Meta:Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki (MDFW)
The Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki, or MDFW for short, is the definitive Mystery Dungeon franchise encyclopedia. Theis project's goal is the total documentation of everything Mystery Dungeon. The MDFW is a place of learning for fans of all stripes who wish to know more about the franchise. We have a plethora of exclusive and hard-to-find information. From games, anime shorts, manga, game music, soundtracks, guidebooks, novellas, unused content, lost media, demos, news archives, events, commercials, trivia, unofficial translations, glitches, and more.
Origins of the Wiki
The Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki originated as the "Shiren the Wanderer Wiki" on Gamepedia.com, a fork of the original Wikifoundry Shiren the Wanderer Wiki (née Wetpaint Wiki), founded by karmarogue on Wetpaint.com on March 11, 2008. On September 11, 2019 Korra Baskerville upgraded it into the Gamepedia.com "Mystery Dungeon Wiki", an amalgamation of many previous Mystery Dungeon projects that focused on all the Mystery Dungeon games. On November 7, 2020 Adkuate, Blue, and Korra II took the wiki independent as the MDFW, and the focus shifted to covering all Mystery Dungeon content, no longer being hindered by Gamepedia's game-only limitations.
The original wiki only covered the Nintendo DS release of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer in the west. From there, it eventually grew to cover the bulk of the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer titles. In 2013, WikiFoundry acquired Wetpaint. The wiki was shut down in 2016 by WikiFoundry due to anonymous users spamming the site. Shiren1111 adopted the wiki, demoted the old admins and began cleaning up and reformatting the project for the first time in years. In mid-2018, WikiFoundry was experiencing numerous issues, such as only letting moderators and admins edit and eventually, preventing anybody from logging in. After more than a decade on Wetpaint/WikiFoundry, the wiki was ported to Gamepedia.com by rhaining and Shiren1111, where cleanup and expansion continued.
The wiki was expanded as a Shiren the Wanderer wiki on Gamepedia.com, and began to cover all Shiren titles for the first time ever. A little over a year later, the wiki was upgraded to a Franchise Wiki by Korra II Baskerville. Several other Mystery Dungeon wikis and projects are merged and absorbed into the project. After a year as a franchise wiki, Fandom announced they would be retiring the Gamepedia.com domain, and importing Gamepedia wikis to the Fandom.com domain. The wiki team began to prepare for separation from Fandom/Gamepedia and the new, independent wiki was founded on November 7, 2020 by Adkuate, Blue, and Korra II.
For a more in-depth timeline of events, see the Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki timeline below.
Contributing
The Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki covers everything Mystery Dungeon related, as such, it is split into different namespaces based on type of media, intended to make navigation and finding relevant information easier. While the wiki articles are written in English, various elements such as item, monster, character names and more are listed in Japanese. This is both to aid players of the videogames, as well as for documentation purposes. Contributions are always welcome! We do ask that you follow our Manual of Style. If you're unsure how to format something, consider looking for a similar page on the wiki to see how it's formatted. When in doubt, don't be afraid to ask for help if you are unfamiliar with the formatting or wiki editing as we were all new at this at some point. Or maybe you just want to read what we already have, in which case, enjoy!
What To Contribute?
That depends entirely on you. What are your skills? What are your interests?
- Are you a writer?
- Great! We need more people like you. Consider writing strategy guides or walkthroughs. You could write character bios and about sections.
- Are you a dataminer?
- Sprites, models, cutscenes, cut content, etc. There's an endless list of things you could contribute.
- Are you a collector?
- Consider scanning manuals, guidebooks,and promotional displays. You could document plushies or merchandise.
- Is music your passion?
- The soundtrack pages can always use a helping hand.
- Do you only have the games?
- Try testing out items in unique situations and document your findings on their respective pages. You could so the same with traps, terrain, monsters, etc. There's plenty to do if you're creative.
- Is translation your skill?
- If yes, we'd love to have you. You could translate the wiki into another language. You could translate foreign wiki articles into English, etc. It's up to you.
As you can see, there are a number of things you can do based on your skills and skill level. Even if you think you don't have enough time to edit the wiki; nobody is required to donate any more time to this project than they desire. You can contribute as much or as little as you like.
Multilingual Support
Due to the fact that most Mystery Dungeon media never receives official unofficial translations, this wiki supports unofficial translation projects as well as lists of important elements such as item and monster names in Japanese to aid players. The wiki also contains various Rosetta Stone pages for various topics including items, locations, monsters, soundtracks, and more. This is intended to allow players to quickly reference names across languages while playing in a language they may be unfamiliar with. Fan-translated names are included in Rosetta Stone pages for players who choose to play unofficial translations of games that may use different names for items, monsters, locations, etc.
