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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. The company is best known for creating the | '''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 best known for creating the {{uv|Kirby}} series and the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series, and is a second-party developer for [[Nintendo]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
HAL Laboratory was 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 | HAL Laboratory was 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. | 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. | ||
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==Development History== | ==Development History== | ||
<big>1999</big> | <big>1999</big> | ||
* [[Super Smash Bros.]] | * ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' | ||
** Developer | ** Developer | ||
<big>2001</big> | <big>2001</big> | ||
* [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] | * ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' | ||
** Developer | ** Developer | ||
<big>2008</big> | <big>2008</big> | ||
* [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]] | * ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' | ||
** Developer | ** Developer | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Often believed to be derived from the | * Often believed to be derived from the {{s|wikipedia|HAL 9000}} computer in the novel and film ''[[Wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', an interview with Iwata reveals that its name is a pun of the {{s|wikipedia|IBM}} company: each letter puts them a step ahead of IBM (the letters H, A and L come ''before'' the letters I, B and M, respectively)<ref>http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/iwata_explains_where_the_name_hal_laboratory_came_from</ref>. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||