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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2023
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
When another information processing apparatus issues a request for participation of another player in multi-person play based on communication, a processor of a game device allows a state that another player has not participated in multi-person play to continue while a game program is being executed and it allows participation of another player in multi-person play when transition to a scene where execution of the game program with an emulator is started is made. The processor of the game device proceeds with multi-person play of the game program with the emulator based on communication between information processing apparatuses of players who participate in multi-person play, and temporarily suspends a game when an instruction to quit the game is given during multi-person play or when a request to quit the game is given from another player based on communication during multi-person play.