Camelot Software Planning

Camelot Co. Ltd., doing business as Camelot Software Planning, is a Japanese video game developer established in 1990 under the name SEGA CD4, but quickly renamed to '''Sonic! Software Planning'''. Named after Sonic the Hedgehog, they were closely involved with SEGA and responsible for initial development of the Shining series. In 1995, there was a brief period where they worked for Sony Computer Entertainment in addition to creating Shining products.

By 2001, now known as Camelot, they had partnered with Nintendo and created the Mario Tennis and Mario Golf series of sports games, as well as the role-playing video game series, .

Influence in the McLeodGaming media
Waluigi, a character created by Camelot designer Fumihide Aoki to be Luigi's rival and Wario's partner in the Nintendo 64 Camelot-developed title, ', is a in Super Smash Flash 2 as part of the ' universe, unlike the official  series, where Waluigi controversially appears as an Assist Trophy only.

On the other hand, Isaac, the silent protagonist from the original  and a recurring character in last two games of the series, also makes an appearance as a alongside with the stage, Venus Lighthouse, based on the third dungeon found in the original game.