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Starting in April of 2015, Pikipedia editors agreed on making '''{{w|April Fool's Day}} jokes''' on the wiki. These pranks are made in good faith, and only exist to entertain the readers. Although pretty much nothing is to be taken seriously, none of the pranks are to go overboard, to the point of being offensive or destructive. Readers who came to the wiki to learn about a subject should still be able to, after all. | Starting in April of 2015, Pikipedia editors agreed on making '''{{w|April Fool's Day}} jokes''' on the wiki. These pranks are made in good faith, and only exist to entertain the readers. Although pretty much nothing is to be taken seriously, none of the pranks are to go overboard, to the point of being offensive or destructive. Readers who came to the wiki to learn about a subject should still be able to, after all. | ||
Normally, these are created by staff members, are placed on the wiki at midnight (GMT) of the first of April, and are reverted back after 24 hours. After being reverted, the April Fool's Page gets updated with information about the year's prank, in order to enlighten readers on what the joke was. For a list of steps to take before, during, and after the events, please read | Normally, these are created by staff members, are placed on the wiki at midnight (GMT) of the first of April, and are reverted back after 24 hours. After being reverted, the April Fool's Page gets updated with information about the year's prank, in order to enlighten readers on what the joke was. For a list of steps to take before, during, and after the events, please read [[Pikipedia:April Fool's Day procedure|this page]]. | ||
Editors can add to the joke articles at any time after April Fool's Day has passed, but they '''must''' have a good reason to do so. The idea of the joke and its core contents should be kept intact. For instance, adding an image to a gallery of funny images is all right. Changing the plot of a game is not. In addition, each article can also have extra contribution notes on its April Fool's Day disclaimer box. | Editors can add to the joke articles at any time after April Fool's Day has passed, but they '''must''' have a good reason to do so. The idea of the joke and its core contents should be kept intact. For instance, adding an image to a gallery of funny images is all right. Changing the plot of a game is not. In addition, each article can also have extra contribution notes on its April Fool's Day disclaimer box. | ||
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==2015== | ==2015== | ||
===Bolbert=== | ===Bolbert=== | ||
[[File:Bolbert.jpg|thumb | [[File:Bolbert.jpg|thumb|250px|The original Bolbert.]] | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Bolbert}} | {{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Bolbert}} | ||
The Bolbert article is Pikipedia's first April Fool's Day joke. It details information about a made-up enemy called a "Bolbert", that is actually a description of Bulborbs and mimics, said to be quite elegant, when in reality, the images show Bulborbs in hilarious poses. | The Bolbert article is Pikipedia's first April Fool's Day joke. It details information about a made-up enemy called a "Bolbert", that is actually a description of Bulborbs and mimics, said to be quite elegant, when in reality, the images show Bulborbs in hilarious poses. | ||
The idea for this joke article came from a post on [[Miiverse]] that, when shared, caused a lot of laughs within the editor community, half due to the incorrect name given to the [[Red Bulborb]], half because of the enemy's face in the screenshot. The article would focus on a fake Bulborb-like creature said to be quite majestic, only to have the images on the page show hilarious Bulborb poses. The name of the invented enemy and the main image come directly from the Miiverse post. In this joke, Pikipedia does '''not''' attempt to mock the player in the Miiverse post. We understand that not all players are familiar with the names of the enemies, and as such, would not dare to acknowledge such player mistakes, much less ridicule them. The image and name combination however, were just too funny for the community to ignore, leading to the creation of this light-hearted parody enemy article. | The idea for this joke article came from a post on [[Miiverse]] that, when shared, caused a lot of laughs within the editor community, half due to the incorrect name given to the [[Bulborb|Red Bulborb]], half because of the enemy's face in the screenshot. The article would focus on a fake Bulborb-like creature said to be quite majestic, only to have the images on the page show hilarious Bulborb poses. The name of the invented enemy and the main image come directly from the Miiverse post. In this joke, Pikipedia does '''not''' attempt to mock the player in the Miiverse post. We understand that not all players are familiar with the names of the enemies, and as such, would not dare to acknowledge such player mistakes, much less ridicule them. The image and name combination however, were just too funny for the community to ignore, leading to the creation of this light-hearted parody enemy article. | ||
