Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Kyushu Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.

Creatures Inc.

Hitoshi Yamagami

Kazuhiro Yoshikawa

Toshio Noguchi

Satoru Okada

Susumu Ishihara

Yuya Ishii

Katsuya Yamano

Yutaka Hirata

Yuki Sakamoto

Kazuki Yoshihara

Ichiro Shirai

Kaori Ando

Takayasu Morisawa

Koichi Kubo

Eiichi Hiroshige

Makoto Yoshida

Satoshi Mitsuhara

Kenichi Nakamura

On a plurality of paths within a virtual space, objects moving in movement directions that are determined for the paths, respectively, are displayed. When an operation input has been performed by a player, whether a plurality of the objects that satisfy a predetermined condition have been designated is determined. When it is determined that the plurality of the objects that satisfy the predetermined condition have been designated, the plurality of the designated objects are caused to enter a state of being selected. At predetermined timing, control in which a display manner of selected objects that are the objects in the state of being selected is changed or the selected objects are eliminated from the path is performed.

Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having game program stored therein, game process control method, and game apparatus

A player character is caused to perform an action in accordance with an input. Action points that allow the player character to perform an action in a virtual world during a player turn are set, and a point is subtracted from the action points in accordance with the action of the player character during the player turn. The player turn is ended, and an opponent turn is started. Then, in causing the player character to perform an action, if the action points remain at a time of the end of the player turn, the player character is caused to automatically perform an action on a non-player character in the opponent turn.

Storage medium having stored therein game program, game apparatus, game system, and game processing method

A first player character or a second player character is caused to perform an action by operating the first player character or the second player character in accordance with an input, and a player character as an action target for performing an action corresponding to the input is switched. Further, a position and/or a direction of a virtual camera are set in accordance with a position and/or a direction, in a virtual world, of the player character set as the action target, and the position and/or the direction of the virtual camera are changed in accordance with the action of the player character. An image of the virtual world viewed from the virtual camera set for the player character as the action target is displayed on a display apparatus. Then, the action target can be switched to the second player character as during the operation on the first player character as the action target in the same player turn.

First, movement information that allows calculation of a movement of a first input device is sequentially obtained. During a time period in which at least one operation key is in a predetermined input state, a display image is enlarged or reduced in accordance with a change of the movement information. When it is determined that the predetermined input state is canceled, the enlarged or reduced display image is caused to return to its original magnification and an action of at least one first object in the display image is controlled.

Storage medium, information processing system, and information processing method for adjusting images based on movement information

Based on operation information obtained from an operating device for pointing to a position on a screen of a display device, a pointing position to which the operating device points is repeatedly calculated. Next, a change amount of the pointing position is calculated. Then, whether or not the change amount of the pointing position meets a first condition is determined. As a result, when it is determined that the change amount of the pointing position meets the first condition, predetermined processing is executed for the pointing position or a position specified based on the pointing position.

Computer-readable storage medium having stored game program therein, and game apparatus

A player character appearing in a virtual game world is caused to perform actions in accordance with operation data. Based on the actions performed by the player character, operation tendency data, which indicates a tendency in operations performed by a player operating the player character, is generated, and a group of image data and the operation tendency data of the player character is stored. Then, an image of a non-player character indicated by the stored image data is displayed on a display device in accordance with the image data. An action of the non-player character in a virtual game world is controlled in accordance with the stored operation tendency data.

Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program

First, based on the position of a target in a taken image included in imaging information, a pointing position which an operating device points to is calculated. Next, a change amount of the pointing position within a predetermined time is calculated. Then, whether or not the change amount of the pointing position satisfies a first condition is determined. As a result, when it is determined that the change amount of the pointing position satisfies the first condition, predetermined processing is executed in which the pointing position within the predetermined time or a position calculated based on pointing positions within the predetermined time is set as a start point.

Computer-readable storage medium storing game program, game apparatus, and processing method

Before game data is arranged, a storage area for the game data in an internal memory is determined so that each game parameter is stored in a different storage area each time the game data is arranged. Then, arrangement information that directly or indirectly indicates the storage area for each game parameter is stored in a specified area of the internal memory. Then, the game data is loaded from an external storage medium to the determined storage area. Moreover, when a game parameter in the internal memory needs to be referred to or overwritten during the game process, the storage area for the game parameter is determined by referring to the arrangement information. Thus, it is possible to prevent general users from easily modifying the game data.

