Mario Kart DS
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Mario Kart DS is a popular 2005 Nintendo DS racing game in the Mario Kart series, known for its robust single-player modes, online multiplayer via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and inventive track design.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mario Kart DS canonical | 17 |
| Mario Kart DS (retro course) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3537869 — 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 Kart DS Context triple: [Poltergust 4000, appearsIn, Mario Kart DS]
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A.
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii is a popular 2008 Nintendo racing game for the Wii that features iconic Mario characters competing in kart races with motion-controlled steering and online multiplayer.
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B.
Mario Kart
Mario Kart is a long-running and hugely popular Nintendo racing game series featuring Mario characters competing in whimsical, item-filled kart races.
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C.
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Mario Kart: Super Circuit is a handheld kart racing game for the Game Boy Advance that brings the Mario Kart series' signature character-based racing and item-based combat to portable play.
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D.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a Nintendo GameCube kart racing game in the Mario franchise known for its unique two-character-per-kart mechanic and chaotic multiplayer gameplay.
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E.
Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge
Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge is an interactive augmented reality dark ride at Universal Studios Japan that immerses guests in a real-life Mario Kart race through Bowser’s Castle.
- 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 Kart DS Target entity description: Mario Kart DS is a popular 2005 Nintendo DS racing game in the Mario Kart series, known for its robust single-player modes, online multiplayer via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and inventive track design.
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A.
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Kart Wii is a popular 2008 Nintendo racing game for the Wii that features iconic Mario characters competing in kart races with motion-controlled steering and online multiplayer.
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B.
Mario Kart
Mario Kart is a long-running and hugely popular Nintendo racing game series featuring Mario characters competing in whimsical, item-filled kart races.
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C.
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Mario Kart: Super Circuit is a handheld kart racing game for the Game Boy Advance that brings the Mario Kart series' signature character-based racing and item-based combat to portable play.
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D.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is a Nintendo GameCube kart racing game in the Mario franchise known for its unique two-character-per-kart mechanic and chaotic multiplayer gameplay.
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E.
Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge
Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge is an interactive augmented reality dark ride at Universal Studios Japan that immerses guests in a real-life Mario Kart race through Bowser’s Castle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (85)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nintendo DS game
ⓘ
kart racing game ⓘ video game ⓘ |
| ageRating |
ESRB: E
ⓘ
PEGI: 3 ⓘ |
| awarded | multiple Game of the Year awards ⓘ |
| developer |
Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
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surface form:
Nintendo EAD
|
| feature |
Battle mode
ⓘ
Download Play ⓘ Grand Prix mode ⓘ Mission Mode ⓘ Time Trials mode ⓘ VS mode ⓘ character-specific karts ⓘ drifting ⓘ emblem editor ⓘ local wireless multiplayer ⓘ new tracks ⓘ online multiplayer ⓘ online rankings ⓘ retro tracks ⓘ snaking technique ⓘ unlockable characters ⓘ unlockable karts ⓘ |
| franchise | Mario ⓘ |
| genre | racing ⓘ |
| hasSaveFeature | true ⓘ |
| includesCharactersFrom |
Super Mario series
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surface form:
Mario series
|
| includesCup |
Banana Cup
ⓘ
Flower Cup ⓘ Leaf Cup ⓘ Lightning Cup ⓘ Mushroom Cup ⓘ Shell Cup ⓘ Special Cup ⓘ Star Cup ⓘ |
| includesItem |
Banana Peel
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Blue Shell ⓘ Mushroom ⓘ Red Shell ⓘ Star ⓘ |
| mediaFormat | Nintendo DS Game Card ⓘ |
| metacriticScore | 91 ⓘ |
| mode |
multiplayer
ⓘ
single-player ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Bowser
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Donkey Kong ⓘ Dry Bones ⓘ Luigi ⓘ Mario ⓘ Peach ⓘ R.O.B. ⓘ Toad ⓘ Wario ⓘ Yoshi ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Mission Mode with boss battles
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inventive track design ⓘ online multiplayer via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ⓘ robust single-player content ⓘ |
| notableRetroTrack |
Game Boy Advance
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surface form:
GBA Peach Circuit
GCN Luigi Circuit ⓘ Mario Kart 64 ⓘ
surface form:
N64 Moo Moo Farm
Super Mario Kart ⓘ
surface form:
SNES Mario Circuit 1
|
| notableTrack |
Airship Fortress
ⓘ
Delfino Plaza ⓘ
surface form:
Delfino Square
Figure-8 Circuit ⓘ Tick-Tock Clock ⓘ Waluigi Pinball ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayersLocal | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayersOnline | 4 ⓘ |
| onlineService | Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Mario Kart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | Nintendo DS ⓘ |
| publisher | Nintendo ⓘ |
| regionRelease |
Australia
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Europe ⓘ Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2005-11-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| sales | over 20 million copies sold worldwide ⓘ |
| subgenre | kart racing ⓘ |
| supportsControlScheme | Nintendo DS buttons ⓘ |
| supportsOnlinePlay | true ⓘ |
| usesPerspective | third-person ⓘ |
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: Mario Kart DS Description of subject: Mario Kart DS is a popular 2005 Nintendo DS racing game in the Mario Kart series, known for its robust single-player modes, online multiplayer via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and inventive track design.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Poltergust 4000
this entity surface form:
Mario Kart DS (retro course)
subject surface form:
Princess Peach