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'''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' ({{ja|株式会社ハル研究所}}, ''Kabushikigaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a Japanese video game company that was founded on February 21, 1980. | '''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' ({{ja|株式会社ハル研究所}}, ''Kabushikigaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a Japanese video game company that was founded on February 21, 1980. The company is most famous for creating the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]], as well as the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]. HAL Laboratory is a subsidiary of [[Nintendo]] and was acquired by the company when one of their former employees, [[Satoru Iwata]] became president of Nintendo. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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In many of its games during the early to mid-'90s, it used the name ''HALKEN'' (derived from their literal Japanese name "HAL KENkyūjo"), as well as HAL Laboratory. Some of its early titles were also released as HAL America, a North American subsidiary of the company. | In many of its games during the early to mid-'90s, it used the name ''HALKEN'' (derived from their literal Japanese name "HAL KENkyūjo"), as well as HAL Laboratory. Some of its early titles were also released as HAL America, a North American subsidiary of the company. | ||
Iwata was president of HAL Laboratory before he become president of Nintendo. [[Masahiro Sakurai]], who created the character [[Kirby]] and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, also worked at HAL, and now leads his own company, [[Sora Ltd.]] | |||
HAL Laboratory-developed properties represented in ''Smash'' include the ''Kirby'' and {{uv|EarthBound}} series, as well as the Nintendo-console {{uv|SimCity}} games. HAL also developed several {{uv|Pokémon}} spinoffs, such as the ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Stadium series|Pokémon Stadium]]'' games, which are referenced in ''Smash''. | HAL Laboratory-developed properties represented in ''Smash'' include the ''Kirby'' and {{uv|EarthBound}} series, as well as the Nintendo-console {{uv|SimCity}} games. HAL also developed several {{uv|Pokémon}} spinoffs, such as the ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Stadium series|Pokémon Stadium]]'' games, which are referenced in ''Smash''. | ||
==Trivia== | |||
* Often believed to be derived from the [[Wikipedia:HAL 9000|HAL 9000]] computer in the novel and film ''[[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', an interview with Iwata reveals its names is a pun of the [[Wikipedia:IBM|IBM comapny]], Iwata joking each letter puts them a step ahead of IBM. The joke is because the letters H, A and L (used in HAL) come ''before'' the letters I, B and M (used in IBM, respectively.<ref>http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/iwata_explains_where_the_name_hal_laboratory_came_from</ref>. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.hallab.co.jp/ HAL Laboratory, Inc] (Japanese) | *[http://www.hallab.co.jp/ HAL Laboratory, Inc] (Japanese) | ||
*[http:// | *[http://http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/iwata_explains_where_the_name_hal_laboratory_came_from Iwata interview] | ||
*[http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=489 N-Sider page] (HAL Laboratory company profile) | *[http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=489 N-Sider page] (HAL Laboratory company profile) | ||