Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Ganbarion Co., Ltd.

Takao Nakano

Toru Hoga

Satoshi Kira

Kazuki Yoshihara

Yoshiaki Onishi

Kouzou Tahara

Ichirou Mihara

Tadanobu Okubo

An operation panel for arranging a character piece is displayed in a display device, and, based on a player instruction, a plurality of character pieces are sequentially arranged to a position which is in the operation panel and designated by the player. The operation panel accordingly generated is displayed together with a game world, a character associated with a character piece selected by the player is caused to appear in the game world, and an action of the character is controlled based on the player instruction. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a new game which allows the player to arrange one or more character images, from among a plurality of character images, in the operation panel area and to select a character to appear in the game world by using the operation panel generated as above.

Game program and game apparatus

In the state where a card having a hole or a cut-out portion of a predetermined shape is placed on a touch panel of a game apparatus, a player performs an input operation along the hole or the cut-out portion. Then, the input operation is detected. It is determined whether or not the input operation on the touch panel has been performed using the card, based on the detected input track and determination information for determining whether or not the input operation has been performed along the hole or cut-out portion of the card which is placed on the touch panel. In accordance with the determination result, an event is generated. Thus, a novel input system, as a combination of a touch panel and a card, for generating an event which influences the progress of the game is realized.

Game system and game apparatus used for the same

A game apparatus includes a CPU core. The CPU core firstly displays a field defined by a first side and a second side and shows a fixed block in the field. Then, the CPU core executes a player game process using the fixed block in response to a player's input operation, and displaces the fixed block in a direction of moving from the first side toward the second side based on result of the execution. The CPU core also executes an opponent game process and displaces the fixed block in a direction of moving from the second side toward the first side based on result of the execution. In addition, the CPU core determines whether the fixed block has reached the first section or not, and if result of the determination is affirmative, it executes a player defeat process. Moreover, the CPU core determines whether the fixed block has reached the second section or not, and if result of the determination is affirmative, it executes a player victory process.

Match game program

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Kyoto, Japan

Takao Nakano