Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

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crossover video game party game sports video game video game

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is a crossover sports video game that brings together characters from Nintendo's Mario series and Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series to compete in Olympic-themed events set in Rio de Janeiro.

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Label	Occurrences
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games canonical	7

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13074699 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Context triple: [Ludwig von Koopa, gameAppearance, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]

A. Mario's Miracle
"Mario's Miracle" refers to Kansas guard Mario Chalmers’ game-tying three-pointer in the final seconds of regulation during the 2008 NCAA men’s basketball championship game, a shot widely regarded as one of the most clutch plays in college basketball history.
B. Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania is a retro-styled 2D platform game that revives the classic Sonic the Hedgehog gameplay and aesthetics with new levels, remixed stages, and modern refinements.
C. Mario Party 6
Mario Party 6 is a GameCube-era installment in Nintendo’s party game series that introduced a day-and-night gameplay mechanic and extensive multiplayer-focused minigames.
D. Sonic Gems Collection
Sonic Gems Collection is a compilation video game featuring several rare and lesser-known titles from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, released for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.
E. Mario Party 8
Mario Party 8 is a party video game for the Nintendo Wii that continues the Mario Party series’ board-game-style multiplayer minigame formula with motion controls and new characters, boards, and modes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Target entity description: Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is a crossover sports video game that brings together characters from Nintendo's Mario series and Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series to compete in Olympic-themed events set in Rio de Janeiro.

A. Mario's Miracle
"Mario's Miracle" refers to Kansas guard Mario Chalmers’ game-tying three-pointer in the final seconds of regulation during the 2008 NCAA men’s basketball championship game, a shot widely regarded as one of the most clutch plays in college basketball history.
B. Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania is a retro-styled 2D platform game that revives the classic Sonic the Hedgehog gameplay and aesthetics with new levels, remixed stages, and modern refinements.
C. Mario Party 6
Mario Party 6 is a GameCube-era installment in Nintendo’s party game series that introduced a day-and-night gameplay mechanic and extensive multiplayer-focused minigames.
D. Sonic Gems Collection
Sonic Gems Collection is a compilation video game featuring several rare and lesser-known titles from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, released for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.
E. Mario Party 8
Mario Party 8 is a party video game for the Nintendo Wii that continues the Mario Party series’ board-game-style multiplayer minigame formula with motion controls and new characters, boards, and modes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crossover video game ⓘ party game ⓘ sports video game ⓘ video game ⓘ
basedOn	2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
developer	Sega Sports R&D ⓘ linked to: Sega Sports Spike Chunsoft ⓘ
feature	Dream events ⓘ Olympic events ⓘ multiplayer mode ⓘ single-player mode ⓘ
franchise	Mario & Sonic ⓘ linked to: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series
genre	party ⓘ sports ⓘ
hasArtStyle	cartoon-like ⓘ
hasMode	Carnival-like festival mode ⓘ Rio 2016 Olympic Games mode ⓘ
hasPerspective	third-person ⓘ
hasSetting	Brazil ⓘ Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
includesCharacter	Amy Rose ⓘ Blaze the Cat ⓘ Bowser ⓘ Donkey Kong ⓘ Dr. Eggman ⓘ linked to: Dr. Robotnik Knuckles the Echidna ⓘ Luigi ⓘ Mario ⓘ Metal Sonic ⓘ Princess Peach ⓘ Shadow the Hedgehog ⓘ Sonic ⓘ linked to: Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog ⓘ Tails ⓘ Toad ⓘ Vector the Crocodile ⓘ Waluigi ⓘ Wario ⓘ Yoshi ⓘ
includesEvent	100m dash ⓘ beach volleyball ⓘ boxing ⓘ equestrian ⓘ football ⓘ gymnastics ⓘ rugby sevens ⓘ swimming ⓘ table tennis ⓘ
partOfSeries	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games ⓘ linked to: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series
platform	Nintendo 3DS ⓘ Wii U ⓘ
publisher	Nintendo ⓘ
series	Mario ⓘ Sonic the Hedgehog ⓘ
supports	local multiplayer ⓘ online features ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ludwig von Koopa → gameAppearance → Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ⓘ

Roy Koopa → appearsIn → Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ⓘ

Mario Sports series → hasGame → Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ⓘ

Big the Cat → appearsIn → Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ⓘ

Silver the Hedgehog → notableAppearance → Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ⓘ

Boomerang Flower-powered Mario → appearsIn → Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ⓘ

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series → hasEntry → Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ⓘ

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