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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Haruki Sato, Kyoto, JP;
Yuya Sato, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In a special operation mode which receives an operation input for causing a player character that is falling, to perform a special action including a shooting action of shooting a predetermined object, an example of an information processing apparatus changes the posture of the player character that is falling, according to a component, regarding at least a pitch direction, of the direction of a virtual camera based on a camera operation input. In the special operation mode, the information processing apparatus sets a shooting direction of the predetermined object during the shooting action, according to the direction of the virtual camera based on the camera operation input. Moreover, the information processing apparatus controls the player character to perform the shooting action and control the predetermined object to move to the shooting direction, based on a shooting operation input performed by the player.