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<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by <font color="#000000">nin10do</font><br/>Editions by </font><font color="#333333">CuriousGeorge60</font></i><i><font color="#ffa500"><br/></font></i><font color="#ffa500"><i>Logo captures by</i><br/><i>Video captures courtesy of</i></font><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: HAL Laboratory, Inc. is a Japanese video game company that was founded on February 21, 1980. It is headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan and has been led by Masahiro Sakurai. The company is best known for the video game character, Kirby, the protagonist of many of the company's video game series of the same name, as well as the <i>Super Smash Bros</i><i>.</i> series<i>. </i>Masahiro Sakurai currently owns his new company known as Sora Ltd. The company was known as "HAL America, Inc." in the U.S., up until the mid-90's, when it was referred to as "HALKEN".<br/><br/></font><h2><font size="3"><b>  HAL America</b></font></h2><font size="3"><br/>1st Logo<br/>(1984-1991)</font><div><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:993250edc97ec5e18be8db1a1a1d0a25.png|227px|HAL America (Adventures Of Lolo)]][[File:8a6640c5a51ca630d4f7573ce133b1b0.png|230px|HAL America (Rollerball)]][[File:Ac01e46e530e4ca1ad122e05d3c1cc83.png|223px|HAL America (Adventures Of Lolo II)]][[File:5d23d80a6f1ea6f88fe7fa6c2cdeeced.png|224px|HAL America (1990)]][[File:1bfa3a565f05a8a99ad9eb92f7f32b14.jpeg|254px|HAL America]]</font></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo:</u> Over a background, we see the large, italicized letters, "<i><b>HAI</b></i>" in the center of the screen. The letter "H" has a "shadow-like" texture behind it and the letters have white, <font color="#0d737a">turquoise</font><font color="#000000">, </font><font color="#ffff00">yellow</font><font>, and </font><font color="#ffa500">orange </font><font>stripes. The italicized words "<b><i>HAL AMERICA, INC.</i></b>" are below.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Variants:</u></font><div><ul><li><font size="3">Sometimes there would be a (TM) bug.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>The Adventures of Lolo</i>, the "<i>HAI</i>" is pink on a sky blue background.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>The Adventures of Lolo II and III</i>, the logo is seen between two large blue bars, with a copyright notice on the 2nd bar. This variant would later be the basis for the following logo.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>Kabuki - Quantum Fighter</i>, the logo is seen on two gray boxes which move to the center and make a brighter version of the logo.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>Rollerball</i>, the variant from <i>Adventures of Lolo</i> is seen but on a black background. The copyright notice is seen below.</font></li></ul><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX:</u> None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds:</u> None or the opening theme of the game.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds Variants:</u> Sometimes a sound from the game is used.<br/><br/><u>Availability:</u> Quite rare. It can be found on many games from the era such as <i>Air Fortress </i>and <i>The Adventures of Lolo </i>series, which is available on the Virtual Console, among others.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note:</u> None.</font><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><font size="3">2nd Logo</font></div><div><font size="3">(September 1991-1994)</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:2a8ef1e9c2fa6261e219f1bd7d608e31.png|256px|HAL America (1991)]]<iframe frameborder="0" height="230" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/7f5e08342e09e3da7bbccd7303dd66a642921d8a" width="306"></iframe></font></div><div></div><div></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo:</u> On a black background, the HAI logo emerges from a black wipe moving to the right. The logo here is much larger and detailed than before, with shines and clear definition. 2 dark blue bars then appear above and below the logo, along with a "TM" bug in the lower right corner of the logo. The final result resembles the 1st logo, but much larger and with no copyright.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX:</u> The logo moving in, the blue bars and "TM" appearing.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><u><font size="3">Music/Sounds:</font></u></div><div><ul><li><font size="3">A dramatic rising sound, ending with a chime.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>HyperZone</i>, it used an ominous pad with arpeggiated xylophone notes.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>Arcana</i>, it used a calmer, similar-sounding theme like the one from HyperZone. A choir is also heard.</font></li></ul></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><font size="3"><u>Availability:</u> Seen on the American versions of <i>HyperZone</i>, <i>Arcana</i> and <i>HAL's Hole In One Golf</i>. Other versions of the game used the HALKEN logo.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note:</u> None.<br/><br/><br/></font><h2><font size="3"><b>  HALKEN/Hal Laboratory Inc.</b></font></h2><font size="3"><br/>1st Logo</font></div><div><font size="3">(1980's)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo:</u> We see "HAL" in pink with "Laboratory" in purple below.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><u><font size="3">Variants:</font></u></div><div><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">On <i>Eggerland: Meikyuu no Fukkatsu</i>, the HAL is gold.