Kabushiki Kaisha Square Enix

Kabushiki Square Enix

Tatsuya Kando

Tomohiro Hasegawa

Takeshi Arakawa

In a video game that progresses a game using a limited number of items, the game can be made more interesting. In an area data table-of a first area, a brand 'CAT' having a previous brand point '14%' is &#x2018;BEST 1&#x2019;, and a brand &#x2018;BOAR&#x2019; having a previous brand point &#x2018;13%&#x2019; is &#x2018;BEST 2&#x2019;. In addition, a brand &#x2018;TIGER&#x2019; having a previous brand point &#x2018;3%&#x2019; is &#x2018;WORST 2&#x2019;, and a brand &#x2018;RAT&#x2019; having a previous brand point &#x2018;2%&#x2019; is &#x2018;WORST 1&#x2019;. Accordingly, if a player character executes a battle against an enemy character in the first area, when an item of the brand &#x2018;CAT&#x2019;, which is &#x2018;BEST 1&#x2019;, is used, its power becomes three times higher than a reference power, and when an item of the brand &#x2018;BOAR&#x2019;, which is &#x2018;BEST 2&#x2019;, is used, its power becomes one and half times higher than the reference power. In addition, when an item of the brand &#x2018;TIGER&#x2019;, which is &#x2018;WORST 2&#x2019;, is used, its power becomes 0.5 times lower than the reference power, and an item of the brand &#x2018;RAT&#x2019;, which is &#x2018;WORST 1&#x2019;, becomes unavailable.

Video game apparatus, video game processing program, program recording medium, and video game processing method

To increase a variety in playing a game, while achieving an effective utilization of a communication function, by actively using, in a video game, various kinds of information communicated between game apparatus when exchanging information relating to the game by means of wireless communication. Referring to various kinds of information, such as terminal category information, which indicates a category of a terminal transmitted and received by means of wireless communication between a game apparatus main bodyand another game apparatus main body, terminal identification information for identifying the terminal, software identification information for identifying software of a video game being used in the apparatus main body, and communication history information, which indicates a history of the communication, exchangeable information, which indicates information exchangeable between the apparatus main bodies, is transmitted and received, and the received exchangeable information is converted into usable information, which indicates information usable in a video game of the game apparatus main body, and used.

Video game processing apparatus, video game processing method, and video game processing program

Game information delivered from other video game processing apparatus different from a player's own video game processing apparatus is received via radio communication. Conditional read data and unconditional read data are stored in an information storage as the game information received by the information receiver. The conditional read data cannot be read when a specific condition is met, while the unconditional read data can be read unconditionally. It is determined whether or not the specific condition is met during progress of the video game. When the game information indicates the unconditional read data, the unconditional read data are set to readable in the case where the unconditional read data are stored in the information storage. On the other hand, when the game information indicates the conditional read data, the conditional read data are set to readable in the case where it is determined that the specific condition is met.

Video game processing apparatus, a method and a computer program product for processing a video game

An image display apparatus is caused to display a life point meter for showing a total remaining life point within a life point display region on an image display screen. When an action or event occurs to any player character so that the remaining life point thereof changes, an amount of change of a life point thereof is calculated in response to the action or the event. It is determined that the battle possible state of all player characters can be maintained except that the amount of decrease of the life point is the total remaining life point or more. In the case where the remaining life point of the corresponding player character is updated on the basis of the calculated amount of change of the life point, the image display apparatus is caused to change a display form of the life point meter assigned to the corresponding player character.

Video game processing apparatus, method, and a computer-readable medium for processing a video game including a variably displayed life point meter

An image display apparatus is caused to respectively display operation guidance constituted from operation instruction icons and end display icons each presenting a specific image and card type icons having display images indicating specific images in first and second specific regions of an image display screen under a predetermined condition. In the case where the operation instruction icons are selected and one end display icon is thereby reached when the card type icon corresponding to the specific image presented by the one end display icon is displayed in the second specific region, the display image of the card type icon is displayed so as to become an exposed state at least temporarily. A privilege relating to a special effect is applied to the player character in the case where all of the display images of the card type icons keep the exposed states for a predetermined period of time.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuya Kando