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Dragon Hopper

Dragon Hopper, also known as D-Hopper, is an action-adventure game developed by Intelligent Systems for the Virtual Boy. Originall planned for release in 1996 by publisher Nintendo, it was canceled following the commercial failure of the console. Nintendo eventually released it in 2026 through its Nintendo Classics download service.

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Genre
Action-adventure
Publisher
Nintendo
Composer
Minako Hamano
Designer
Ryota Kawade
Developer
Intelligent Systems
Director
Ryota Kawade

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Release

Reception

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Dragon Hopper

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples47
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

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Dragon Hopper

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related to Release · 23
Dragon Hopper → August, Bound High, D-Hopper, Due, E3, English, For, High, It, January, Japan, Japan System Supply's Bound, Nintendo, Nintendo Classics, Nintendo Power, On, ROM, Shoshinkai, Some, The
related to Gameplay and premise · 8
Dragon Hopper → Celestia, Diana, Dorin, Each, Faeron, Lexer, Players, Star Coins
related to Reception · 3
Dragon Hopper → Dragon Hopper's, Nile Bowie, Nintendo Life
Composer · 1
Dragon Hopper → Minako Hamano
Designer · 1
Dragon Hopper → Ryota Kawade
Developer · 1
Dragon Hopper → Intelligent Systems
Director · 1
Dragon Hopper → Ryota Kawade
Genre · 1
Dragon Hopper → Action-adventure
Mode · 1
Dragon Hopper → Single-player
Platform · 1
Dragon Hopper → Virtual Boy[a]

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dragon nintendo game dorin hopper release virtual boy players action-adventure d-hopper 1996 released 2026 gameplay intelligent systems publisher prince high

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Dragon HopperComposerMinako Hamano1.00infobox
Dragon HopperDesignerRyota Kawade1.00infobox
Dragon HopperDeveloperIntelligent Systems1.00infobox
Dragon HopperDirectorRyota Kawade1.00infobox
Dragon HopperGenreAction-adventure1.00infobox
Dragon HopperModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Dragon HopperPlatformVirtual Boy[a]1.00infobox
Dragon HopperPublisherNintendo1.00infobox
Dragon HopperRelease4 August 20261.00infobox
Nintendo Power magazineinstance ofIt received previews from publications0.80text
but was eventually cancelled due to Nintendo discontinuing the Virtual Boy for being a criticalinstance ofIt received previews from publications0.80text
commercial failureinstance ofIt received previews from publications0.80text

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