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The former president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, was a former president of HAL. Other important figures include [[Masahiro Sakurai]], who created the Kirby character and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series and now leads his own company, [[Sora Ltd.]] | The former president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, was a former president of HAL. Other important figures include [[Masahiro Sakurai]], who created the Kirby character and the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series 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''. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 15:48, April 16, 2016
| HAL Laboratory, Inc. | |||
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| Type | Private | ||
| Founded | February 21, 1980[1] | ||
| Key people | Satoru Iwata (former president), Masahiro Sakurai (former employee) | ||
| Industry | Video game industry | ||
| Products | Video games | ||
| Employees | 110 | ||
| Website | http://www.hallab.co.jp/ | ||
HAL Laboratory, Inc. (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. Its name comes from the HAL 9000 computer in the novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey.[2] The company is most famous for creating the Kirby series, as well as the Super Smash Bros. series. HAL Laboratory is a subsidiary of Nintendo and was acquired by the company when Satoru Iwata, one of their former employees, became president of Nintendo.
History
HAL Laboratory was originally a group of friends who shared a desire to create video games, and started off making games for the MSX system and the Commodore 64, until Nintendo released their NES in 1983.[3]
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.
The former president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, was a former president of HAL. Other important figures include Masahiro Sakurai, who created the Kirby character and the Super Smash Bros. series and now leads his own company, Sora Ltd.
HAL Laboratory-developed properties represented in Smash include the Kirby and EarthBound series, as well as the Nintendo-console SimCity games. HAL also developed several Pokémon spinoffs, such as the Pokémon Stadium games, which are referenced in Smash.
External links
- HAL Laboratory, Inc (Japanese)
- IGN page
- N-Sider page (HAL Laboratory company profile)
References
- ^ HAL Laboratory, Inc. Company. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
- ^ http://uk.cube.ign.com/articles/595/595089p1.html
- ^ http://www.commodore.ca/history/people/michael_tomczyk.htm
| Companies involved in the Super Smash Bros. series | |
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| First- and second-party | Nintendo (Monolith Soft · Retro Studios) · HAL Laboratory · Game Freak · Creatures · Intelligent Systems · Rare Ltd. · Sora Ltd. |
| Third-party | Konami · Sega (Atlus) · PlatinumGames · Capcom · Bandai Namco · Square Enix · Microsoft (Rare Ltd. · Mojang Studios) · SNK · Disney |
| Other related | Game Arts · Hatena · Havok · Paon DP · Tri-Crescendo · List of companies with minor representation |
