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Retro Studios

American first-party video game developer and division of Nintendo based in Austin, Texas
Organization video_game_developer Q531167
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Retro Studios

Summary

Retro Studios is a video game developer[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (374 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Retro Studios is in the country of United States[3].
  • Retro Studios's image is recorded as Retro Studios exterior.jpg[4].
  • Retro Studios's instance of is recorded as video game developer[5].
  • Retro Studios's founder is recorded as Jeff Spangenberg[6].
  • Retro Studios's owned by is recorded as Q8093[7].
  • Retro Studios's headquarters location is recorded as Austin[8].
  • Retro Studios's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143372976[9].
  • Retro Studios's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14531565d[10].
  • Retro Studios's IdRef ID is recorded as 162171293[11].
  • Retro Studios's industry is recorded as video game industry[12].
  • +1998-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Retro Studios[13].
  • Retro Studios's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03t5fx[14].
  • Retro Studios's parent organization or unit is recorded as Q8093[15].
  • Retro Studios's official website is recorded as http://www.retrostudios.com/[16].
  • Retro Studios's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Retro Studios[17].
  • Retro Studios's legal form is recorded as subsidiary company[18].
  • Retro Studios's X is recorded as retrostudios[19].
  • Retro Studios's X is recorded as RetroStudios[20].
  • Retro Studios's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as retro-studios[21].
  • Retro Studios's Quora topic ID is recorded as Retro-Studios[22].
  • Retro Studios's MobyGames company ID is recorded as retro-studios-inc[23].
  • Retro Studios's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Creator/RetroStudios[24].
  • Retro Studios's Super Mario Wiki ID is recorded as Retro_Studios[25].
  • Retro Studios's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+44328'}[26].
  • Retro Studios's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+54342'}[27].

Body

Founding

Retro Studios's founder is recorded as Jeff Spangenberg[6]. +1998-10-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[13].

Operations

Retro Studios's headquarters location is recorded as Austin[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Q8093[15].

Industry

Retro Studios's industry is recorded as video game industry[12].

Ownership

Retro Studios's owned by is recorded as Q8093[7].

Why It Matters

Retro Studios ranks in the top 10% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (374 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Nintendo United States video game developer

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . LastDodo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → —
    Tv tropes id → —
    Headquarters location → Austin
    Quora topic id → Retro-Studios
    + 56 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10069]]: 90139, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257367|batch #257367]]"
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