Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Shigenobu Arai

Masaru Shimomura

Teruyuki Yoshioka

Takuji Hotta

Takuma Matsunada

Motofumi Yoshino

Takao Ohara

Yutaka Iijima

Kazuichi Hirai

An information reading system performs near field communication with an information storage medium. The information reading system includes: an antenna structure including a plurality of antenna coils, each arranged across at least one of the others and each having a reading area; and a computer processor configured to perform near field communication with the information storage medium in each reading area, thereby reading information from the information storage medium in proximity to the reading area.

Information reading system, information reading apparatus, storage medium having stored therein information reading program, and information reading method

An information processing system includes an information storage medium and an information processing apparatus for performing near field communication with the information storage medium. The information processing apparatus includes: at least one antenna coil; and a computer processor configured to: perform near field communication with the information storage medium via the antenna coil, thereby reading information from the information storage medium in proximity to the antenna coil; detect an orientation of the information storage medium that can perform the near field communication; and perform predetermined processing using the information read from the information storage medium and the orientation of the information storage medium.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and information processing method

In a game processor GP that enable a player to play a plurality of games interrelated to each other, flash memory stores a plurality of game programs PG interrelated to each other. SRAM readably and writably stores backup data DG representing the progress of each of games A, B, and C. The player selects one of the game programs PG through a controller to start game play. A deciding unit (CPU) decides whether there is backup data DG for any game related to the game specific to the selected game. Based on a decision as to the backup data DG, a game program changer changes part of the game program PG.

Video game apparatus and method for uniquely enabling play of multiple games

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Kyoto, Japan

Shigenobu Arai