</font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">The PAL version of <i>The Adventures of Lolo</i>omits "Laboratory" and it's seen on a sky blue background, like the 1st HAL America logo.</font></li></ul></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX:</u> None.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds:</u> None.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Availability:</u> Found on some of the European/Japanese versions of the company's NES games.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note:</u> None.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3">2nd Logo</font></div><div><font size="3">(1990-1991)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo:</u> We see the stacked white text "HAL LABORATORY INC.", with "HAL" being bigger than the other words.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX:</u> None.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds:</u> None.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Availability:</u> Found on later European/Japanese versions of the company's games including <i>New Ghostbusters II</i> and <i>The Adventures Of Lolo III</i>.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note:</u> None.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><font size="3">3rd Logo<br/>(August 31, 1991-1998)<br/><br/></font><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:B6c06685ccf66d8e157bf50aafb17fa1.jpeg|256px|HALKEN (1991)]][[File:E3228b04a8217bab112d7558abcb4c04.png|256px|Nintendo / HALKEN]][[File:4f0491ddf72478cdc19573f86c5fa427.png|256px|HALKEN (1997)]]</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="186" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/134be58d673a0beda9442347d2ae85709745f7ad" width="247"></iframe><br/></font><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo</u><u>:</u> Over a background, we see two dots, one that is across from the other at a slant. There are two green lines which are slanted toward the right. Behind the lines and the dots are blue straight lines. The word "<b>HALKEN</b>" is underneath.</font></div></div><font size="3"><br/><u>Variants:</u></font><div></div><div><ul><li><font size="3">An animated variant which mostly appeared on earlier games like <i>HyperZone</i>has one of the dots draw the whole logo on a black background. The "HALKEN" text would then fade in below.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>EarthBound</i> (known as <i>Mother 2</i> in Japan), the logo is in black and white.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>Kirby Super Star</i>, the logo is seen below the Nintendo logo.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>Kirby's Dream Land 3</i>, the logo is seen as a drawing.</font></li></ul><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u><u>:</u> None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u><u>:</u> The opening/ending theme of the game or silence.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div></div><div><u><font size="3">Music/Sounds Variants:</font></u></div><div></div><div><ul><li><font size="3">On <i>Kirby's Dream Land 3</i>, a "crumbling" noise is heard.</font></li><li><font size="3">The animated variant had a synth arpeggio.</font></li><li><font size="3">The European version of <i>HAL's Hole In One Golf</i>, international versions of <i>HyperZone</i> and the Japanese version of <i>Arcana</i> had their own respective themes from the HAL America logo's sound variants.</font></li></ul><font size="3"><br/><u>Availability</u><u>:</u> Rare. Was first seen on <i>HyperZone</i> (European and Japan versions only; the US version has the HAL America logo) and last used on <i>Kirby's Dream Land 3</i>, along with <i>Kirby Super Star</i> (not counting its remake, which used the next logo, instead), all for SNES and available on the Wii's Virtual Console, except for <i>HyperZone</i>. The animated variant was found on the Japanese and European versions of <i>HAL's Hole In One Golf </i>(the American version has the 2nd HAL America logo) and may appear on other Japanese/European SNES games from the time.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u><u>:</u> None.<br/><br/><br/><br/>4th Logo<br/>(1998-)<br/><br/></font><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:P6 mLPQ7ffyqFkCwqiakRg7381.png|256px|HAL Laboratory (2011)]][[File:671db1dee33edcb67a65e7f256b4e7f8.png|251px|Nintendo and HAL Laboratory (SSBM)]][[File:A26702ce9c40aa403527f9473890869e.jpeg|453px|Nintendo, Qubluid and HAL Laboratory credit signs]][[File:2f9433cb9cee639b160ddce87400ae4c.png|348px|HAL Laboratory and Nintendo (Kirby's Return to Dreamland)]]</font></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "Dog With Eggs", "Dream Hatcher"</font></div><font size="3"><br/><u>Logo</u><u>:</u> In a black rectangle, we see a dachshund-like dog sleeping inside a nest with three eggs under it. Under the nest is black text reading "<b>HAL Laboratory, Inc.</b>"</font></div><div></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><font size="3"><u>Variant:</u> Earlier games with this logo such as <i>Pokemon Snap</i> has the text simply say "<b>HAL</b>" and usually no rectangle around the logo.<br/></font><div><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX:</u> None.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds:</u> None or the opening/ending theme/sounds of the game.<br/><br/><u>Availability:</u> Common. Is usually shown either with or after the Nintendo logo in most current HAL games, including most <i>Kirby</i> games starting with <i>Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards</i>, <i>Super Smash Bros.</i>, and <i>Super Smash Bros. Melee</i>. <br/><br/><u>Editor's Note:</u> None.</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br/></div>