Nintendo of America Inc.

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Denis P Dyack

Henry Sterchi

Shigeru Miyamoto

Carey Murray

Jeff Kalles

Edward A Ridgeway

A game developer can 'tag' an item in the game environment. When an animated character walks near the 'tagged' item, the animation engine can cause the character's head to turn toward the item, and mathematically computes what needs to be done in order to make the action look real and normal. The tag can also be modified to elicit an emotional response from the character. For example, a tagged enemy can cause fear, while a tagged inanimate object may cause only indifference or indifferent interest.

System and method for controlling animation by tagging objects within a game environment

A video game and game system incorporating a game character's sanity level that is affected by occurrences in the game such as encountering a game creature or gruesome situation. A character's sanity level is modified by an amount determined based on a character reaction to the occurrence such as taking a rest or slowing game progress and/or an amount of character preparation. That is, if a character is prepared for the particular occurrence, the occurrence may have little or no affect on the character's sanity level. As the character's sanity level decreases, game play is effected such as by controlling game effects, audio effects, creating hallucinations and the like. In this context. the same game can be played differently each time it is played.

Sanity system for video game

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Denis P Dyack