Wii Shop Channel
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The Wii Shop Channel was Nintendo's digital storefront for the Wii, used to purchase and download games, Virtual Console titles, and other software.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wii Shop Channel canonical | 4 |
| Wii Virtual Console | 4 |
| WiiWare storefront | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1892296 — 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: Wii Shop Channel Context triple: [Nintendo Wii, onlineStore, Wii Shop Channel]
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A.
Nintendo Wii
The Nintendo Wii is a home video game console by Nintendo known for its motion-sensing controllers and family-friendly, accessible gaming experience.
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B.
Wii U
The Wii U is Nintendo’s eighth-generation home video game console that introduced a tablet-like GamePad controller with a built-in touchscreen for dual-screen and asymmetric gameplay.
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C.
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.
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D.
Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld gaming console that features glasses-free stereoscopic 3D visuals and access to a large library of Nintendo games and digital content.
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E.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a side-scrolling platform game for the Nintendo Wii that introduces four-player cooperative gameplay to the classic Super Mario series.
- 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: Wii Shop Channel Target entity description: The Wii Shop Channel was Nintendo's digital storefront for the Wii, used to purchase and download games, Virtual Console titles, and other software.
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A.
Nintendo Wii
The Nintendo Wii is a home video game console by Nintendo known for its motion-sensing controllers and family-friendly, accessible gaming experience.
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B.
Wii U
The Wii U is Nintendo’s eighth-generation home video game console that introduced a tablet-like GamePad controller with a built-in touchscreen for dual-screen and asymmetric gameplay.
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C.
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.
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D.
Nintendo 3DS
The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld gaming console that features glasses-free stereoscopic 3D visuals and access to a large library of Nintendo games and digital content.
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E.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a side-scrolling platform game for the Nintendo Wii that introduces four-player cooperative gameplay to the classic Super Mario series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital distribution platform
ⓘ
online service ⓘ online storefront ⓘ |
| availableOn |
Wii System Menu
ⓘ
surface form:
Wii Menu
Wii U system software ⓘ
surface form:
Wii Mode on Wii U
|
| channelClosureDate | 2019-01-30 ⓘ |
| developer | Nintendo ⓘ |
| discontinuationAnnouncementDate | 2017-09-29 ⓘ |
| distributionModel | digital download ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Virtual Console
ⓘ
Wii Channels ⓘ WiiWare ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
demo downloads
ⓘ
download management ⓘ gift feature ⓘ search function ⓘ wish list ⓘ |
| iconColor | light blue ⓘ |
| language |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| musicComposer | Kazumi Totaka ⓘ |
| networkInfrastructure | Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ⓘ |
| notableFeature | distinctive background music ⓘ |
| offeredContentType |
Virtual Console games
ⓘ
Wii Channels ⓘ WiiWare games ⓘ downloadable games ⓘ system utilities ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Wii System Menu
ⓘ
Wii U system software ⓘ
surface form:
Wii U System Software
|
| parentCompany |
Nintendo
ⓘ
surface form:
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
|
| paymentMethod |
credit card
ⓘ
prepaid Wii Points cards ⓘ |
| platform |
Nintendo Wii
ⓘ
surface form:
Wii
Wii U ⓘ |
| primaryCurrency | Wii Points ⓘ |
| publisher | Nintendo ⓘ |
| purchaseFunctionEndDate | 2019-01-30 ⓘ |
| region | global ⓘ |
| requires |
Internet connection
ⓘ
Nintendo account system for region locking ⓘ |
| serviceLaunchDate |
2006-11-19
ⓘ
2006-12-02 ⓘ 2006-12-07 ⓘ 2006-12-08 ⓘ |
| serviceLaunchRegion |
Oceania
ⓘ
surface form:
Australasia
Europe ⓘ Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| serviceType |
Wii Shop Channel
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
WiiWare storefront
channel download service ⓘ game download service ⓘ virtual console storefront ⓘ |
| successorService | Nintendo eShop ⓘ |
| supportsBackwardCompatibility | Virtual Console titles ⓘ |
| usesVirtualCurrency | Wii Points ⓘ |
| wiiPointsAdditionEndDate | 2018-03-26 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Wii Shop Channel Description of subject: The Wii Shop Channel was Nintendo's digital storefront for the Wii, used to purchase and download games, Virtual Console titles, and other software.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wii Virtual Console
this entity surface form:
Wii Virtual Console
subject surface form:
Daimakaimura
this entity surface form:
Wii Virtual Console
this entity surface form:
Wii Virtual Console
this entity surface form:
WiiWare storefront