HAL Laboratory

HAL Laboratory, Inc. (株式会社ハル研究所, Kabushikigaisha Haru Kenkyūjo?) is a Japanese video game developer that was founded on February 21, 1980. Its name comes from the HAL 9000 computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The company is most famous for its character Kirby, the protagonist of the eponymous game series, as well as the Super Smash Bros. series. It is a second-party development studio of Nintendo.

Nintendo
Nintendo Company Ltd. (任天堂株式会社 Nintendō Kabushiki-kaisha?) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889. though they were a card and toy company until 1975, when they started making video games. They own HAL Laboratory. Their mascot is Mario.