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2 | [[caption-width-right:280:'''Dream Hatcher''', a.k.a. '''Inutamago''' (犬たまご, "Dog Eggs")]] |
3 | '''HAL Laboratory, Inc.''' (株式会社ハル研究所 ''Kabushiki gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo'') is a long-time Creator/{{Nintendo}} affiliate company (though like Creator/IntelligentSystems and Creator/GameFreak, they are an independent company not owned by them) that originally started in 1980 as PC developers for Platform/VIC20 and Platform/{{MSX}}, but from Platform/{{Famicom}} and onwards went completely Nintendo-exclusive. |
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5 | Starting as a coding and porting factory at first, as time went on, HAL began to create its own [=IPs=], which all ultimately ended up under the Nintendo banner -- with the exception of titles developed by their mobile branch, HAL Egg. They're primarily known for the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise, which they co-own with Nintendo via the joint venture "Warpstar, Inc." They also provide development support to other Nintendo projects, including their firmware. |
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7 | Despite how it looks always capitalized and all, "HAL" isn't actually an abbreviation for anything. It was just named that because "each letter put them one step ahead of [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer IBM]]".[[note]]That's also how [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey [=HAL=] 9000]] was named.[[/note]] Their current corporate logo is the "Dream Hatcher," which was conceptualized by Creator/ShigesatoItoi and represents "incubating ideas that hatch into incredibly fun games". The logo is often included as an EasterEgg within their works, alongside their GoroawaseNumber, 86. |
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9 | Notable staff from this company include Creator/MasahiroSakurai, the creator of the ''Kirby'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series who went independent in the mid-2000s; the late Creator/SatoruIwata, a programmer who later became HAL's president and eventually the head of Nintendo; and Shinya Kumazaki, the current general director of the ''Kirby'' series. |
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12 | !!Games made in part or whole by HAL Laboratory: |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | * ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfLolo'' |
15 | * ''VideoGame/AirFortress'' |
16 | * ''VideoGame/{{Arcana}}'' |
17 | * ''VideoGame/BoxBoy'' |
18 | ** ''[=BoxBoxBoy!=]'' |
19 | ** ''Bye-Bye [=BoxBoy!=]'' |
20 | ** ''[=BoxBoy! + BoxGirl!=]'' |
21 | * ''VideoGame/DayDreaminDavey'' |
22 | * ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}'' (NES port of ''VideoGame/DefenderII'') |
23 | * ''[=EarthBound=]''/''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' series |
24 | ** ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' (aka ''Mother'') |
25 | ** ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' (aka ''Mother 2'') |
26 | ** ''VideoGame/Mother3'' |
27 | * ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' |
28 | ** ''New Film/GhostbustersII'' |
29 | * ''VideoGame/{{Joust}}'' (NES port) |
30 | * ''VideoGame/KabukiQuantumFighter'' |
31 | * ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise |
32 | * ''VideoGame/MetalSladerGlory'' |
33 | * ''VideoGame/{{Millipede}}'' (NES port) |
34 | * ''VideoGame/{{Picross}} 3D'' |
35 | ** ''Picross 3D: Round 2'' |
36 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' (first game only) |
37 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' |
38 | * ''VideoGame/RevengeOfTheGator'' |
39 | * ''VideoGame/{{RollerBall}}'' |
40 | * ''VideoGame/SimCity'' ports on SNES and N64 |
41 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' |
42 | ** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64'' |
43 | ** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' |
44 | * ''Vegas Dream'' |
45 | ** ''VideoGame/VegasStakes'' |
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47 | !!Games made by HAL Egg: |
48 | * ''Kame Sanpo'' |
49 | * ''VideoGame/PartTimeUFO'' |
50 | [[/index]] |
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