Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on August 01, 2006, 06:31:06 PM
For years Camelot Software Planning has left its fans in the dark about their next project. The general consensus among Nintendo fans has been that they are working on a Wii entry to the Golden Sun series. After all, they posted a job opening for a programmer, citing the Revolution as a target platform, and the Takahashi brothers have expressed interest in bringing the series to a more versatile platform.
Today Camelot and publisher Eleven-Up revealed a massively multiplayer online golf game for PC gamers in Japan titled I Love Golf!, scheduled for release later this year. This will be the first Camelot game without Nintendo as its publisher since Mario Golf on the N64 in 1999.
Camelot has always been a third party developer for Nintendo. Although this announcement is unexpected, it does not necessarily indicate a falling out between the two companies. Camelot has a long history of golf games, and Nintendo may have been reluctant to fund and support a massively multiplayer online game early in Wii's life—especially with its own Wii Sports set for launch. Camelot may still have a Wii or DS project in the works; given Camelot's small size, though, such a game likely would not be released anytime soon.
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on August 01, 2006, 06:37:18 PM
Seriously, though. At first I was really sad that Camelot is leaving Nintendo, but after thinking about things I'm not so sure they really are. I mean, it's obvious Camelot really wanted to make this online game, and I'm pretty sure Nintendo would refuse at this point.
Post by: Caliban on August 01, 2006, 07:08:33 PM
Post by: Mario on August 01, 2006, 07:15:17 PM
Post by: Neodymium on August 01, 2006, 07:41:47 PM
I call Retro will be gone in good time, as will.. who's even left?
Silicon Knights, Left Field, Rare.. they all held an important role. Another loss we. don't. need. Now Golden Sun will come out for PSP and my stomach will come out of my mouth.
Post by: Bloodworth on August 01, 2006, 07:44:15 PM
Post by: IceCold on August 01, 2006, 07:45:26 PM
Post by: Nephilim on August 01, 2006, 08:14:28 PM
im sure they could started/continue a wii/ds project then
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 01, 2006, 08:18:54 PM
Post by: Kairon on August 01, 2006, 08:19:20 PM
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Post by: Requiem on August 01, 2006, 08:44:31 PM
Seriously, I'm hoping Camelot has been working on the Wii/DS for awhile and just put whatever they were working on .... on the back burner for a while.
Post by: Urkel on August 01, 2006, 10:04:16 PM
This is bad news in the short term, since it means we'll have to wait longer to play the rumored RPG they were making for Wii.
This is good news in the long term, since this weaksauce rehash of the same golf game they've been making for the past ten years is made of fail and wont sell because I say so which will leave them financially decimated and will beg Nintendo to buy them and they will and then they wont be able to pull this crap any more.
Just remember, I called it here.
Post by: WuTangTurtle on August 01, 2006, 10:57:04 PM
Post by: Michael8983 on August 02, 2006, 12:25:05 AM
As for Mario Golf and Tennis. I could see Nintendo giving them to Namco which developed Mario Baseball.
Or maybe it's better Nintendo just consolidate all the Mario sports franchises into one package.
Basically Wii Sports but with Mario characters and gameplay elements.
Post by: Ceric on August 02, 2006, 04:53:16 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on August 02, 2006, 05:22:38 AM
Of course, if Camelot is working on an RPG, it probably wouldn't have been ready for launch anyway. It takes a couple of years to develop a big RPG.
Post by: RickPowers on August 02, 2006, 05:42:20 AM
Post by: Requiem on August 02, 2006, 06:43:39 AM
Muhahaha
I got Rick Powers out of hiding! *Thunder CLAP*
Now....to move onto the second step of my deliciously evil plan!
Post by: ruby_onix on August 02, 2006, 02:38:13 PM
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Camelot president Hiroyuki Takahashi expects G-Planet to be its next big thing. "SCE (Sony Computer Entertainment) said that the first Minna no Golf (Hot Shots Golf) wouldn't sell more than 80,000, but in the end it recorded sales of 2.4 million," he recalled at the press conference. Noting how a Nintendo of America manager had once referred to the company as "Columbus, who discovers unopened markets," he added, "We're once again becoming Columbus and taking off on the great seas in search of a new continent. We're confident that ahead of us, there lay a continent larger than Mario Tennis."
Post by: Ceric on August 02, 2006, 03:33:52 PM