- The symbol
indicates an unofficial translation. - The symbol
indicates that while the media in question hasn't been officially translated, the translation is officially used elsewhere. - The symbol
indicates that while the name is official, it is used to refer to somthing else in this particular instance.
Sources
Due to Mystery Dungeon media being primarily or only released in Japan, the Japanese side of the community is much larger and has made multiple wikis for many of the games. These resources prove to be invaluable assets to this wiki. Information from these wikis is occasionally copied and used for this wiki. The primary source of information we obtain from Japanese communities are monster and item spawn locations as well as lists of Japanese names of various gameplay elements such as the Adventure Log.
The vast majority of content on this site is original and no attempt has been made to synchronize content across languages. Thus, if you can't find what you're looking for on this site, you could try reading or translating Japanese sites for more information.
Project Timeline
Wetpaint / WikiFoundry
Wikia / Fandom
Gamepedia.com
Discord
PMD Wiki
Twitter
Independent Wiki
2008
March 4
- Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer is released on the Nintendo DS in North America.
March 11
- 18:37 EDT: karmarogue creates shiren.wetpaint.com.[1]
September 24
- 06:24 EDT: Crabus creates shiren3.wetpaint.com.[2]
2010
January 7
2012
December 13
- 11:27: Swiftblizzard creates the PMD Rescue Team Wiki.[5]
2013
July
2016
2016
- WikiFoundry shuts down the Shiren Wiki due to anonymous spam posters.[8]
May 22
- Shiren1111 joins the WikiFoundry Wiki, takes over the wiki as admin and begins cleanup.
2018
May 25
- 07:18: The PMD Rescue Team Wiki is partnered with the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky Wiki.[9][10]
August 23
- Shiren the Wanderer 3's Wetpaint Wiki is ported to WikiFoundry.[11]
September 11
- Rhaining begins to grow tired of the WikiFoundry website and begins to look for alternative hosting websites.
September 17
- Rhaining gets the go-ahead from Gamepedia to have the Shiren Wiki ported to Gamepedia.com.
September 21
- 21:51
- The Shiren Wiki is officially on Gamepedia.com.[12]
- Rhaining is made Wiki admin and begins porting of the old wiki with Shiren1111.
- October 21
- 11:07: The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Fan Wiki discord server is made by Gyrkkus.
Novemebr 18
- The PMD Wiki is founded by Quill, a member of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Community Wiki Discord, for users to test out the idea of making a new wiki.
December 10
- Korra II A Royal joins the wiki cleanup as a wiki admin and porting project.
2019
April 12
- The WikiFoundry Shiren the Wanderer Wiki is finally finished being ported to the new home on Gamepedia.com.[13]
July 21
- Yggy joins as a wiki editor.
September 11
- 14:14
- The Shiren the Wanderer Wiki is upgraded to the Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki.
- The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky Wiki is merged with and absorbed.[14]
- The PMD Rescue Team Wiki is adopted and absorbed.
- The Fandom Shiren the Wanderer Wiki is absorbed into the Mystery Dungeon Wiki.
- MalikTH, the founder of the Fandom Explorers Wiki, joins as a wiki admin.
September 11
- The Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Fan Wiki discord server is partnered with the Mystery Dungeon Wiki.
- The discord server becomes the official discord server for the wiki.
September 19
- Adkuate / Prolyfic8 joins as a wiki editor.
October 10
- Yggy joins as a wiki admin.
December 19
- The PMD Rescue Team Wiki is officially shut down and re-directed to the Gamepedia Mystery Dungeon Wiki.
2020
February 20
- The Mystery Dungeon Wiki Twitter account is created.
March 23
- Blue joins as a wiki editor.
May 2
- Adkuate / Prolyfic8 joins as a wiki admin.
November 4
- Fandom announces that they are going to be re-directing Gamepedia.com wikis to Fandom.com URLs. The MysteryDungeonWiki.com URL is registered.
November 7
- 01:59: The Independent Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki is launched in response to the announcement by Fandom. Work begins to port the wiki to its new home.
- Blue joins as a wiki admin.
2021
February 7
- The Spanish version of the Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki (Mazmorra Misteriosa Franquicia Wiki) is launched.
March 3
- WikiFoundry announces that the WikiFoundry platform will be closed on June 1, 2021.
March
- The Mystery Dungeon Gamepedia.com wiki was moved to the Fandom.com domain.
July
- The Mystery Dungeon Fandom wiki stopped using Gamepedia's Hydra skin, and began using the FandomDesktop skin instead.
August 16
- The Mystery Dungeon Fandom wiki was closed.
August 16
- The Project Museum is created. Hosting the original Shiren wiki pages from WikiFoundry.
September 24
- The MDFW is affiliated with the Final Fantasy Wiki.
December 31
- The Twitter account reaches 1,000 followers, just in time for the new year. (link)
2022
June 26
- The Twitter account now posts daily scheduled Tweets.
