Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

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Nintendo DS game role-playing game video game

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story is a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS in which players alternate between controlling Mario and Luigi and the villain Bowser in a humorous adventure that takes place both inside and outside Bowser’s body.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story	7
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey	2
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story canonical	1
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5079584 — 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 & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Context triple: [Bowser’s Castle, appearsIn, Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story]

A. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam is a crossover role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS that combines the Mario & Luigi series with the Paper Mario universe, featuring both gameplay styles and characters from each.
B. Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Paper Mario: Sticker Star is a 2012 Nintendo 3DS role-playing game in the Paper Mario series that features a papercraft aesthetic, sticker-based combat, and puzzle-focused exploration.
C. Super Mario 3D Land
Super Mario 3D Land is a 2011 Nintendo 3DS platform game that blends classic 2D Mario level design with 3D movement and perspective-shifting stages.
D. Shadow Mario
Shadow Mario is a dark, mischievous doppelgänger of Mario who serves as an antagonist in the Super Mario series, most notably in Super Mario Sunshine.
E. Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario 64 DS is an enhanced Nintendo DS remake of the classic 3D platformer Super Mario 64, featuring multiple playable characters, new levels, and additional content.
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 & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Target entity description: Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story is a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS in which players alternate between controlling Mario and Luigi and the villain Bowser in a humorous adventure that takes place both inside and outside Bowser’s body.

A. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam is a crossover role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS that combines the Mario & Luigi series with the Paper Mario universe, featuring both gameplay styles and characters from each.
B. Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Paper Mario: Sticker Star is a 2012 Nintendo 3DS role-playing game in the Paper Mario series that features a papercraft aesthetic, sticker-based combat, and puzzle-focused exploration.
C. Super Mario 3D Land
Super Mario 3D Land is a 2011 Nintendo 3DS platform game that blends classic 2D Mario level design with 3D movement and perspective-shifting stages.
D. Shadow Mario
Shadow Mario is a dark, mischievous doppelgänger of Mario who serves as an antagonist in the Super Mario series, most notably in Super Mario Sunshine.
E. Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario 64 DS is an enhanced Nintendo DS remake of the classic 3D platformer Super Mario 64, featuring multiple playable characters, new levels, and additional content.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nintendo DS game ⓘ role-playing game ⓘ video game ⓘ
antagonist	Fawful ⓘ
artStyle	2D sprite-based graphics ⓘ
audience	single-player ⓘ
combatSystem	turn-based with action commands ⓘ
combatView	side-view battle screen ⓘ
controlScheme	alternating control of Mario and Luigi ⓘ direct control of Bowser on overworld ⓘ
developer	AlphaDream ⓘ
feature	Bowser overworld exploration ⓘ dual-protagonist gameplay ⓘ exploration inside Bowser’s body ⓘ giant Bowser battles ⓘ puzzle-solving ⓘ timed button-press attacks ⓘ turn-based battles ⓘ
followedBy	Mario & Luigi: Dream Team ⓘ
franchise	Mario ⓘ
genre	role-playing game ⓘ turn-based role-playing game ⓘ
hasRemake	Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey ⓘ linked to: Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
includesCharacter	Princess Peach ⓘ Starlow ⓘ Toads ⓘ linked to: Blue Toad
mainCharacter	Bowser ⓘ Luigi ⓘ Mario ⓘ
mode	single-player ⓘ
narrativeTone	humorous ⓘ
partOfSeries	Mario & Luigi ⓘ
perspective	side-scrolling ⓘ
platform	Nintendo DS ⓘ
plotElement	Bowser inhaling characters and locations ⓘ Mario and Luigi inside Bowser’s body ⓘ disease called the Blorbs ⓘ
precededBy	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time ⓘ
publisher	Nintendo ⓘ
remakeIncludes	Bowser Jr.’s Journey side story ⓘ
remakePlatform	Nintendo 3DS ⓘ
saveSystem	save points ⓘ
seriesInstallmentNumber	3 ⓘ
setting	Mushroom Kingdom ⓘ
universe	Mario universe ⓘ
usesHardwareFeature	Nintendo DS dual screens ⓘ Nintendo DS touch screen ⓘ

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