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+{{redirect|Hal|Dr. Hal Emmerich as he appears in [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]|[[List of Smash Taunt characters#Otacon|List of Smash Taunt characters § Otacon]]|the computer from [[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]|[[HAL 9001]]}}
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+{{company infobox
+|logo=HALLaboratorylogo.svg
+|width=186px
 |founded=February 21, 1980
-|firstgame=''[[Super Smash Bros.]]
+|first_release=''[[Golf: Japan Course]]
-|lastgame=''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]
+|latest_release=''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]
-|president=
+|president=Shigefumi Kawase
 }}
-'''HAL Laboratory''', 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 Labs is [[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.
+'''{{wp|HAL Laboratory}}''' ('''HAL Labs''' for short) is a Japanese game developer partnered with [[Nintendo]]. It was founded on February 21, 1980, by a small group of friends who shared the desire to create games; 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 {{wp|HAL 9000}} from ''{{wp|2001: A Space Odyssey}}'',<ref>Casamassina, Matt (March 10, 2005). [http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/11/gdc-2005-iwata-keynote-transcript GDC 2005: Iwata Keynote Transcript]. IGN. Retrieved January 2, 2015.</ref> as well as each letter being one letter before "{{wp|IBM}}."<ref>Madden, O. (November 30, 2012). [http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/iwata_explains_where_the_name_hal_laboratory_came_from Iwata Explains Where The Name HAL Laboratory Came From]. ''Nintendo Life''. Retrieved August 6, 2018.</ref>
-HAL Labs is a game developer. Among their many creations are the [[Kirby|Kirby Series]] and the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series. Additionally, the [[Halberd]] is named after HAL Laboratory.
+HAL Laboratory is most notable for developing the [[wikirby:Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]], created by ex-employee [[Masahiro Sakurai]]; however, the company is also responsible for the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] and the [[wikibound:EarthBound (series)|''EarthBound'' (''Mother'') series]]. HAL Laboratory has also commonly collaborated with other teams within Nintendo.
-==Notable Employees==
+==Notable employees==
-These include current and past employees.
+*[[Satoru Iwata]] (moved to [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]; President of Nintendo from 2002-2015)
-*[[Satoru Iwata]] (Moved to [[Nintendo]])
+*[[Masahiro Sakurai]] (left and formed [[Sora Ltd.]])
-*[[Masahiro Sakurai]] (Moved to [[Sora Ltd.]])
+==List of games==
+*''[[Golf: Japan Course]]''
+*''[[Golf: U.S. Course]]
+*''[[Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race]]'' (with [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]])
+*''[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]'' (with Nintendo EAD)
+*''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]'' (with [[Nintendo Research & Development 2|Nintendo R&D2]])
+*''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
+*''[[Nintendo 3DS#Face Raiders|Face Raiders]]''
+{{br}}
 ==Trivia==
-*In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', if the player selects her or his trophy collection and zooms in far enough, the television set to the right reads "HAL Laboratory" on it.
+[[File:SSBM HALTV.png|thumb|The television set with the name "HAL Laboratory" on it in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' (click for bigger view)]]
+*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.
+{{br}}
+==External links==
+{{NIWA|Bulbapedia=HAL Laboratory, Inc.|NWiki=1|SmashWiki=1|StrategyWiki=Category:HAL Laboratory|WiKirby=1|WikiBound=1}}
+*[https://www.hallab.co.jp/ Official website]
+==References==
+<references/>
+{{Companies}}
 [[Category:Companies]]
-[[Category:Video game developers]]
+[[Category:Developers]]
+[[it:HAL Laboratory]]