Camelot Software Planning

Camelot Co., Ltd.^[a] (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 Co., Ltd.

Trade name	Camelot Software Planning
Native name	株式会社キャメロット
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Kyamerotto
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Video games
Founded	April 4, 1994; 31 years ago (1994-04-04) (As Camelot Co. Ltd)
Founder	Shugo Takahashi
Headquarters	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Key people	Hiroyuki Takahashi (president) Shugo Takahashi (vice president) Motoi Sakuraba
Products	Shining series Beyond the Beyond Everybody's Golf Golden Sun series Mario sports games
Number of employees	40 (as of April 2025)[2]
Website	www.camelot.co.jp

History

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.^[3][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.^[6]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Credited games

List of video games credited to Camelot Co., Ltd.^[7][b]

Year	Title	Publisher	Platform(s)
1991	Shining in the Darkness	Sega	Sega Genesis
1992	Shining Force
	Shining Force Gaiden		Game Gear
1993	Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya
	Shining Force II		Sega Genesis
1994	Shining Force CD		Sega CD
1995	Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict		Game Gear

List of video games developed by Camelot Software Planning^[7]

Year	Title	Publisher	Platform(s)
1995	Shining Wisdom	Sega	Sega Saturn
	Beyond the Beyond	Sony Computer Entertainment	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	Golden Sun: The Lost Age
2003	Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour		GameCube
2004	Mario Golf: Advance Tour		Game Boy Advance
	Mario Power Tennis		GameCube
2005	Mario Tennis: Power Tour		Game Boy Advance
2007	We Love Golf!	Capcom	Wii
2009	New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis	Nintendo
2010	Golden Sun: Dark Dawn		Nintendo DS
2012	Mario Tennis Open		Nintendo 3DS
2014	Mario Golf: World Tour
2015	Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash		Wii U
2017	Mario Sports Superstars		Nintendo 3DS
2018	Mario Tennis Aces		Nintendo Switch
2021	Mario Golf: Super Rush

Cancelled

• I Love Golf – (PC)^[8]

Notes

1. Japanese: 株式会社キャメロット, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Kyamerotto
2. All titles prior to Shining Wisdom were produced by either Hiroyuki or Shugo Takahashi, as well as being developed by Sonic! Software Planning with the exception of Shining in the Darkness. Camelot Co., Ltd. claims involvement in the development of these titles.