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Nintendo Co., Ltd.

The Pokemon Company

Creatures Inc.

Tsunekazu Ishihara

Satoshi Tajiri

Masayuki Miura

Nobuyuki Ohta

Hiroki Togashi

Kouichi Oyama

Takanori Sowa

Takahiro Ohnishi

Satoshi Ogawa

Kazuhiro Maruyama

Masaya Takei

Hiroyuki Takeuchi

Kohei Odanaka

Masayoshi Tanimura

Hiroki Soji

A server includes a content storage medium configured to store content data of content usable in different types of games. The server, upon a transmission request, sends content data to an information-processing device, and retains the sent content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data again is prohibited. The server, when the content data is sent from the information-processing device, receives the content data, assigns a new ID to the received content data in case the received content data lacks the ID, and stores the received content data in the content storage medium wherein sending the content data is allowed.

Content data holding system, storage medium, content data holding server, and data management method

Based on first data transmitted from a game controller, a game apparatus executes game processing for catching a predetermined game character and transmits, to the game controller, second data corresponding to the game character as a target to be caught. Based on the transmitted second data, the game controller outputs a sound corresponding to the caught game character.

Game system, game processing method, storage medium having stored therein game program, game apparatus, and game controller

A method of playing a game for two or more players comprising each player selecting a predetermined number of figures from a plurality of figures, a first player executing a turn, wherein the first player has an option of at least one of moving one of the first player's selected figures from one location to another and attacking one of another player's selected figures using one of the first player's selected figures, wherein a result of said attacking is determined by the first player performing a predetermined action using one of said first player's selected figures and another player performing the predetermined action using one of another player's selected figures.

Game piece and method of playing game using same

An article of manufacture for use by a player in a game or as a collectible figure, comprising a first portion comprising a representational figure and a second portion affixed to the first portion and comprising a coupling member arranged to be coupled with a preexisting support structure so that a user of the article of manufacture is enabled to couple it with the support structure and uncouple it therefrom.

A game system includes a plurality of game cards, a game cartridge and a game machine. Each game card visually portrays a figure of a character, stores ability data for the character, and mechanically readably records an identification code and individuality expressing data of the character. The game information storage medium stores a game program for generating at least some of the characters of the game cards in an image display game. The game machine receives therein the game information storage medium. The game machine includes a CPU to execute a game program for an image display game. The game information storage medium is provided with a data reader to read out the identification data and individuality expressing data of the character recorded on the game card. The CPU, when supplied with the identification data and individuality expressing data from the reader, adds the individuality expressing data to the game program thereby executing a game process for the image display game.

Game system using game cards and game machine

An electronic business transaction system of a trading card typically uses the Internet. That is, when a site for the electronic business transaction of the trading card is accessed over the Internet from a user terminal, a server makes the user terminal display a card pack selecting screen. When a user selects a card pack on the screen, the server makes the user input personal information of the user and a payment method through the user terminal. Thereafter, the server makes the user terminal display a contents confirmation screen so as to make the user select a card pack that the user wants to confirm the contents. When the user selects the card pack that the user wants to confirm the contents by operating the user terminal, the server makes the user terminal display at least a part of illustrations (contents) of cards enclosed in the card pack that the user determines to purchase.

System and method for electronic business transaction of trading cards

An image-display game system which can attract players for a long time to play a game can be implemented by presenting helping data of a to a , and b to b beneficial in the course of a game to friends, and accordingly communications accompanying therewith can be stimulated and activated thereamong, and the game can be effectively utilized as a communications tool. Such image-display game system is so structured that the players' ID data IDn is communicable or exchangeable therein. With the other player's ID received, items beneficial in the course of the game or the helping data of 10 to 163, and b to b is generated based on the ID data, and is presented to the player. As a result, exchanging of the ID data IDn is activated among the players. The items presented based on the ID data IDn are determined by operating the ID data using an equation in FIG. which is based on a predetermined rule, or in an operation processing by combining the ID data IDn and a random number R.

Image-display game system and information storage medium used therefor

An image-display game system with an idea of monsters' virus infection comprises an information storage medium A in which a game program is stored, an actuator , a processor for information processing responding to the actuator and based on the program, an image display , and a temporal writable/readable storage including an infection data region where data indicating whether or not the character has been virus infected is stored. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, data is written into at least one infection data region corresponding to the captured characters stored in the temporal storage means.

Image-display game system

An image-display game system which can attract players to play a game for a long time can be implemented by presenting helping data of a to a , and b to b beneficial in the course of a game to friends, and accordingly communications accompanying therewith can be stimulated and activated thereamong, and the game can be effectively utilized as a communications tool. Such image-display game system is structured such that the player' ID data IDn is communicable or exchangeable therein. With the other player's ID received, items beneficial in the course of the game or helping data of to , and b to b is generated based on the ID data, and is presented to the player. As a result, exchanging of the ID data IDn is activated among the players. The items presented based on the ID data IDn are determined by operating the ID data using an equation in FIG. , which is based on a predetermined rule or in an operation processing by combining the ID data IDn and a random number R.

A game machine of a type playing a game by collecting a character electronically generated has a property data storage region storing property data of the collected character and a program storage region storing game programs. A random number is generated, and is compared with a part or the whole of the property data. When the part or the whole of the property data and the random number are in a predetermined relationship, image processing is performed for displaying a screen indicating a winning.

Game machine and storage medium therefor

A game machine of a type that a player object is moved on a map to encounter with a character includes a program storage storing a game program, a clock at least clocking a time, an operation device for operating the player object, and an image processor for varying a display image based on the operation of the operation device. The game program storage stores a program for varying an appearance condition of the character appearing on the game map based on time information of the clock.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tsunekazu Ishihara