HAL Laboratory

HAL Laboratory (HAL Labs for short), originally a small group of friends who shared the desire to create games, has now grown to a respectable size. Among the small group who created HAL Laboratory is Satoru Iwata, the current president of Nintendo of Japan. HAL Laboratory is now similar to Intelligent Systems, in that they are a branch of Nintendo and create video games only for Nintendo.

HAL Laboratory is a game developer. Among their many creations are the Kirby series and Super Smash Bros. series. Additionally, the Halberd is named after HAL Laboratory.

Notable employees

 * Satoru Iwata (Moved to Nintendo EAD)
 * Masahiro Sakurai (Moved to Sora Ltd.)

List of games

 * Family Computer Golf: Japan Course
 * Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race (with Nintendo EAD)
 * Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (with EAD)
 * NES Open Tournament Golf (with Nintendo R&D 2)
 * Super Smash Bros.
 * Super Smash Bros Melee
 * Face Raiders

Trivia

 * In Super Smash Bros. Melee, if the player selects the trophy collection and zooms in close enough, the television set to the right reads "HAL Laboratory" on it.