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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2023
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
When a command is given to perform a long distance movement that causes a location of a player character to move from a departure point where the player character is currently located to a destination away from the departure point and designated based on the user's operation input, at least a portion of a game process is interrupted, a waiting period continuing until the interrupted game process is resumed is started, and until the end of the waiting period, first displaying is performed to display a first map image showing field information of the departure point and surroundings thereof, and after the first displaying, second displaying is performed to display a second map image showing field information of the destination and surroundings thereof, and after the end of the waiting period, the player character is disposed at the destination in the virtual space, and the interrupted game process is resumed.