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==2016== | ==2016== | ||
===''Pikmin: Color Splash''=== | ===''Pikmin: Color Splash''=== | ||
[[File:Pikmin Color Splash logo.png|thumb | [[File:Pikmin Color Splash logo.png|thumb|250px|The game's logo.]] | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Pikmin: Color Splash}} | {{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Pikmin: Color Splash}} | ||
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===''Pik-Min''=== | ===''Pik-Min''=== | ||
[[File:Pik-Min poster.jpg|thumb | [[File:Pik-Min poster.jpg|thumb|250px|The movie's poster.]] | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Pik-Min}} | {{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Pik-Min}} | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Nintendo Cinematic Universe}} | {{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Nintendo Cinematic Universe}} | ||
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==2017== | ==2017== | ||
===Patapedia=== | ===Patapedia=== | ||
[[File:Patapedia's front page.png|thumb| | [[File:Patapedia's front page.png|thumb|300px|Pikipedia's front page on April Fool's Day 2017.]] | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Patapedia}} | {{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 | 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 – 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. | 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. | ||
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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. | 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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== 2018 == | == 2018 == | ||
=== ''Hotel Pikmin'' === | === ''Hotel Pikmin'' === | ||
[[File:Hotel Pikmin walking.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Hotel Pikmin walking.jpg|thumb|250px|Captain Olimar and Louie walking into [[Hocotate Freight]].]] | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Hotel Pikmin}} | {{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Hotel Pikmin}} | ||
There are a lot of jokes about the {{w|Philips CD-i}} games starring Nintendo characters, mostly because of their debatable quality and really bizarre [[cutscene]] styles. With the brief resurgence of the infamous ''[[mariowiki:Hotel Mario|Hotel Mario]]'' as a meme{{cite web|http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hotel-mario#sudden-hotel-mario|Hotel Mario|Know Your Meme|retrieved={{date|24|March|2018}}}} | There are a lot of jokes about the {{w|Philips CD-i}} games starring Nintendo characters, mostly because of their debatable quality and really bizarre [[cutscene]] styles. With the brief resurgence of the infamous ''[[mariowiki:Hotel Mario|Hotel Mario]]'' as a meme,{{cite web|http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hotel-mario#sudden-hotel-mario|Hotel Mario|Know Your Meme|retrieved={{date|24|March|2018}}}} particularly the part of the opening cutscene where Mario and Luigi are walking into the Mushroom Kingdom, the editorial staff got together to discuss the possibility of remaking the cutscene, but with ''Pikmin'' characters and themes. The idea was to keep the same weird "MS Paint-like" style and goofy nature of the original, but with as much content remade as possible to match the ''Pikmin'' universe. | ||
In this new cutscene, [[Captain Olimar]] replaces Mario, [[Louie]] replaces Luigi, Bowser is replaced by the [[Emperor Bulblax]], which could be considered Olimar's top antagonist in his first adventure, and the plot starts with both explorers talking about how [[the President]] invited them for a vacation, much like how Mario and Luigi are invited to a picnic by Princess Peach. Eventually, they notice a letter by the President, which was actually written by Bowser in the original. The letter explains how their vacation was replaced by a mission to repay the debt, very similarly to {{p2}}'s main plot point. The letter draws some more parallels with the ''Hotel Mario'' scene, like the captive ship in the [[All-Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks]] and the captive princess in the Koopa Hotels. After this, the part where Mario explains that the player can read the manual to get help with navigating the hotels is replaced with Olimar explaining how the player can read the enclosed [[data file]] for help on how to control the Pikmin. | In this new cutscene, [[Captain Olimar]] replaces Mario, [[Louie]] replaces Luigi, Bowser is replaced by the [[Emperor Bulblax]], which could be considered Olimar's top antagonist in his first adventure, and the plot starts with both explorers talking about how [[the President]] invited them for a vacation, much like how Mario and Luigi are invited to a picnic by Princess Peach. Eventually, they notice a letter by the President, which was actually written by Bowser in the original. The letter explains how their vacation was replaced by a mission to repay the debt, very similarly to {{p2}}'s main plot point. The letter draws some more parallels with the ''Hotel Mario'' scene, like the captive ship in the [[All-Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks]] and the captive princess in the Koopa Hotels. After this, the part where Mario explains that the player can read the manual to get help with navigating the hotels is replaced with Olimar explaining how the player can read the enclosed [[data file]] for help on how to control the Pikmin. | ||
