Guidelines:New Games

Overview For the purpose of providing examples, hypothetical games will be known as  or   for short. When following these actions, be sure to replace the titles and initialisms with their proper equivalents.

Procedure

 * 1) Go to Data:Franchise, add the game to the list using Template:Franchise/Store Game. For the logo field, enter the filename that you intend to use for step 3.
 * 2) Go to Data:Franchise, copy the contents to MediaWiki:UploadField-select-Game.
 * 3) Upload a logo for the game, such as.
 * 4) Upload a "tile" for the game to appear on the Main Page:
 * 5) Go to Template:Zelda, adapt the following text and add it to the page as appropriate:
 * 6) Move any potential game page to the new name. These may be articles with temporary names based on the console it is set to release on. (The article was known as   prior to the announcement of its official title.) If no page yet exists, create a new one with Template:Infobox Game.
 * 7) Create and adapt a template for the game's initialism (such as  for Broken Promises) by using the Game Link boilerplate. Create a documentation page for the template (such as  ) by using the Game Link documentation boilerplate.
 * 8) Add the game to Template:Games and (if it is a main series game) Template:GameNav.
 * 9) Create the following categories:
 * 10) Create the following listings: · ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·
 * 11) Create a gallery page, such as:.
 * 12) Add the game and its projected release date to the appropriate listings on the main guidelines.
 * 1) Add the game and its projected release date to the appropriate listings on the main guidelines.