Line #23 Creator/HALLaboratory


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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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