HAL Laboratory
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HAL Laboratory, Inc., formerly shortened as HALKEN, is a Japanese video game developer based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded on February 21, 1980 by Mitsuhiro Ikeda. The company started out developi
Headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo
Masahiro Sakurai
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Masahiro Sakurai is a Japanese video game director and game designer best known as the creator of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series. Apart from his work on those series, he also led the design of
HAL Laboratory
…Terakura and based in Beaverton, Oregon. Between 1987 and 1991, HAL also published several NES titles, including Stargate and Kabuki: Quantum Fighter. Masahiro Sakurai joined the company in 1989. In 1991, the company moved to an office building overlooking Mount Fuji in Yamanashi. In 1992, HAL spun off its non-Nintendo…
Sakurai in 2021