Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Yoshiaki Onishi

Toshiaki Suzuki

Yuji Kando

Ayako Moriwaki

Toyokazu Nonaka

Miyuki Hirose

Shun Hakamada

Osamu Tsuchihashi

Hiroshi Miyamoto

Kazuki Yoshihara

Misaki Hiraga

Nobuo Matsumiya

Yuya Kumagai

Shuichiro Nishiya

Takao Nakano

Nobuya Ohashi

Kazuhisa Watanabe

Yuichi Mizobe

Ichirou Mihara

Atsushi Nakao

Nobuya Wada

Shunsuke Matsushita

Tadanobu Okubo

Operation data is acquired from either a first type of controller having a plurality of operation sections or a second type of controller having fewer operation sections, and a game process is performed. When the first type of controller is used for game operation, a selection item is switched in a forward direction for a plurality of items arranged in a predetermined order, in accordance with an operation on a first operation section, and the selection item is switched in a reverse direction in accordance with an operation on a second operation section. In addition, when the second type of controller is used for game operation, the selection item is switched in the forward direction in accordance with an operation on a third operation section of the second type of controller. Then, a UI image including these items is generated.

Game system, game system control method, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having game program stored therein, and game apparatus

Direction input data and inertial sensor data are acquired from a controller including a direction input section and an inertial sensor. Movement of a player character is controlled on the basis of the direction input data. In addition, a control mode for a position of a cursor is switchable between a first control mode and a second control mode. When the control mode is the first control mode, a position further shifted, based on the inertial sensor data, from a position calculated based on a position and a direction of the player character is set as the position of the cursor. When the control mode is the second control mode, a position shifted, based on the inertial sensor data, within a predetermined range, in a virtual space, including a predetermined position in the virtual space, from the predetermined position is set as the position of the cursor.

Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having game program stored therein, game system, game apparatus control method, and game apparatus

This game system is provided with a plurality of information processing apparatuses that are capable of communicating with each other and include at least a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus, and a control unit that controls the plurality of information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus includes a first display unit and a first touch panel that detects contact on the first display unit, and the second information processing apparatus includes a second display unit and a second touch panel that detects contact on the second display unit.

Techniques for establishing positional relationship(s) between information processing apparatuses

There is an operation mode that is switchable between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, a screen is divided into two display areas, and a game image in which a first player character is included in one of the areas and a second player character is included in the other area is displayed. In the second mode, a game image in which the first player character and the second player character are included is displayed in a single screen. In addition, the first player character can be moved using the first controller, and the second player character can be moved using a second controller. The second player character can be freely moved in the first mode, and can be moved within a predetermined range based on the position of the first player character in the second mode.

A first game played by at least one user belonging to a team is executed, and a second game influenced by a result of the first game is executed. Then, at least before the first game is started, when the first game is suspended, or after the first game is ended, a first notification and a second notification for urging the user of the team to perform an operation of moving an entirety of a controller are given, and when the operation of moving the entirety of the controller is performed using the at least one controller operated by the users belonging to the team, and a success condition is satisfied, a game parameter used in the second game is increased or decreased so as to obtain an advantageous effect for the team or the user belonging to the team.

Storage medium having stored therein information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

Regarding game processing, a case where a screen is closer to vertical than a first reference is set to a first mode, and a case where the screen is closer to horizontal than the reference is set to a second mode. Then, in the first mode, a virtual camera is set to a first line-of-sight direction, and a game image in which an information image is placed in a first direction is generated. In the second mode, the virtual camera is set to be further downward than the first line-of-sight direction, and a game image in which the plurality of information images are placed in different directions is generated.

Game system with virtual camera adjustment based on video output connection status and system orientation, and counterpart storage medium having stored therein game program, game apparatus, and game processing method

A non-limiting example game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, a touch panel is provided on the second LCD. A pre-hitting operation screen is displayed on the second LCD, and a mark for designating a target landing point is displayed in this screen. A player designates a desired target landing point by moving the mark by a touch operation. A target shot power value for causing a ball to arrive the designated target landing point is calculated with using parameters set for a club that is currently selected. However, when the designated target landing point exceeds a position that the ball is hit using the club under selection with a maximum power value, the mark is moved to the position concerned and the maximum power value is set as a target shot power value.

Golf game apparatus, storage medium, golf game system and golf game control method

Game system with common display spanning multiple reconfigurable apparatuses

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Kyoto, Japan

Yoshiaki Onishi