Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Masatoshi Ogawa

Yoichi Yamada

Takumi Kawagoe

Hiroshi Umemiya

Mitsuhiro Takano

A game apparatus includes a CPU, and displays on a monitor a scene viewed from a virtual camera moving in a virtual game space. In the game apparatus, an aspect ratio of an image to be displayed on the monitor is acquired, and a moving speed of the virtual camera is set based on the aspect ratio. For example, a visual field of the virtual camera is set based on the aspect ratio, and as the image is laterally longer with respect to a longitudinal thereof, the visual field in a crosswise direction is made wider, and therefore a crosswise moving speed of the virtual camera is made smaller.

Storage medium storing game program and game apparatus

A video game apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU detects a camera code of a land object at a foot of a player object. According to the camera code, any one is selected of a first virtual camera, a second virtual camera, . . . , a fifth virtual camera. A selected virtual camera is controlled according to a corresponding camera control program. That is, the plurality of virtual cameras provided in a virtual three dimensional space are to be selected by the camera codes contained in the land objects.

Video game apparatus and method with enhanced virtual camera control

A video game apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU detects a camera code of a land object at the foot of a player object. According to the camera code, a camera is selected from a first virtual camera, a second virtual camera, and so on up to a fifth virtual camera. The selected virtual camera is controlled according to the corresponding camera control program. The plurality of virtual cameras provided in a virtual three dimensional space are selected by the camera codes contained in the land objects.

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Kyoto, Japan

Masatoshi Ogawa