Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Ninetendo Co., Ltd.

Toshikazu Tomizawa

Keizo Ohta

Akio Ikeda

Kentaro Nishimura

Yosuke Hatayama

Masayasu Nakata

Noriyuki Niwa

Nobuo Matsumiya

A touch panelis mounted on a second LCD. If the player touch-operates the touch panelso as to touch on an offense button OB, the symbolized representation of any offense athlete among a plurality of player objects composing the player's team becomes relatively large. Thus, in a game where the action or settings of a game object image is changed by touch-operating the game object image, the image of a game object that is highly frequently operated in situations similar to the current situation is enlarged, thereby facilitating touch-operation.

Game apparatus and storage medium having game program stored therein

A first game image to be controlled by using an operation switch sectionis displayed on a first LCD. In addition, a second game image to be controlled by using a touch panelis displayed on a second LCD. The first game image and the second game image are expressions, taken from different perspectives, of the same game space generated by executing a game program.

Touch-sensitive gaming system with dual displays

Game machines automatically change the difficulty level of the game operation in the middle of the game based on an evaluation made on a player's game operation. A game machine determines, at least in terms of timing and type, whether the player's inputted button operation matches with the button operation designated by the game. If there is a match, the game machine determines it as an operation success. If not, the game machine determines it as an operation error. Based on the degree of operation success or operation error, the game machine dynamically changes the difficulty level of the game operation in the middle of the game.

Game machine and program therefor

A combined game system includes a plurality of portable game machines and a video game machine. The portable game machines are connected to the video game machine through communication cables, and the video game machine is in turn connected to a display. Each portable game machine has an LCD and an operating device to process a unit according to key input information to the operating device and a program of a portable game. The LCD displays a discrete picture based on the unit information. Simultaneously, the unit information is transmitted to the video game machine. The video game machine processes the unit information based on which a common picture is displayed on the display.

Combined game system of portable and video game machines

A combined game system includes a portable game machine and another type of video game machine. The portable game machine and the other type of video game machine are connected through a game cartridge and communication cable. The portable game machine includes an LCD, and the other video game machine is connected to a CRT. When a player operates an operating device provided with the portable game machine, change is caused in a discrete game picture displayed on the LCD and in a common game picture displayed on the CRT. In the event that the communication cable is removed from the video game machine during playing a game, the CPU displays an, alert message on the LCD while the CPU displays an alert message on the CRT.

Growing community of inventors

Kyoto, Japan

Toshikazu Tomizawa