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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2018
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Kei Yamashita, Kyoto, JP;
Takafumi Aoki, Kyoto, JP;
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A non-limiting example game apparatus comprises a main body apparatus functions as a vibration control apparatus and a first controller and a second controller that are attachable to or detachable from the main body apparatus. For example, the game apparatus is used in a first mode that two controller are attached to the main body apparatus, a second mode that the two controllers are detached from the main body apparatus and used independently, a third mode that the two controllers are detached from the main body apparatus and used with being connected integrally to each other, or a fourth mode that a third controller different from the two controllers is used. A vibration source and a reception portion of the vibration are set in a virtual space, and vibration generated from the vibration source is conveyed to the reception portion with being attenuated according to a situation in the virtual space. Attenuated vibration is generated in a vibration portion of the first or third controller, and attenuated vibration is generated in a vibration portion of the second or third controller.