• HAL Laboratory, Inc., formerly shortened as HALKEN, is a Japanese video game developer founded on February 21, 1980, in Chiyoda, Tokyo by Mitsuhiro Ikeda...
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  • David Bowman and Frank Poole. In the film, HAL became operational on 12 January 1992, at the HAL Laboratories in Urbana, Illinois, as production number...
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    Formerly an employee of HAL Laboratory, Sakurai left the company in 2003 and in 2005 with his wife Michiko Sakurai (also ex-HAL Laboratory) founded their company...
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  • game company HAL Laboratory. He is best known for composing for the Kirby series along with Hirokazu Ando. As of 2024, he left HAL Laboratory, although he...
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    Technology. In 1980, he joined the game developer HAL Laboratory while attending the university. At HAL, he worked as a programmer and closely collaborated...
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  • Picross e and Picross S series on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch. HAL Laboratory developed the Picross 3D spinoff series, with games on the Nintendo...
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    Ishihara in November 1995, with the assistance of then-president of HAL Laboratory, Satoru Iwata, as a successor to Shigesato Itoi's company Ape Inc. Alongside...
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  • 2000 Golf Nintendo R&D2, HAL Laboratory March 1, 2000 Hoshi no Kirby HAL Laboratory March 1, 2000 Hoshi no Kirby 2 HAL Laboratory March 1, 2000 Kaeru no...
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  • Allergy, a Dutch pharmaceutical company HAL Computer Systems, a defunct computer manufacturer HAL Laboratory, a Japanese video game developer Halliburton's...
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  • Super Kirby Clash (category HAL Laboratory games)
    action role-playing game for the Nintendo Switch. It was developed by HAL Laboratory and Vanpool, and is a game in the Kirby series. Super Kirby Clash has...
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  • Kirby Super Star Ultra (category HAL Laboratory games)
    Super Star Ultra is a 2008 anthology action-platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The game is an enhanced...
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    born May 21, 1979) is a Japanese video game director, game designer, HAL Laboratory employee, and painter who is the current general director of the Kirby...
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  • character and protagonist of the Kirby series of video games developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. He first appeared in Kirby's Dream Land (1992)...
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  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl, was released in 2008 for the Wii. Although HAL Laboratory had been the developer for the first two games, the third game was developed...
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  • Adventures of Lolo (category HAL Laboratory games)
    Adventures of Lolo is a puzzle video game released in 1989 by HAL Laboratory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a compilation of puzzles from...
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    Forgotten Land 7.52 million March 31, 2024 March 25, 2022 Platformer HAL Laboratory Nintendo Suika Game 7.40 million April 11, 2024 December 9, 2021 Puzzle...
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  • Kirby's Adventure (category HAL Laboratory games)
    Kirby's Adventure is a 1993 action-platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It...
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    Nintendo EAD Nintendo November 21, 1998 7,600,000 Super Smash Bros. HAL Laboratory Nintendo January 21, 1999 5,550,000 Pokémon Stadium † Nintendo EAD Nintendo...
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    most million-selling games include Game Freak with three games, and HAL Laboratory and Flagship, with two games each. Of the 40 games on this list, 25...
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    WW: Nintendo Kirby Super Star Ultra 2.99 million September 29, 2008 HAL Laboratory Nintendo Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! 2.98 million November...
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  • 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023. HAL Laboratory (2001-12-03). Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo GameCube). Nintendo. HAL Laboratory (1993-05-01). Kirby's Adventure...
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    1997 HAL Laboratory, Nintendo EAD Mario no Super Picross September 30, 1997 Jupiter, Ape Mother 2: Gīgu no Gyakushū September 30, 1997 HAL Laboratory, Ape...
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    developing games for other publishers if they choose to. For example, while HAL Laboratory initially began developing games on personal computers like the MSX...
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  • Air Fortress (category HAL Laboratory games)
    Fortress") is an action-adventure video game developed and published by HAL Laboratory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan in August...
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  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land (category HAL Laboratory games)
    and the Forgotten Land is a 2022 action-platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the thirteenth...
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    including Game Freak, Nintendo's subsidiary 1-Up Studio and after 13 years, HAL Laboratory with its Tokyo studio and headquarters. In 2021, it was revealed Nintendo...
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    Lolo HAL Laboratory HAL Laboratory April 1989NA Unreleased April 1989 February 21, 1991 Adventures of Lolo 2 Adventures of LoloJP HAL Laboratory HAL Laboratory...
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  • development of Mother 3 in a collaborative effort with Shigesato Itoi and HAL Laboratory for the Game Boy Advance, and Magical Starsign (Magical Vacation: When...
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  • Vegas Dream (category HAL Laboratory games)
    as Viva! Las Vegas (ビバ ラスベガス) is a gambling video game developed by HAL Laboratory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. A sequel, Vegas Stakes, was released...
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  • Kirby's Pinball Land (category HAL Laboratory games)
    1993 pinball video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It was HAL Laboratory's third pinball video game after the...
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