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. 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. Disgusted, Camelot wrapped up Shining Force III and formed a partnership with Nintendo which led to the creation of the Golden Sun games (among others).
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)
- — 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)
- Mario Tennis — 2000 (Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color)
- Golden Sun — 2001 (Game Boy Advance)
- — 2002 (Game Boy Advance)
- — 2003 (Nintendo GameCube)
- — 2004 (Game Boy Advance)
- Mario Power Tennis — 2004 (Nintendo GameCube)
- — 2005 (Game Boy Advance)
Future Releases
Confirmed
- Next-Generation RPG — TBA (Wii)
Speculation
- Golden Sun 3 (No longer considered) (Date-TBA) (Platform-TBA, rumored to be the Nintendo DS, or Wii))
External links
- [Camelot Software Planning official website] (mostly in Japanese)
- [Camelot Software Planning official website] (translated)
| Hardware and Specialized Developers |
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| Integrated R&D | Software Planning | Licensing Division | R&E |
| First-Party Software Developers |
| R&D 1 | R&D 2 | EAD | Special P&D | Intelligent Systems | EAD Tokyo | NST | Retro Studios | Brownie Brown |
| Second-Party Developers |
| HAL Laboratory | Camelot | Genius Sonority | Creatures Inc. | AlphaDream | Game Freak | NOISE |
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