Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Kentaro Nishimura

Toshiharu Izuno

Shingo Miyata

Takuji Hotta

Eiji Akahori

Keizo Ohta

Masayuki Okada

Satoshi Kira

Toyokazu Nonaka

Yosuke Hatayama

Akira Tahara

Norihito Ito

Toshikazu Tomizawa

Kenta Tanaka

Ken-ichi Minegishi

Takamitsu Tsuji

Naoshi Suzue

Masayasu Nakata

Noriyuki Niwa

Yoichi Yui

Akihiro Kayama

Sumiaki Ono

Taketo Haga

A forward direction line is set on a course, in a virtual game world, on which a player object is allowed to move. An advancing direction at a current position of the player object is determined based on the forward direction line. The advancing direction is determined as a direction in which the player object advances so as to control a movement of a player character in accordance with an acceleration instruction, and a leftward-rightward movement instruction from a player. Consequently, it is possible to assist the player in controlling a direction in which an object operated by the player moves.

Game program and game apparatus

A housing of a game controller is capable of being held with one hand of a player. A direction instruction section is provided in the housing for performing a direction instruction input. Movement detection means is means for detecting movement of the housing. Movement direction control means of a game apparatus is means for determining a movement direction of an object, which appears in a virtual game world, in accordance with an operation of the direction instruction section. Posture control means is means for determining a posture of the object in the virtual game world in accordance with detection by the movement detection means.

Game system and storage medium storing game program

A game apparatus includes a CPU, and in a mode of examining a flower based on an imaged image, the CPU activates two outward cameras to allow a user to image a flower. The CPU obtains color information, shape information and a size of the imaged flower from the imaged image. A shape category is obtained from the shape information, and with the shape category, data for search included in a database for search is filtered. Then, by comparing color information, shape information, and the size of the imaged flower with the data for search to be used, a score of a degree of approximation of the color information and scores of the degree of matching of the shape information and size, etc. are obtained. Then, images of flowers as candidates are presented in the descending order of the score (similarity level).

Information processing apparatus, storage medium, information processing method and information processing system for presenting image candidates having similarity to an imaged image

A movement vector of an object which appears in a virtual game world is determined in accordance with an operation of a direction instruction section which is provided in a housing. The movement vector is corrected in accordance with a change in an orientation of the housing from a reference orientation or acceleration generated in the housing. Then, movement of the object in the virtual game world is controlled based on the corrected movement vector.

A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes game processing of a virtual game. The game program and the game data are read from an optical disk into a main memory of the game apparatus. During execution of the game processing, a single-search hitting count obtained in a case that a predetermined database is searched by a word selected by the player is read from the game data, or an AND search hitting count obtained in a case that the database is searched by a word selected by the player and a word set in advance is read from the game data. The game apparatus progresses the game processing on the basis of the read single-search hitting count and AND search hitting count.

Game apparatus, game data delivery system, and storage medium for use with hitting count related game, and/or associated methods

An example of a game apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU activates two outward cameras to allow a user to image, for example, a flower. The CPU filters data for search included in a database. The CPU obtains color information, shape information and a size of the imaged flower. A shape category is obtained, and with the shape category, data for search included in a database for search is further filtered. Then, by comparing the color information, the shape information, and the size of the imaged flower with the data for search to be used, a score of a degree of approximation of the color information and scores of the degree of matching of the shape information and size, etc. are obtained. Then, images of flowers as candidates are presented in the descending order of the score (similarity level).

Information processing apparatus, storage medium, information processing method and information processing system for examining an object on an imaged image

A game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and on the second LCD, a touch panel is provided. On the first LCD, an enemy object is displayed. On the second LCD, a drawn object generated according to a touch operation is displayed. When the drawn object is generated, the drawn object is moved according to a moving course based on a locus of the touch operation. When the drawn object hits the enemy object, the enemy object is damaged.

Storage medium storing object controlling program, object controlling apparatus and object controlling method

A touch panelis mounted on a second LCD. If the player touch-operates the touch panelso as to touch on an offense button OB, the symbolized representation of any offense athlete among a plurality of player objects composing the player's team becomes relatively large. Thus, in a game where the action or settings of a game object image is changed by touch-operating the game object image, the image of a game object that is highly frequently operated in situations similar to the current situation is enlarged, thereby facilitating touch-operation.

Game apparatus and storage medium having game program stored therein

A game apparatus includes two LCDs, a touch panel is provided in association with the one LCD. On the touch panel, an operation button corresponding to each player character is set. A setting of the operation button is changed according to an operation state (frequency of usage, operation coordinates position) by a player during playing the game. For example, a size of an operation effective area and a display position of the operation button are changed according to the frequency of usage. Furthermore, at least any one of the operation effective areas and the display position of the operation button is changed according to the operation coordinates position.

Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program

A first game image to be controlled by using an operation switch sectionis displayed on a first LCD. In addition, a second game image to be controlled by using a touch panelis displayed on a second LCD. The first game image and the second game image are expressions, taken from different perspectives, of the same game space generated by executing a game program.

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Kentaro Nishimura