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In the end, the entire cutscene was rebuilt, low audio quality and everything, and the only thing that has not been changed is the letter song. The core of the joke is just the video itself, but it also made sense to create a fake article about how this cutscene for a new ''Pikmin'' game got leaked. | In the end, the entire cutscene was rebuilt, low audio quality and everything, and the only thing that has not been changed is the letter song. The core of the joke is just the video itself, but it also made sense to create a fake article about how this cutscene for a new ''Pikmin'' game got leaked. | ||
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== 2019 == | == 2019 == | ||
=== Olimar's notes in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' === | === Olimar's notes in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' === | ||
[[File:SSBU Olimar's notes.jpg|thumb | [[File:SSBU Olimar's notes.jpg|thumb|300px|Olimar's notes on Fox.]] | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Olimar's notes in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate}} | {{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Olimar's notes in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate}} | ||
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The concept behind these entries were that some would be informative of the character's nature, some would expand on Olimar's life, and some would be funny misinterpretations of the characters's actions and looks, similar to how the captain's journal entries in the canon games work. | The concept behind these entries were that some would be informative of the character's nature, some would expand on Olimar's life, and some would be funny misinterpretations of the characters's actions and looks, similar to how the captain's journal entries in the canon games work. | ||
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=== Nintendo GameCube amiibo support === | === Nintendo GameCube amiibo support === | ||
{{dablink|Link: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}_braMiKpc9s YouTube video]'''}} | {{dablink|Link: '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}_braMiKpc9s YouTube video]'''}} | ||
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== 2020 == | == 2020 == | ||
=== ''Piki Plucker'' === | === ''Piki Plucker'' === | ||
[[File:Piki Plucker start.jpg|thumb | [[File:Piki Plucker start.jpg|thumb|300px|''Piki Plucker'', at the start of a new game.]] | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Piki Plucker}} | {{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Piki Plucker}} | ||
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* CreativeSushi: design | * CreativeSushi: design | ||
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== 2021 == | == 2021 == | ||
=== Super Nintendo World === | === Super Nintendo World === | ||
[[File:Super Nintendo World AFD 2.jpg|thumb | [[File:Super Nintendo World AFD 2.jpg|thumb|300px|A Blue Pikmin at an aquarium attraction.]] | ||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Super Nintendo World}} | {{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Super Nintendo World}} | ||
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* [[User:Espyo|Espyo]]: photo editing | * [[User:Espyo|Espyo]]: photo editing | ||
* DavoGato: photo editing | * DavoGato: photo editing | ||
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== 2022 == | |||
=== Hocotate Freight === | |||
[[File:Hocotate Freight front page.png|thumb|300px|The front page, taken over by Hocotate Freight.]] | |||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Hocotate Freight}} | |||
A popular April Fool's Day joke for wikis is to make it look like it has been taken over by some character with a wild personality and conflicting goals. So this year, Pikipedia staff decided on changing the front page to make it look as if [[Hocotate Freight]] bought the wiki and took over. | |||
In order to align with the company's goals of advertising its shipping prowesses and its catalog of goodies, the [[Hocotate ship]] was put in charge of reworking and restyling the front page. Of course, with a company as greedy and clumsy as Hocotate Freight, readibility and browsing comfort went out the window, and instead the front page was focused more on trying to sell things to people in the most agressive way possible. This meant strong colors, all-caps, animated text, and all sorts of buzzwords to lure potential buyers in. | |||
The layout of the front page remained mostly the same, and most of the links still served for legitimate Pikipedia browsing. That said, small bits of text, as well as the featured article, trivia, and news, were replaced with some jokes that would seem plausible coming from Hocotate Freight. Everyone knows how, despite doing their best and having some [[Captain Olimar|beloved characters]] as employees, their poor business and operation strategies usually result in them getting into a lot of trouble, so the jokes aimed to capitalize on that. Plus, with the pompous and proud Hocotate ship at the helm, some of the jokes had to be about the ship flaunting it and its company's qualities, even if it meant throwing others under the bus. | |||
