Talk:HAL Laboratory
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[edit] List of Games as Separate article
Although the list of games gives a good idea of what games they've developed it says little about the company itself. It is also abotu 75% of the page length. I think it would be a good idea to split that into its own article. What do you think? Chipotlehero 19:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] First Party or Second Party?
The article says HAL is a first-party developer but the box at the bottom says they're a second-party --Headcase 15:14, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
- IGN says it's a second-party developer. --Evice 21:16, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Logo origin
Would be nice to have information on how their logo came to be a dog sheltering eggs.
- There's a bit of info from a Nintendo Power interview here, though it's not really much (first question): http://www.nintendo.com/gamedev?gameid=m-Game-0000-1728 --GigaVolt 05:24, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Commodore
Is this the same HAL Labs that developed games for Commodore? Mirror Vax 11:44, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
yup, added this info with reference Romanista 12:26, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
There are also HAL Labs games for the Apple II, most notably Taxman (a Pacman clone) Skylarkingnz 10:38, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Redundancy?
Is it me or does anyone else find the "games developed" section and the "list of games" section to be redundant? Likewise, the first reads like a trivia section, which is against WP:Trivia. I think it would be sufficient to just delete the "games developed" section as the "list of games" section seems to meet the purpose. Those who want to read about the games themselves can click on the article links. Drumpler 08:20, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Is HAL really developing this game? As far as I know, the developer has never actually been named. All we know is that Masahiro Sakurai is the director, and since he's working for his own company, Sora, it seems more likely that Sora is making Brawl. In any case, we can't say with any kind of certainty that HAL is making it. Zenintendofanatic 18:08, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
- I deleted it from the list. And please guys, don't add it again unless some reliable source confirms HAL Lab. is developing Brawl.--R-RockMan.EXE (talk) 08:40, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Furthermore, I deleted the claim that Hal being credited on the official site means that they're involved with production. It just means that HAL owns some of the characters and shares copyrights. 75.152.155.200 (talk) 05:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
HAL Laboratories is definitely NOT developing Brawl, but Game Arts is. Here is evidence: http://wii.ign.com/articles/846/846741p1.html Also, the Iwata Asks article (http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/ssbb/vol1_page3.jsp) does not make any mention of HAL Laboratories as the developer, other than that the studio was too busy for the project. The game was developed by a combination of Nintendo employees and Game Arts employees, with HAL credited probably because of copyright issues. I will remove the game from the list now.--Coolbho3000 (talk) 23:12, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
