| Camelot Co., Ltd. | |
| Trade Name: | Camelot Software Planning |
| Type: | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Native Name: | 株式会社キャメロット |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Romanized Name: | Kabushiki gaisha Kyamerotto |
| Foundation: | (As Camelot Co. Ltd) |
| Founder: | Shugo Takahashi |
| Location: | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Key People: | Hiroyuki Takahashi Shugo Takahashi Motoi Sakuraba |
| Industry: | Video games |
| Num Employees: | 38 (as of April 2024)[2] |
(doing business as Camelot Software Planning) is a Japanese video game developer established in 1994 and headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It is known for developing sports games, particularly in Nintendo's Mario franchise.
Camelot was founded on April 4, 1994 by Shugo Takahashi, the brother of producer Hiroyuki Takahashi, with the intention of developing games for Sony's PlayStation.[3] They developed their first game, Beyond the Beyond, while providing assistance to Sonic! Software Planning on Shining Wisdom. They would then provide assistance on Sonic's next game, Shining the Holy Ark.
In April 1998, after Sega merged its investment in Sonic into its subsidiary Nextech, Hiroyuki Takahashi joined Camelot as its president. Camelot then finished development of Shining Force III in Sonic's place and moved on to develop titles for Nintendo consoles.[4] [5]
The studio has developed many Mario sports games, including Mario Golf, and Mario Tennis,[6] as well as the Golden Sun series of role-playing games. The creation of the Mario character Waluigi can be attributed to Camelot, after Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto consulted with them to create a "Wario-like" counterpart for Luigi during the development of Mario Tennis.
| Title | Publisher | Platform(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Shining in the Darkness | Sega | Sega Genesis |
| 1992 | Shining Force | ||
| Shining Force Gaiden | Game Gear | ||
| 1993 | |||
| Shining Force II | Sega Genesis | ||
| 1994 | Shining Force CD | Sega CD | |
| 1995 | Game Gear | ||
| Title | Publisher | Platform(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Shining Wisdom | Sega | Sega Saturn |
| Beyond the Beyond | PlayStation | ||
| 1996 | Shining the Holy Ark | Sega | Sega Saturn |
| 1997 | Everybody's Golf | Sony Computer Entertainment | PlayStation |
| Shining Force III Scenario 1 | Sega | Sega Saturn | |
| 1998 | Shining Force III Scenario 2 | ||
| Shining Force III Scenario 3 | |||
| 1999 | Mario Golf | Nintendo | Nintendo 64 |
| Mario Golf | Game Boy Color | ||
| 2000 | Mario Tennis | Nintendo 64 | |
| Mario Tennis | Game Boy Color | ||
| 2001 | Mobile Golf | ||
| Golden Sun | Game Boy Advance | ||
| 2002 | |||
| 2003 | GameCube | ||
| 2004 | Game Boy Advance | ||
| Mario Power Tennis | GameCube | ||
| 2005 | Game Boy Advance | ||
| 2007 | We Love Golf! | Wii | |
| 2009 | New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis | Nintendo | |
| 2010 | Nintendo DS | ||
| 2012 | Mario Tennis Open | Nintendo 3DS | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | Wii U | ||
| 2017 | Mario Sports Superstars | Nintendo 3DS | |
| 2018 | Mario Tennis Aces | Nintendo Switch | |
| 2021 |