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The corporate logo is known as the '''Dream Hatcher'''<ref>This is what the ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' [[Sticker (Kirby: Planet Robobot)|Sticker]] depicting the logo is named.</ref> (a.k.a. '''Inutamago'''; '''犬たまご''' "Dog Eggs"<ref>[https://www.hallab.co.jp/eng/company/symbol/ How Inutamago came to be - Interview about the Dream Hatcher symbol on the official website]</ref>), which depicts a dog similar to a [[wikipedia:dachshund|dachshund]] incubating several eggs. According to a 2003 Nintendo Power interview about ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'', producer Masayoshi Tanimura notes that the dog is a fictional creation and that the team does not think of the dog like a dachshund. Tanimura explains that the logo represents deep thought into "incubating completely new ideas that eventually hatch into incredibly fun games".<ref>[http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/np-interviews-hal-laboratories-about-kirby-air-ride.50554619/ NP Interviews HAL Laboratories about Kirby Air Ride! | IGN Boards Dec 30, 2003]</ref> [[wikipedia:Shigesato Itoi|Shigesato Itoi]] conceived the logo and pitched it to HAL, and introduced the company to [[wikipedia:ja:秋山具義|Gugi Akiyama]] to create the final design of the logo.<ref>[https://www.1101.com/nintendo/nin4/nin4-6.htm ほぼ日刊イトイ新聞 - 樹の上の秘密基地] 第４弾</ref> The Dream Hatcher has been the symbol of HAL Laboratory since December 1998.