Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure

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action-adventure game multiplatform video game toys-to-life game video game

Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is a toys-to-life action-adventure video game that introduced physical character figures that could be placed on a "Portal of Power" to appear and be played within the game world.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure	13
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure canonical	2
Skylanders Portal of Power	1
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (as toy compatibility in later releases)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2432316 — 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: Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
Context triple: [Vicarious Visions, notableWork, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure]

A. Skylanders: Giants
Skylanders: Giants is an action-adventure video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces larger, more powerful "Giant" characters and integrates physical toy figures with on-screen gameplay.
B. Spyro the Dragon
Spyro the Dragon is a popular platforming video game franchise featuring a young purple dragon protagonist known for his adventures across colorful fantasy worlds.
C. Minion Land
Minion Land is a Despicable Me–themed area at Universal Orlando Resort featuring attractions, dining, and entertainment based on the Minions franchise.
D. Wreck-It Ralph
Wreck-It Ralph is a 2012 animated film that follows a video game villain who longs to be a hero, blending arcade-game nostalgia with heartfelt storytelling and humor.
E. Marvel Super Hero Island
Marvel Super Hero Island is a comic book–themed land at Universal’s Islands of Adventure featuring attractions, characters, and environments based on Marvel superheroes.
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: Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
Target entity description: Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is a toys-to-life action-adventure video game that introduced physical character figures that could be placed on a "Portal of Power" to appear and be played within the game world.

A. Skylanders: Giants
Skylanders: Giants is an action-adventure video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces larger, more powerful "Giant" characters and integrates physical toy figures with on-screen gameplay.
B. Spyro the Dragon
Spyro the Dragon is a popular platforming video game franchise featuring a young purple dragon protagonist known for his adventures across colorful fantasy worlds.
C. Minion Land
Minion Land is a Despicable Me–themed area at Universal Orlando Resort featuring attractions, dining, and entertainment based on the Minions franchise.
D. Wreck-It Ralph
Wreck-It Ralph is a 2012 animated film that follows a video game villain who longs to be a hero, blending arcade-game nostalgia with heartfelt storytelling and humor.
E. Marvel Super Hero Island
Marvel Super Hero Island is a comic book–themed land at Universal’s Islands of Adventure featuring attractions, characters, and environments based on Marvel superheroes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	action-adventure game ⓘ multiplatform video game ⓘ toys-to-life game ⓘ video game ⓘ
ageRating	ESRB E10+ ⓘ PEGI 7 ⓘ
basedOn	Spyro the Dragon series ⓘ linked to: Spyro the Dragon
cameraPerspective	third-person ⓘ
developer	Tantalus Media ⓘ Toys for Bob ⓘ Vicarious Visions ⓘ XPEC Entertainment ⓘ n-Space ⓘ
distributionFormat	starter pack with figures and Portal of Power ⓘ
feature	character figures can be placed on Portal of Power ⓘ characters appear in-game when figures are placed on portal ⓘ physical character figures ⓘ save character data to toy figure ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Bash ⓘ Chop Chop ⓘ Dark Spyro ⓘ Eruptor ⓘ Gill Grunt ⓘ Kaos ⓘ Spyro ⓘ linked to: Spyro the Dragon Stealth Elf ⓘ Trigger Happy ⓘ Whirlwind ⓘ
featuresElementSystem	Air element ⓘ Earth element ⓘ Fire element ⓘ Life element ⓘ Magic element ⓘ Tech element ⓘ Undead element ⓘ Water element ⓘ
gameMode	multiplayer ⓘ single-player ⓘ
genre	action-adventure ⓘ hack and slash ⓘ
hasSequel	Skylanders: Giants ⓘ
hasSetting	Skylands ⓘ
initialReleaseRegion	Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
notableFor	popularizing toys-to-life genre ⓘ
partOfSeries	Skylanders ⓘ linked to: Skylanders series
platform	Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows Nintendo 3DS ⓘ PlayStation 3 ⓘ linked to: Sony PlayStation 3 Wii ⓘ linked to: Nintendo Wii Xbox 360 ⓘ iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ
publisher	Activision ⓘ linked to: Activision Publishing
releaseYear	2011 ⓘ
supports	local co-op play ⓘ
usesPeripheral	Portal of Power ⓘ

How these facts were elicited