HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Moby ID: 1943
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HAL Laboratory is a video game developer based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded on 21 February 1980. The company's name is derived from the HAL 9000 computer from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. As of 1 July 2019, they had 169 employees.
They are best known for their work on Mother, Kirby, and Super Smash Bros. games.
Credited on 130 Games from 1981 to 2023
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| Kirby's Return to Dream Land: Deluxe (2023 on Nintendo Switch) |
| Kirby's Dream Buffet (2022 on Nintendo Switch) |
| Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022 on Nintendo Switch) |
| Part Time UFO (2020 on Nintendo Switch) |
| Kirby Fighters 2 (2020 on Nintendo Switch) |
| Super Kirby Clash (2019 on Nintendo Switch) |
| BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! (2019 on Nintendo Switch) |
| Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (2018 on Nintendo Switch) |
| Kirby Star Allies (2018 on Nintendo Switch) |
| Part Time UFO (2017 on iPhone, Android, iPad...) |
| Kirby Battle Royale (2017 on Nintendo 3DS) |
| Kirby's Blowout Blast (2017 on Nintendo 3DS) |
| Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (2017 on Nintendo 3DS) |
| Bye-Bye BoxBoy! (2017 on Nintendo 3DS) |
| Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016 on Nintendo 3DS) |
| BoxBoxBoy! (2016 on Nintendo 3DS) |
| Picross 3D: Round 2 (2015 on Nintendo 3DS) |
| Super Mario Maker (2015 on Wii U) |
| Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015 on Wii U) |
| BoxBoy! (2015 on Nintendo 3DS) |
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History +
- February 21, 1980
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Company founded.
Trivia +
The Japanese name of HAL is HAL Kenkyūjo, which often appears in its short form Halken in credits.
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HAL Laboratory, Inc.
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Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 69 games with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 55 games with Nintendo of America Inc.
- 43 games with Nintendo of Europe GmbH
- 26 games with Mario Club, Inc.
- 14 games with NOA Product Testing
- 13 games with HAL America Inc.
- 12 games with Nintendo Australia Pty., Ltd.
- 12 games with Nintendo UK
- 11 games with Tim Girvin Design, Inc.
- 6 games with Nintendo of Canada Ltd.
- 61 games with Satoru Iwata
- 41 games with Hiroaki Suga
- 39 games with Satoshi Ishida
- 36 games with Jun Ishikawa
- 32 games with Hirokazu Ando
- 29 games with Masaru Kobayashi
- 28 games with Shigeru Hashiguchi
- 27 games with Yoshimi Takahashi
- 26 games with Seiji Otoguro
- 25 games with Tetsuya Notoya
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