The Kirby video game series is a franchise of platform games and other genres published and produced by Nintendo. The games have been developed by Japan-based HAL Laboratory, a Nintendo second-party developer. All Kirby video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the 8th generation of video game consoles. The series debuted in Japan on April 27, 1992, with Hoshi no Kirby, which later was released in the North American and PAL regions in August 1992 as Kirby's Dream Land.