Hal Laboratory

	Company Type	N/A
	Foundation	February 21 , 1980
	Location	N/A
	Key People	Satoru Iwata (former president)
	Industry	Computer And Video Game Industry
	Products	Nintendo Video Games
	Parent	Nintendo
	Homepage	http://wwwhallabcojp/

HAL Laboratory, Inc. (株式会社ハル研究所; ''Kabushikigaisha Hal Kenkyūjo'') is a ''. The company is most famous for its character Kirby , the protagonist of the eponymous game series. It is a second-party development studio of Nintendo .

Though they started off making games for the MSX system during the early '80s, all of their games since the 1986 Famicom Disk System game '' Gall Force '' (based on the anime series of the same name) have been released strictly on Nintendo systems, due to being a wholly owned subsidiary of the company.

In many of their games during the early to mid-'90s they used the name ''HALKEN'' (derived from their literal Japanese name "HAL KENkyūjo") as well as HAL Laboratory. Some of their early titles were also released as HAL America.

It should be noted that the current president of Nintendo , Satoru Iwata , was a former president of HAL labs.

GAMES DEVELOPED

HAL is responsible for the Kirby series.

'' Super Smash Bros. '', a Nintendo 64 and GameCube fighting game series starring many of Nintendo's most known characters, was designed by HAL Laboratory, Inc.

HAL also created the '' Eggerland '' series, which includes the game '' Adventures Of Lolo '', and is regarded by many gamers as one of the greatest puzzle series ever. The player plays as Lolo, a small, blue, ball-like creature who has to go through many rooms and solve many puzzles to save his love, a small, pink, ball-like creature called Lala. The characters Lololo and Lalala, who often appear in Kirby (Nintendo) games as bosses, are modelled after Lolo and Lala.

The company helped develop MOTHER 2 (known as '' EarthBound '' in the United States ), credited as HALKEN.

'' Air Fortress ''

'' Alcahest '', a RPG published by Square only in Japan.

'' Arcana '', a first-person and card-themed RPG.

'' New Ghostbusters 2 '', based on the '' Ghostbusters II '' movie and released for the NES and Game Boy . It was released only in Japan and Europe. It is unrelated to Activision 's '' Ghostbusters II '' version.

HAL also co-developed in the Super NES port of '' SimCity 2000 ''. It would be the last game developed by HAL without Nintendo's intervention.

HAL co-developed '' Pokémon Stadium '' and '' Pokémon Stadium 2 '' for the Nintendo 64 with Nintendo's EAD team (Entertainment Analysis & Development). HAL also developed '' Pokémon Snap '' and '' Shigesato Itoi's No.1 Bass Fishing '' for the Nintendo 64 as well.

HAL developed the ill-fated E-Reader , an accessory that was popular in Japan, but never caught in the United States, and was never released in Europe.

'' Hyper Zone '' (SNES)

'' Rollerball '' (NES)

'' NCAA Basketball '' (SNES)

HAL is currently devoloping a new Pokémon game called '' Pokémon Ranger '' for the Nintendo DS . It's the first Pokémon game HAL has had at least a part in developing since '' Pokémon Stadium 2 '' for the Nintendo 64 .

Worked with Brownie Brown and Shigesato Itoi on developing '' MOTHER 3 '' (GBA).

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