Initially, the background would be a solid blue color, to really hammer in that clichéd infomercial style, but it quickly became obvious that that would be too painful to look at, so it was changed to a white and red gradient. The website style change affected the entire wiki, and this, combined with its intense effects, made the new style a bit polarizing between users, even if it was only for the sake of a joke that lasted a day. Users who disliked it were eventually able to turn it off at will in the [[Special:Preferences|user settings]]' gadget preferences, and readers who liked it were pleased to learn they could still apply the style after April Fool's Day, by enabling it in the same gadget preferences page. Oh, and the poll results before the joke got reverted were: [[Five-man Napsack]] won with 42 votes (40%), [[Lip Service]] in second place with 34 votes (33%), and [[Insect Condo]] last with 28 votes (27%). | |||
Main contributors: | |||
* [[User:Espyo|Espyo]]: Direction and execution | |||
* [[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]]: Technical assistance and support | |||
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== 2023 == | |||
=== ''Pikcross'' === | |||
[[File:Pikcross screenshot.jpg|thumb|Gameplay screenshot.]] | |||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Pikcross}} | |||
Randomly, while playing a {{w|nonogram}} (AKA picross) game on his phone, Espyo noticed the filled squares he had looked like a [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]. Milliseconds later the idea of "Pikcross" sprang to his mind. After sharing the idea with the team, it was decided 2023's joke would be a web-based nonogram game with the same name, filled with Pikmin-themed puzzles. | |||
Professional nonogram games have a ton of features to make life easier for the player, but the Pikipedia team didn't have that much time or technical know-how to implement everything they wanted. For the sake of making just a simple game, some basic quality-of-life features were enough. These limitations sprung some creative decisions, like how the idea was to make it look like ''Pikcross'' was an official web-based game that got taken down shortly after release because it was incomplete. This came about because there just weren't enough resources for the Pikipedia team to create a proper tutorial. | |||
Even after April Fool's Day, the game is still fully playable. | |||
Main contributors: | |||
* [[User:Espyo|Espyo]]: direction, programming, puzzles | |||
* CreativeSushi: puzzles | |||
* CosmiCam: puzzles | |||
* [[User:Porplemontage|Porplemontage]]: Technical assistance and support | |||
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== 2024 == | |||
=== Things not in ''Pikmin 4'' === | |||
[[File:Bulbmin and young.jpg|thumb|[[Bulbmin]] are among the most reasonable things to list as absent from ''Pikmin 4''.]] | |||
{{see|Pikipedia:April Fool's Day/Things not in Pikmin 4}} | |||
Among other ideas, SupremeKirb came up with making a joke article listing things not in {{p4}}. Shortly after the team got to work on this year's joke. | |||
The article was almost not done since other April Fool's ideas were being discussed back and forth, and the basic outline for what the list should be about wasn't well defined. After all, it's very easy to just list a lot of [[wiktionary:randumb|randumb]] non sequiturs, but that's hardly any fun or interesting. Still, the team knew there was some potential there, so they kept trying different things. Over time more and more unique jokes came to the surface, and the list became a mix of things that complement the "humorous list of things not in ''Pikmin 4''" idea well: legitimate omissions from the past games, debatable omissions, stretches, omissions on a technicality, wild assumptions, oddly-specific things, things that ''obviously'' could never be in ''Pikmin 4'', things that ''obviously'' could never be in the ''Pikmin'' series to begin with, and so on. | |||
Alongside the list the structure of the article had to be carefully tweaked in order to pace the flow of jokes properly, trick the reader into making it look like a real article at first, be unexpected at every turn, and vary the kind of humor each tidbit had. This sort of list is something that can be added to almost indefinitely, but mostly because of time the page was finalized a few hours before the day, with 35 sections. If you have any ideas that work feel free to add them to the page, but ''please'' make sure they're funny and aren't just random nonsense or just stating things that aren't in ''Pikmin 4'', with little attached humor. | |||
Main contributors: | |||
* [[User:Espyo|Espyo]] | |||
* [[User:Bossclips|Bossclips]] | |||
* [[User:Gulliblepikmin|Gulliblepikmin]] | |||
* [[User:PopitTart|PopitTart]] | |||
* [[User:Soprano|Soprano]] | |||
* [[User:SupremeKirb|SupremeKirb]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||