What Is PidgiWiki?

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PidgiWiki (pidgi.net) is a community-driven video game media repository — a database of game artwork, promotional materials, logos, and similar files rather than an encyclopedia of game information. It is useful if you need official or fan-archived visual assets tied to specific games, and it is open to contributions: the site states it currently holds 56,926 uploaded files and invites visitors to create an account and upload more.

What PidgiWiki actually stores

The site describes itself as "the video game media repository" and a "community-driven video game media database." Its scope is files, not articles. According to the homepage, that includes:

  • Artwork
  • Promotional materials
  • Logos
  • Other media assets

The homepage also links to guidance pages for contributors, including "How can I help?", "Naming files," "Categorization guidelines," "Category pages," "Administrators," and "Frequently Asked Questions."

How it differs from a typical game wiki

A conventional game wiki explains mechanics, characters, story, and release details in prose. PidgiWiki instead functions as a media archive: the primary unit is an uploaded file with a name, dimensions, size, uploader, and timestamp. The homepage's "Recent uploads" list shows this format directly — for example, "Wash Rotom - Pokemon corporate.svg" (512 × 357; 24 KB, uploaded by Immewnity), "Prestige Classic Baron Kog'Maw - League of Legends.jpg" (7,106 × 4,020; 15.87 MB, uploaded by Moonboy65), and several "Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW)" model sheets uploaded by Ravio.

That structure tells you what to expect: you come here to find and download image assets, not to read a character biography.

What the file listings reveal

The recent uploads show the range of material and the naming conventions in use:

File Type Uploader
Wash Rotom - Pokemon corporate.svg Corporate artwork (SVG) Immewnity
Lapras (alt 2) - Pokemon corporate.svg Corporate artwork variant Immewnity
Prestige Classic Baron Kog'Maw - League of Legends.jpg High-resolution splash art Moonboy65
Soleil model sheet - Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW).jpg Model sheet Ravio
Ariem - Sonic Dream Team.png Character render Ravio

Two practical observations: filenames typically combine the subject, a variant note such as "(alt)" or "(alt 2)," and the source game or property; and file sizes vary enormously, from tens of kilobytes for vector logos to roughly 16 MB for full-resolution promotional art. The "(alt)" pattern is worth knowing if you are hunting for a specific version of a logo or character pose.

The homepage also has a "Featured media" section, currently showing "Key art of Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo."

Contributing and licensing

If you want to upload, the site points you to its naming and categorization guidelines first — consistent filenames and categories are what make the archive searchable. Content is stated to be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License unless otherwise noted, so check the license note on any file before reusing it, especially for commercial purposes.

The homepage footer indicates the main page was last edited on 9 November 2022, though uploads continue well beyond that date based on the recent uploads timestamps.