Nintendo R&D1
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Nintendo R&D1 was a pioneering internal development team at Nintendo responsible for creating several of the company’s most influential hardware systems and game franchises, including early handheld consoles and titles like Metroid and WarioWare.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nintendo R&D1 canonical | 23 |
| Nintendo Research & Development 1 | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5079789 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Nintendo R&D1 Context triple: [Game Boy, designer, Nintendo R&D1]
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Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development was Nintendo’s famed internal development division responsible for creating many of its most iconic game franchises, including Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda.
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Nintendo
Nintendo is a Japanese video game company best known for creating iconic franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon, as well as popular gaming consoles like the Nintendo Switch.
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Nintendo consoles
Nintendo consoles are a series of home and handheld video game systems created by Nintendo, known for iconic hardware like the NES, Game Boy, Wii, and Switch and for hosting many of the company’s flagship game franchises.
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D.
Nintendo 64
The Nintendo 64 is a fifth-generation home video game console known for pioneering 3D gaming with titles like Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
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Virtual Boy
The Virtual Boy is a 1995 Nintendo tabletop video game console known for its red-and-black stereoscopic 3D graphics and its commercial failure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Nintendo R&D1 Target entity description: Nintendo R&D1 was a pioneering internal development team at Nintendo responsible for creating several of the company’s most influential hardware systems and game franchises, including early handheld consoles and titles like Metroid and WarioWare.
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A.
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development was Nintendo’s famed internal development division responsible for creating many of its most iconic game franchises, including Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda.
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B.
Nintendo
Nintendo is a Japanese video game company best known for creating iconic franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon, as well as popular gaming consoles like the Nintendo Switch.
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C.
Nintendo consoles
Nintendo consoles are a series of home and handheld video game systems created by Nintendo, known for iconic hardware like the NES, Game Boy, Wii, and Switch and for hosting many of the company’s flagship game franchises.
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D.
Nintendo 64
The Nintendo 64 is a fifth-generation home video game console known for pioneering 3D gaming with titles like Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
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E.
Virtual Boy
The Virtual Boy is a 1995 Nintendo tabletop video game console known for its red-and-black stereoscopic 3D graphics and its commercial failure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hardware development division
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video game development division ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
creation of Nintendo’s handheld business
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early success of Game Boy platform ⓘ establishment of Metroid franchise ⓘ establishment of WarioWare franchise ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| developedHardware |
Famicom Disk System
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Game & Watch handheld series ⓘ
linked to:
Game & Watch
Game Boy Color ⓘ Game Boy Light ⓘ Game Boy Pocket ⓘ Game Boy handheld console ⓘ
linked to:
Game Boy
Super Famicom peripherals ⓘ Virtual Boy (with Nintendo R&D3) ⓘ
linked to:
Virtual Boy
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| dissolvedInto | Nintendo SPD ⓘ |
| divisionNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| era |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ early 2000s ⓘ |
| focus |
arcade game development
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experimental game design ⓘ handheld console design ⓘ hardware prototyping ⓘ home console game development ⓘ |
| formedAs |
Nintendo Research & Development 1
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linked to:
Nintendo R&D1
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| industry |
consumer electronics
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video games ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Gunpei Yokoi
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Hiroji Kiyotake ⓘ Makoto Kano ⓘ Takehiro Izushi ⓘ Yoshio Sakamoto ⓘ |
| location |
Japan
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Kyoto ⓘ Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
Game & Watch series
ⓘ
linked to:
Game & Watch
Kid Icarus series ⓘ
linked to:
Kid Icarus
Metroid series ⓘ
linked to:
Metroid
Wario Land series ⓘ
linked to:
Wario Land
WarioWare series ⓘ
linked to:
WarioWare
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| notableWork |
Ball (Game & Watch)
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linked to:
Game & Watch
Balloon Fight ⓘ Dr. Mario ⓘ Duck Hunt (arcade) ⓘ
linked to:
Duck Hunt
Famicom Disk System BIOS ⓘ
linked to:
Family Computer Disk System
Game & Watch series ⓘ
linked to:
Game & Watch
Game Boy ⓘ Game Boy Color ⓘ Kid Icarus ⓘ Mario Bros. (arcade) ⓘ
linked to:
Mario Bros.
Metroid ⓘ Metroid II: Return of Samus ⓘ Rhythm Tengoku ⓘ Super Metroid ⓘ Virtual Boy software titles ⓘ Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 ⓘ
linked to:
Wario Land 3
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! ⓘ
linked to:
WarioWare
Wild Gunman (arcade) ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Nintendo ⓘ |
| partOf | Nintendo Research & Development ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nintendo R&D1 Description of subject: Nintendo R&D1 was a pioneering internal development team at Nintendo responsible for creating several of the company’s most influential hardware systems and game franchises, including early handheld consoles and titles like Metroid and WarioWare.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nintendo R&D1
linked to: Nintendo R&D1