Wii Points
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Wii Points were Nintendo’s former digital currency used to purchase games and content on the Wii Shop Channel and related online services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wii Points canonical | 6 |
| Nintendo Points | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8815177 — 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)
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Target entity: Wii Points Context triple: [Virtual Console, currencySystem, Wii Points]
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A.
Virgin Points
Virgin Points are the loyalty currency used across Virgin’s rewards programs, redeemable for flights, upgrades, and other member benefits.
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B.
WiiConnect24
WiiConnect24 was an online service for the Nintendo Wii that allowed the console to stay connected to the internet in standby mode to receive updates, messages, and content.
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C.
Wii Shop Channel
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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D.
Wii Sports
Wii Sports is a motion-controlled sports video game compilation for the Nintendo Wii that became a cultural phenomenon and one of the best-selling games of all time.
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E.
Wii Internet Channel
The Wii Internet Channel was a downloadable web browser for Nintendo's Wii console that allowed users to surf the internet on their TV.
- 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 Points Target entity description: Wii Points were Nintendo’s former digital currency used to purchase games and content on the Wii Shop Channel and related online services.
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A.
Virgin Points
Virgin Points are the loyalty currency used across Virgin’s rewards programs, redeemable for flights, upgrades, and other member benefits.
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B.
WiiConnect24
WiiConnect24 was an online service for the Nintendo Wii that allowed the console to stay connected to the internet in standby mode to receive updates, messages, and content.
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C.
Wii Shop Channel
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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D.
Wii Sports
Wii Sports is a motion-controlled sports video game compilation for the Nintendo Wii that became a cultural phenomenon and one of the best-selling games of all time.
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E.
Wii Internet Channel
The Wii Internet Channel was a downloadable web browser for Nintendo's Wii console that allowed users to surf the internet on their TV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | virtual currency ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nintendo Points
ⓘ
linked to:
Wii Points
|
| associatedWith |
Nintendo DSiWare
ⓘ
Virtual Console ⓘ Wii Channels ⓘ WiiWare ⓘ |
| branding |
Wii
ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo Wii
|
| cannotBeConvertedTo | Nintendo eShop balance ⓘ |
| currencyCode | no real-world currency code ⓘ |
| denomination | points ⓘ |
| developer | Nintendo ⓘ |
| discontinued | true ⓘ |
| discontinuedOn | 2019-01-30 (end of Wii Shop Channel purchases) ⓘ |
| exchangeRate |
100 Wii Points = 1 US dollar (approximate)
ⓘ
100 Wii Points = 1 euro (approximate in PAL regions) ⓘ 100 Wii Points = 100 yen (approximate in Japan) ⓘ |
| introducedFor |
Nintendo DSi Shop
ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo eShop
Wii Shop Channel ⓘ |
| nonRefundable | true ⓘ |
| notUsableOn |
Nintendo 3DS eShop
ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo eShop
Nintendo Switch eShop ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo eShop
|
| operator | Nintendo ⓘ |
| paymentMethod |
credit card
ⓘ
prepaid points card ⓘ |
| physicalCardSaleChannels | retail stores ⓘ |
| physicalCardsAvailable | true ⓘ |
| platform |
Nintendo DSi Shop
ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo DSi
Wii ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo Wii
Wii Shop Channel ⓘ |
| purchaseEndedOn | 2018-03-26 (end of adding Wii Points to accounts) ⓘ |
| region |
Australia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| regionLocking | region-locked to console region ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Nintendo eShop funds
ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo eShop
|
| successorPlatform | Nintendo eShop ⓘ |
| transferableBetweenConsoles | limited (via system transfer in some cases) ⓘ |
| usableForOnlineService |
Nintendo DSi Shop
ⓘ
linked to:
Nintendo DSi
Wii Shop Channel ⓘ |
| usableOn |
same-region Nintendo DSi system
ⓘ
same-region Wii console ⓘ |
| usedFor |
purchasing Virtual Console titles
ⓘ
purchasing Wii Channels ⓘ purchasing WiiWare titles ⓘ purchasing downloadable content ⓘ purchasing games ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Points Description of subject: Wii Points were Nintendo’s former digital currency used to purchase games and content on the Wii Shop Channel and related online services.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wii Points
linked to: Wii Points