Game data control program, game data overwriting program and game data overwriting device

A game machine includes a CPU and, when a game cartridge is loaded in the game machine, the CPU is electrically connected to a ROM in the game cartridge and an electronically erasable non-volatile flash memory having at least two game data storage backup areas. Game data generated during the progress of a game is maintained in a volatile work memory and, in response to an instruction provided by a user, an attempt to save this data (referred to herein as 'last' game data or as the 'latest' game data) in an appropriate backup storage area of a non-volatile flash memory is made. Whenever the user instructs the game machine to save a game, the CPU compares the write age of each backup area and selects a game data backup area that is stored with game data having an oldest write age. Because electronically erasable non-volatile memories become less reliable and susceptible to degradation and failure after repeated usage, the CPU attempts a writing of the game data to the selected backup area, and then immediately performs a check to determine if the write operation to the selected backup area was successfully performed. If writing to the selected backup area can not be successfully performed after a predetermined number of repeated attempts, for example, due to memory element defect or an abrupt failure of memory area, and only a single other remaining backup storage area containing older game data is available, a writing of the latest game data over the game data from a previous gaming session which was stored in that single remaining backup storage area is precluded (i.e., prohibited), so as to always leave intact at least one area of older saved game data that was generated during the preceding game play session. Writing to the selected backup area to save the latest game data is prohibited if there are not at least two available and writable (i.e., non-defective) backup areas present in the non-volatile memory. In addition, the flash memory may be provided with flag storage areas for identifying &#x201c;write prohibited&#x201d; backup areas and &#x201c;unwritable&#x201d; backup areas.

Game machine, backup control program of game data and backup control method

A plurality of programs (a plurality of games) are provided, which are classified so as to each belong to one of a plurality of channels (a plurality of game groups). When a player plays one of the programs, predetermined points in accordance with the playing result are added to channel points for the channel to which the program belongs. Stipulated points are prescribed for each program. When the channel points for the channel to which a program belongs has become equal to or greater than the stipulated points for the program, the program is newly added to the TV program table (game selection screen). As a result, new games are allowed to appear on the game selection screen with various timings and in various orders.

Game apparatus and game program

In this puzzle game device, a three-dimensional game field laterally extended around a tubular subject is provided. The 3D game field is divided into display regions of vertically 12 lines by circumferentially 16 columns, and each display region is capable of displaying a panel. A player can move the panels displayed on the game field with a cursor The panels are varied in pattern, and when three or more panels of a pattern being vertically or laterally in line, those panels are eliminated. The 3D game field has new panels continuously rising, therefore the player is required to unceasingly eliminate the panels. When the player fails to eliminate panels quick enough and the panels reach the top of the 3D game field the game is over. By applying the 3D game field as an alternative to a conventional 2D game field, the degree of freedom and the level of variety of a game are enhanced by the up-scaled game field.

Three-dimensional puzzle game device and recording medium for three-dimensional puzzle game

A puzzle game apparatus having an LCD. On the LCD is displayed a game field having square lattices arranged in a matrix. From an upper end of the game field is fallen a square slant-lined panel having two vertexes set as connection terminals. A game player is allowed to rotate or move the slant lined panel to connect a connection terminal of the panel to a connection terminal of an adjacent panel, thereby completing a bent lined figure continuing from a left end to a right end of the game field.

Puzzle game apparatus and storage medium therefore

In this video game device, a three-dimensional game field,laterally extended around a tubular subject is provided. The 3D game field,is divided into display regions of vertically 12 lines by circumferentially 16 columns, and each display region is capable of displaying a panel. A two-dimensional field table,is structured by spreading the 3D game field,across a 2D plane, and is provided with a plurality of entries each corresponding to one of the display regions of the 3D game field,To the entries of the 2D field table,pattern data of the panels is stored, and texture data corresponding thereto is placed on the corresponding display region of the 3D game field,Compared to a conventional game device applying a 2D game field, the degree of freedom and the level of variety of a game are enhanced by the substantially up-scaled display range of a-screen-basis game field, and game descriptions can be more creative with a 3D appearance.

Three-dimensional display game device and recording medium for three-dimensional display game

The induction charging apparatus has a power source unit and a device unit which can be detachably coupled to the power source unit. The power source unit has a first casing having one end opened, a primary coil provided in the first casing, an oscillator for supplying an alternating current to the primary coil to generate magnetic fluxes, and a depressible member movably provided and closing the open end of the first casing. The depressible member is movable between a lift position at which the magnetic fluxes are substantially located under the depressible member, and a depressed position at which portions of the magnetic fluxes are substantially located over the depressible member. The device unit has a second casing having one end detachable to the open end of the first casing, a secondary coil provided in the second casing and adjacent to the one end, and rechargeable battery provided in said second casing for receiving power from the secondary coil. When the second casing is attached to the first casing, the depressible member is moved to the depressed position to electromagnetically couple the primary and secondary coils.

Induction charging apparatus

A communication adapter which is used with a plurality of game sets for transmitting and receiving data related to the game states of the game sets. Each game set including a serial interface and a buffer memory for temporarily storing transmit/receive data. The adapter including: a housing; a connection terminal for each game set; data input, data output and clock output ports, a clock signal generator, format converter and transmit/receive storage means. The clock signal generating means applies the same clock signal used for data communication with the game sets to each clock output port so that data to be transmitted to each game set and data received from each game set is synchronized with the clock signal whereby reliable communication is obtained with two or more game sets without the use of modems.

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Hitoshi Yamagami