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(Iwata became president of HAL in 1993, after the original game's release in 1991. Seems like someone confused this with his later Nintendo presidency in 2002, and misattributed it with the remake's release in 2000.) |
(the information was correct the first time, the wording was just vague. Made it more clear.) |
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'''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' ({{ja|株式会社ハル研究所}}, ''Kabushikigaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a Japanese multi media company primarily focused on video game development. originally founded on February 21, 1980 as a group of friends who shared a desire to create video games, and started off making games for the {{s|wikipedia|MSX}} system and the {{s|wikipedia|Commodore 64}}. When Nintendo released the Famicom in 1983, HAL shifted focus and started making more games for Nintendo. Their working relationship was cemented with the release of ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'' for the Game Boy. Both HAL and Nintendo own equal share in the joint venture ''Warpstar, Inc.'', which was made to autonomously handle the ''Kirby'' franchise license, similar to The Pokémon Company.<ref>http://www.commodore.ca/history/people/michael_tomczyk.htm</ref> 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. | '''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' ({{ja|株式会社ハル研究所}}, ''Kabushikigaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a Japanese multi media company primarily focused on video game development. originally founded on February 21, 1980 as a group of friends who shared a desire to create video games, and started off making games for the {{s|wikipedia|MSX}} system and the {{s|wikipedia|Commodore 64}}. When Nintendo released the Famicom in 1983, HAL shifted focus and started making more games for Nintendo. Their working relationship was cemented with the release of ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'' for the Game Boy. Both HAL and Nintendo own equal share in the joint venture ''Warpstar, Inc.'', which was made to autonomously handle the ''Kirby'' franchise license, similar to The Pokémon Company.<ref>http://www.commodore.ca/history/people/michael_tomczyk.htm</ref> In 2017, Hal created the subsidiary Hal Egg, which was made to self publish new properties for mobile devices like ''{{s|nintendowiki|Part Time UFO}}''. 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 | Iwata became president of HAL Laboratory in 1993 before he become president of [[Nintendo]]. His presidency at Nintendo was spurred on by the company offering to save Hal from bankruptcy after the financial failure of the 2000 "Director's Cut" remake of the 1991 adventure game ''{{s|wikipedia|Metal Slader Glory}}'' on the condition that he would step up. [[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.]] The company is a second-party developer for [[Nintendo]] and is best known for creating the {{uv|Kirby}} series and the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series, and has also worked on the {{uv|EarthBound}} and {{uv|SimCity}} franchises, as well as several {{uv|Pokémon}} spinoff titles. | ||
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''== | ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''== |
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