2023
March 2
- The MDFW Forums were created.
May 18
- The Twitter account reaches 2,000 followers.
July 18
- The PMD Rescue Team Wiki was deleted.
November 2
- The MDFW is now affiliated with the Independent Fallout Wiki.
November 9
- The MDFW is now affiliated with the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages.
November 17
- The MDFW is now affiliated with the Bakugan Wiki.
Unknown
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Wiki is founded.
- Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Fandom Wiki is redirected to the PMD Rescue Team Wiki. (Post-September 11, 2019 founding of the Franchise Wiki.)
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers Wiki is redirected to the PMD Rescue Team Wiki. (Post-September 11, 2019 founding of the Franchise Wiki.)
Through the Years
Logo
Dates provided for the Wetpaint/WikiFoundry Wiki are based on archived web pages and not the exact dates that the images were implemented/retired.
Wetpaint/WikiFoundry: January 23, 2009 to April 21, 2016.
WikiFoundry: Between April 21, 2016 and April 3, 2017 until June 1, 2021.
Gamepedia.com/Fandom.com: September 24, 2018 until September 13, 2019.
Gamepedia.com/Fandom.com: September 13 2019 to September 17, 2019.
Gamepedia.com/Fandom.com, Independent: September 17 2019 to November 8, 2020.
Independent: November 8 2020 to March 25, 2021.
Independent: March 25, 2021 to June 19, 2023.
Independent: June 19, 2023 to present.
Partnered / Absorbed Wikis
Shiren 3 WikiFoundry - unknown to June 1, 2021.
Rescue Team Fandom.com - unknown to December 19, 2019.
Explorers Fandom.com - unknown to late 2019.
- The PMD Rescue Team Wiki was closed on December 19, 2019. However, the wiki is still active as an archive.
- The Fandom Explorers Wiki was re-directed sometime after September 11, 2019, before the Rescue Team Wiki was closed.
- The Fandom Shiren the Wanderer Wiki didn't feature a logo.
Favicons Through the Years
Shiren the Wanderer Wetpaint - March 11, 2008 to 2013
Shiren the Wanderer 3 Wetpaint - September 24 2008 to 2013
Shiren the Wanderer WikiFoundry - 2013 to June 1, 2021
Shiren the Wanderer 3 WikiFoundry - 2013 to June 1, 2021
Shiren the Wanderer Wikia.com - January 7, 2010 to unknown, early 2019 at the latest.
Shiren the Wanderer Fandom.com - Early 2019 to redirect.
PMD Rescue Team Wiki - unknown
Fandom Explorers - unknown to redirect.
Shiren the Wanderer Gamepedia.com - September 26 2018 to September 11, 2019
Mystery Dungeon Wiki Gamepedia.com - September 11, 2019 to November 7, 2020
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Independent - November 7, 2020 - September 19, 2022
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Independent - September 19, 2022 - June 20, 2023
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Independent - June 20, 2023 ~
- The Shiren Fandom Wiki's new Favicon post-Fandom.com was presumably whatever the Fandom default was at the time.
Home Pages
(Wetpaint)
Shiren the Wanderer Wiki
January 23, 2009.
(Wetpaint)
Shiren the Wanderer Wiki
April 4, 2013.
(Wikifoundry)
Shiren the Wanderer Wiki
December 13, 2020
(Gamepedia)
Shiren the Wanderer Wiki
February 4, 2019
(Gamepedia)
Mystery Dungeon Wiki
March 18, 2020
(Independent)
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
November 7, 2020 - First day independent.
(Independent)
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
November 11, 2020 - Last day of setup.
(Independent)
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
January 12, 2021
(Independent)
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
December 2, 2021
(Independent)
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
December 18, 2021
(Independent)
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
Octoebr 30, 2022
(Independent)
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
July 17, 2023 - Rebrand after joining NIWA.
