Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Tomoaki Yoshinobu

Yoichi Yamada

Hideki Fujii

Takayuki Shimamura

Tomohiro Kawase

Shunsaku Kato

Toshikazu Kiuchi

Atsushi Miyagi

Ryunosuke Suzuki

In a game apparatus in which game programs for a plurality of games each including a title scene and a play scene are stored in a storage medium, a game to be executed is switched in a predetermined order by a user operating a first input device. At a time of the switching, in the case where a currently executed game is in the play scene, the game is interrupted and switching is performed to another game, and, when the game is executed again later, the game is restarted from the time of the interruption of the play scene, and a first image showing the game is displayed on a display. Meanwhile, in the case where the currently executed game is in the title scene, switching is performed to another game, and then when the game is executed again, the game is restarted from the title scene without displaying the first image.

Game apparatus, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having information processing program stored therein, and information processing method

For each layer, a scaling rate of an object image or a background image belonging to each of the layers is calculated based on a distance from a predetermined reference point in a virtual three-dimensional space to each of the layers. In addition, for each of the layers, a movement velocity of each of the layers when conducting a parallax scrolling is calculated based on a distance from the predetermined reference point in the virtual three-dimensional space to each of the layers. Furthermore, an image in each of the layers is scaled up or down based on the calculated scaling rate, and each of the layers are moved in a predetermined direction at the calculated movement velocity.

Computer readable storage medium having stored thereon image processing program, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing system

A game apparatusA includes: a registration information storage sectionthat stores pieces of individual information about game apparatusesregistered as communication partners, with which the game apparatusA communicates, and pieces of distinguishing information, about the game apparatuses, associated with the pieces of individual information; a connection determination sectionthat determines whether a game apparatusB, corresponding to one of the stored pieces of individual information, is connected to a server device; a first acquisition sectionthat acquires, when the game apparatusB is connected to the server device, a piece of individual information about a game apparatusC communicating with the game apparatusB; and a communication state display sectionthat visibly displays, based on the pieces of individual information, communication states of the game apparatusB and the game apparatusC associated with each other.

Computer-readable storage medium having display control program stored therein, display control device, and display control system

A game device provides a question to a plurality of players. The game device counts the number of players each having provided an answer to the question or each having provided a correct answer to the question. When the counted number of players reaches a predetermined number of players, a predetermined time limit is set. The game device measures an elapsed time from when the time limit has been set (i.e., a correct answer elapsed time), and stops accepting an answer to the question when the correct answer elapsed time reaches the time limit.

Game program and game device

A game machine is provided with two display units, that is, a first LCD and a second LCD. On the second LCD, feature information unique to each object located in a virtual game space is displayed. When a player selects, based on information displayed on the second LCD, one of the objects provided in the virtual game space, a focus point of a virtual camera provided in the virtual game space is set so that the virtual camera is oriented to a direction of the selected object, and the state of the virtual game space captured by the virtual camera is displayed on the first LCD. With this, the virtual game space can be displayed without impairing its worldview. Also, the player can be allowed to easily specify a desired focus target in the virtual game space.

Game machine and data storage medium having stored therein game program

A video game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU advances a game according to input data transmitted from a plurality of controllers. A plurality of players share each controller to utilize it in turn. Each player selects in advance a character as his or her own avatar. When a certain player's (Designation: Mr. or Ms. kk) turn has come, a voice message for urging the change like the following is output from the speaker of the controller: 'Take places with Mr. or Ms. kk!' Similarly, when the next turn is a relevant player, and the player directly before finishes playing, a voice message for urging a preparation like the following is output: 'Mr. or Ms. kk, prepare for your turn.'

Storage medium storing a game program, game apparatus and game controlling method

An image processing system includes a fixed-type game machine and a hand-held type game machine. To the hand-held type game machine, an imaging cartridge is attached, and therefore, when an operator photographs a face image of a desired object, for example, face image data corresponding thereto is produced. In addition, by operating an operating switch of the hand-held type game machine, the operator can input feature data representing a feature of the object. The hand-held type game machine transmits the face image data and the feature data to the fixed-type game machine. The fixed-type game machine deforms provisional three-dimensional character data selected by the operator based on the feature data, and attaches the face image data to the deformed provisional three-dimensional feature data so as to compose an image. A composed image is displayed on an image display device by an animation based on the feature data.

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Tomoaki Yoshinobu