Camelot Software Planning
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Camelot Software Planning is a Japanese video game developer established in 1990 best known for partnering with Nintendo on many of Nintendo's spin-off franchise games such as Mario Tennis and Mario Golf, besides the famous GBA RPG series Golden Sun. Prior to their relationship with Nintendo, Camelot was credited with the successful games Shining Force III for the Sega Saturn and Hot Shots Golf for the PlayStation.
Camelot was originally a sub-division of SEGA known as Sonic! Software Planning that was formed to create the Shining in the Darkness game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
In 1995, Camelot officially separated from Sega but agreed to keep developing the Shining games and would not release any games for rival systems that would hurt the Shining franchise.
In late 1998, Sega began focusing their resources on the Dreamcast, leaving Camelot with their last scenario for Shining Force 3 for the Sega Saturn in jeopardy. Camelot wrapped up Shining Force III and formed a partnership with Nintendo.
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[edit] Developed games (in Japanese release date order)
- Shining in the Darkness — 1991 (Mega Drive/Genesis)
- Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention — 1992 (Mega Drive/Genesis)
- Shining Force Gaiden — 1992 (Sega Game Gear)
- Shining Force Gaiden II: Sword of Hayja — 1993 (Sega Game Gear)
- Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing — 1993 (Mega Drive/Genesis)
- Shining Force CD — 1994 (Sega CD)
- Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict — 1995 (Sega Game Gear)
- Shining Wisdom — 1995 (Sega Saturn)
- Beyond the Beyond — 1995 (PlayStation)
- Shining the Holy Ark — 1996 (Sega Saturn)
- Hot Shots Golf — 1997 (PlayStation)
- Shining Force III — 1997 (Sega Saturn)
- Shining Force III Scenario 2 — 1998 (Sega Saturn)
- Shining Force III Scenario 3 — 1998 (Sega Saturn)
- Shining Force III Premium Disc — 1998 (Sega Saturn)
- Mario Golf — 1999 (Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color)
- Mobile Golf - 1999 (Game Boy Color)
- Mario Tennis — 2000 (Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color)
- Golden Sun — 2001 (Game Boy Advance)
- Golden Sun: The Lost Age — 2002 (Game Boy Advance)
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour — 2003 (Nintendo GameCube)
- Mario Golf: Advance Tour — 2004 (Game Boy Advance)
- Mario Power Tennis — 2004 (Nintendo GameCube)
- Mario Tennis: Power Tour — 2005 (Game Boy Advance)
[edit] Future Releases
[edit] Confirmed
- I Love Golf - online golf title, available on Japan's G-Planet service. (PC)
- Next-Generation RPG — TBA (Nintendo DS)
- Camelot RPG — TBA (Wii)
[edit] External links
- Camelot Software Planning official website (mostly in Japanese)
- Camelot Software Planning official website (translated)
- Camelot Software Planning profile on MobyGames
| In-house & first-party : Integrated R&D | R&D 1 | R&D 2 | EAD | Intelligent Systems | EAD Tokyo | NST | Retro Studios | Brownie Brown |
| Second-party: HAL Laboratory | Camelot | Genius Sonority | Creatures Inc. | AlphaDream | Game Freak | NOISE |
