Hiroyuki Takahashi ( ja, 高橋宏之, born October 30, 1957), is the president of video game developing company Camelot Software Planning. He has directly participated in most of the projects of the company, particularly as a writer, art director, producer and game designer.

Career

Hiroyuki was an employee of Enix and worked on the

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franchise, in particular '' Dragon Quest IV'' on which he had a significant production role.

Camelot Software Planning

In 1990, he left Enix to form

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CD4 (Consumer Development Studio #4). They changed their name to Sonic! Software Planning, which was formed to create ''

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'' for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis alongside Climax Entertainment. The company would be an important part of Shining franchise, developing all the Shining games released in the 1990s. In 1995, the company changed their name to Camelot Software Planning and officially separated from Sega, but agreed to keep developing the Shining games and not release games for rival systems that would hurt the Shining franchise. In late 1998, Sega began focusing their resources on the Dreamcast, leaving the company with their last scenario for '' Shining Force III'' for the

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in jeopardy. Camelot wrapped up ''Shining Force III'' and formed a partnership with

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. Since joining Nintendo, Camelot have developed many ''Mario'' sports games, mainly sticking to golf and tennis games. They have also developed the

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series of RPGs.

List of video games

* 1987: '' Dragon Warrior II'', executive producer * 1991: ''

'', writer, producer * 1992: ''

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'', writer, game designer, producer * 1992: ''

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'', writer, producer * 1993: ''

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'', programmer, producer * 1993: '' Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya'', script, producer * 1995: '' Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict'' * 1995: ''

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'', script, map creation, producer * 1996: ''

Shining the Holy Ark is a first person role-playing video game released in 1997 for the Sega Saturn. It is a part of Sega's '' Shining series'' of video games, and marked a new direction for the series, utilizing polygons as well as sprites for the visuals and a s ...

'', game designer, producer * 1997: '' Shining Force III Scenario 1'', writer, game designer, producer * 1998: '' Shining Force III Scenario 2'', writer, game designer, producer * 1998: '' Shining Force III Scenario 3'', writer, game designer, producer * 1998: '' Shining Force III Premium Disc'' * 1999: '' Mario Golf'' (Game Boy Color version), script, lead game designer, producer * 1999: '' Mario Golf'' (Nintendo 64 version), lead game designer, producer * 2000: '' Mario Tennis'' (Nintendo 64 version), lead game designer, producer * 2000: '' Mario Tennis'' (Game Boy Color version), script, lead game designer, producer * 2001: ''

'', writer, game planning, producer * 2002: '' Golden Sun: The Lost Age'', writer, game planning, producer * 2003: '' Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'', lead designer, producer * 2004: '' Mario Golf: Advance Tour'', script, lead game design, producer * 2004: ''

Mario Power Tennis ''Mario Power Tennis'' is a sports game developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo. The game is the sequel to the Nintendo 64 title ''Mario Tennis'', and is the fourth game in the ''Mario Tennis'' series. ''Power Tennis'' w ...

'', lead designer, producer * 2005: '' Mario Tennis: Power Tour'', lead designer, producer * 2010: '' Golden Sun: Dark Dawn'', writer, game planning, producer * 2012: ''

Mario Tennis Open is a ''Mario'' sports game developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was developed by Camelot, the company that produced most of the previous ''Mario Tennis'' titles. The game was first relea ...

'', lead designer, producer * 2014: '' Mario Golf: World Tour'', lead designer, scenario, producer * 2015: '' Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash'', lead designer, producer * 2017: '' Mario Sports Superstars'', lead designer, producer * 2018: ''

Mario Tennis Aces ''Mario Tennis Aces'' is a 2018 tennis game developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. The game is part of the '' Mario Tennis'' series and sold over four million copies by the end of 2021, makin ...

'', lead designer, producer * 2021: '' Mario Golf: Super Rush'', lead designer, producer

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Takahashi, Hiroyuki 1957 births Living people Japanese video game designers Video game writers Japanese video game producers