Hal Laboratory - Nintendo connection..

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Mbolibombo on 05 May 2015

What is it?

Does Nintendo own share in HAL or are they just lovers?
Kirby.. is he owned by Nintendo?

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Lonely_Dolphin on 05 May 2015

I actually don't know, just assumed they were 2nd party.

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Samus Aran on 05 May 2015

They're not listed under their subsidiaries in their financial reports, so I assume Nintendo doesn't own them.

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Ultrashroomz on 05 May 2015

Wait, I thought HAL was 2nd party.

Is that not the case?

"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

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Platina on 05 May 2015

Nintendo doesn't own them, they are basically partners..

As for IP, Nintendo owns Kirby and such, but HAL Labs helps in making the games (sort of like Next Level Games)

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Samus Aran on 05 May 2015

Platina said:
Nintendo doesn't own them, they are basically partners..

As for IP, Nintendo owns Kirby and such, but HAL Labs helps in making the games (sort of like Retro Studios)

Nintendo owns Retro Studios.

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Samus Aran said:

Platina said:
Nintendo doesn't own them, they are basically partners..

As for IP, Nintendo owns Kirby and such, but HAL Labs helps in making the games (sort of like Retro Studios)

Nintendo owns Retro Studios.

My bad, yes you're right... I meant Next Level Games

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Wyrdness on 05 May 2015

Quite tricky this one they operate like they're second party but I think they may actually be first party, Nintendo must own shares or something as all of HL's work is co-owned by Nintendo. I think HL are like Monolith, first party but have freedom or HL must have someone who owns them or most of the shares that is an owner or strong affiliate of Nintendo.