similarity between the two series' names also made the final movie's name an easy choice: ''Pik-Min''. | ||
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==2017== | |||
===Patapedia=== | |||
[[File:Patapedia's front page.png|thumb|right|Pikipedia's front page on April Fool's Day 2017.]] | |||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Patapedia}} | |||
Like the previous year, some NIWA members got together for a collaborative joke. This time, the wikis would pretend that their subjects are instead about a Sony franchise. It wasn't hard to decide that Pikipedia should represent the ''{{w|Patapon (series)|Patapon}}'' series – both ''Pikmin'' and ''Patapon'' have the player control a horde of minimalist creatures, and the names are pretty similar to boot. The gameplay of ''Patapon'' is radically different however, in that all units are controlled at once, and their orders are given by carefully timed drum patterns. | |||
The joke involved editing the main page with ''Patapon'' facts, completely as if this wiki – then named Patapedia – were a legitimate wiki for the franchise. To really drive the point home, the main page's theme was also changed to an orange, black, and white theme, reminiscent of ''Patapon''. The wiki's logo and main page imagery were also updated accordingly. For the sake of simplifying the process and cleanup, the wiki's favicon, title, and sidebar were not changed. Although everything that is on the front page is (presumably) fact, and appropriate for a ''Patapon'' wiki, the links aren't whatsoever. The April Fool's project comes mostly in the form of this change, but there is some humor in the links: they indirectly compare things like Ciokina and the [[Peckish Aristocrab]], or the PS Vita with the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. They're far from gut-busting jokes, but hopefully good enough that they'll bring a hearty smile to fans of both franchises. | |||
Since this was meant to be an alliance-wide joke, the "NIWA" box was changed to the "SIWA" box, as if all other NIWA wikis were also changed to cover Sony franchises. The matching franchises may not be the best, but they're good enough. The wikis for ''Dragon Quest'', ''Tetris'', and Strategy Wiki remained the same, since they also apply to Sony franchises. A couple of different wikis joined in on the fun this time: | |||
* [[mario:|Mario Wiki]] became the Crash Bandicoot Wiki (for ''Crash Bandicoot''), | |||
* [[nookipedia:|Nookipedia]] became the Toropedia (for ''Toro Network''), | |||
* [[fireemblem:|Fire Emblem Wiki]] became the TearRingSaga Wiki (for ''Tear Ring Saga''), | |||
* [[inkipedia:|Inkipedia]] became the Krillzone Wiki (for ''Killzone''), | |||
* [[smashwiki:|SmashWiki]] created an article on ''PlayStation All-Star Battle Royale'', and made it the featured article. | |||
Every wiki did things their own way: some changed the front page and theme, some only changed either one, others didn't even change a thing, but only created articles. | |||
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