HAL Laboratory

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

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

Trivia

 * The name "HAL" comes from HAL 9000 from the saga series, Space Odyssey.