HAL Laboratory

Studio Dossier

Portfolio Size 22

XPLog Consensus 82

Corporate Registry

Base of Operations: Global

Deployments

Wii 5

Nintendo GameCube 4

Super Nintendo Entertainment System 3

Wii U 2

Nintendo 64 2

Nintendo 3DS 2

Nintendo DSi 1

Family Computer Disk System 1

64DD 1

Nintendo Switch 2 1

HAL Laboratory is a Japanese game developer partnered with Nintendo. It was founded by a small group of friends who shared the desire to create games, and among said group was Satoru Iwata. The group developed games for numerous platforms at first before developing exclusively for Nintendo. The name HAL originates from the fictional computer HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, as well as each letter being one letter before IBM. HAL Laboratory is most notable for developing the Kirby series created by ex-employee Masahiro Sakurai, they are also responsible for the Super Smash Bros. and the EarthBound series.

Production Registry

Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World Cover Art

Personnel & Leadership

Registry Pending

HAL Laboratory

Production Registry

Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Face Pilot: Fly With Your Nintendo DSi Camera!

Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs

Mother 3

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Pokémon Stadium 2

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

SimCity 64

Super Smash Bros.

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Personnel & Leadership