HAL Laboratory, Inc. is a second-party developer for Nintendo and is based in Tokyo. The game developer created the Kirby series and Super Smash Bros. series, in addition to contributing resources to Earthbound and Pokemon Stadium, amongst other titles.
HAL Laboratory has a 50% stake in Warpstar Inc. (with the other 50% being owned by Nintendo) which was created to produce the anime series Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.
Company Profile1
- Trading Name
- 株式会社ハル研究所
- Founded
- 21/2/1980
- Location
- Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
- Key People
- Masahito Tanimura (president)
- Satoru Iwata (former president)
- Masahiro Sakurai
- Number of Employees
- 139; average age of 33.8 years (as of 1/10/2010)