(Independent)
Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki
November 3, 2023
Project Tree
| Wetpaint Shiren the Wanderer Wiki Mar. 11, 2008 - Jul. 2013 | Wetpaint Shiren the Wanderer 3 Wiki Sep. 24, 2008 - Jul. 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikifoundry Shiren the Wanderer Wiki Jul. 2013 - Jun. 1, 2021 | Wikifoundry Shiren the Wanderer 3 Wiki Jul. 2013 - Jun. 1, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gamepedia Shiren the Wanderer Wiki Sep. 24, 2018 - Sep. 11, 2019 | PMD Rescue Team Wiki Dec. 13, 2012 - Jul. 18, 2023 | Fandom Explorers Wiki May 25, 2018 - Sep. 11, 2019 | Fandom Shiren the Wanderer Wiki Jan. 7, 2010 - Sep. 11, 2019 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Community Wiki Discord Oct. 21, 2018 | PMDWiki Nov. 18, 2018 - ??? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mystery Dungeon Wiki Twitter Feb. 20 2020 - Nov. 7, 2020 | Mystery Dungeon Wiki Sep. 11, 2019 - Aug. 16, 2021 | Mystery Dungeon Wiki Discord Sep. 11, 2019 - Nov. 7, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| News Archive Dec. 7, 2020 | Forums Mar. 2023 | Twitter Nov. 7, 2020 | Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki Nov. 7, 2020 | Discord Nov. 7, 2020 | Project Museum Aug. 16, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See Also
| Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki | |
|---|---|
| Shiren the Wanderer Wikis | Wetpaint Shiren the Wanderer Wiki (Wikifoundry) • Wetpaint Shiren the Wanderer 3 Wiki (Wikifoundry) • Fandom Shiren the Wanderer Wiki • Gamepedia Shiren the Wanderer Wiki |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Wikis | PMD Rescue Team Wiki • Fandom Explorers Wiki • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Community Wiki Discord • PMDWiki |
| Mystery Dungeon Wiki | Gamepedia Mystery Dungeon Wiki (Discord • Reddit • Twitter) |
| Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki | Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki (Affiliates • Discord • Facebook • Forums • Instagram • Museum • Reddit • Twitter) • Analytics • Finances • Navigation • Statistics • Wiki Team |
References
Logos
- [15] Last archived usage of the original Wetpaint/WikiFoundry logo.
- [16] First archived usage of the new WikiFoundry logo.
- [17] WikiFoundry will be retired June 1, 2021.
- [18] Gamepedia.com/Fandom.com wiki logo history archive.
- [19] Wikia.com domains changed to Fandom.com in early 2019.
- [20] Blog post announcing that all Gamepedia.com wikis have been moved to the Fandom.com domain.
- [21] Blog post announcing that the FandomDesktop skin was applied to almost all of the Fandom wikis.
- ↑ http://shiren.wikifoundry.com/page/Main/history;jsessionid=F2DC0E3D596B1CE23B7957B53D72F02B?offset=180&maxResults=20 Original Shiren wiki founding.
- ↑ http://shiren3.wikifoundry.com/page/Shiren+the+Wanderer+3+Wii+Home/history Shiren 3 Wiki founding.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150924203434/http://shiren.wikia.com/wiki/Shiren_the_Wanderer_Wiki?action=history Shiren Wiki on Wikia created.
- ↑ https://shiren.fandom.com/ Shiren Wiki on Fandom. (17 pages, deleted.)
- ↑ https://pmd-rt.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mystery_Dungeon_Rescue_Team_Wiki?offset=20130326091830&action=history PMD Rescue Team Wiki founded.
- ↑ http://www.wikifoundrycentral.com/thread/5139827/Wet+Paint+Wiki Wetpaint Wikis purchased by WikiFoundry.
- ↑ http://main.wikifoundry.com/page/About July 2013, WikiFoundry purchases all Wetpaint Wikis.
- ↑ http://shiren.wikifoundry.com/thread/5292918/Wiki+Restored%2C+New+Admins WikiFoundry shuts down the Shiren Wiki. Shiren1111 takes over.
- ↑ https://pmd-rt.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Mystery_Dungeon_Rescue_Team_Wiki?direction=next&oldid=10164 The Fandom PMD Wikis partner up.
- ↑ https://pmd-rt-archive.fandom.com/wiki/User_talk:AntyMew#Partnership_with_PMD_Explorers_Wiki
- ↑ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/943250-shiren-the-wanderer/76931749 Shiren 3 Wiki ported to WikiFoundry.
- ↑ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/106641-shiren-the-wanderer-the-tower-of-fortune-and-the-dice-of/76991486 The Shiren the Wanderer Wiki leaves WikiFoundry for Gamepedia.com.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Shiren/comments/bc968t/the_old_wetpaintwikifoundry_shiren_wiki_has_been/ Shiren Wiki finally finished being ported to Gamepedia.com.
- ↑ https://pmd-explorers.fandom.com/wiki/PMD_Explorers_Wiki Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky Wiki. (27 or 29 pages, deleted)
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160421022108/http://shiren.wikifoundry.com/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170403080228/http://shiren.wikifoundry.com/
- ↑ http://www.wikifoundrycentral.com/thread/5392795/Wiki+platform+will+be+decommissioned+on+June+1st
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://mysterydungeon.fandom.com/wiki/File:Wiki.png
- ↑ https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Brandon_Rhea/Wiki_domains_will_be_changing_from_wikia.com_to_fandom.com_in_early_2019
- ↑ https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MisterWoodhouse/Introducing_FandomDesktop,_the_new_look_and_feel_for_desktop_users
- ↑ https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MisterWoodhouse/This_Month_at_Fandom_-_July_2021
