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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Shigeru Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Koizumi, Kyoto, JP;
Toru Osawa, Kyoto, JP;
Yoichi Yamada, Kyoto, JP;
Toshio Iwawaki, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kihara, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A video game apparatus includes a reality coprocessor. The reality coprocessor performs a conversion process on image data to display a player object or non-player object according to image data transferred from an external ROM to a RAM, and supplies the image signal through the display. The reality coprocessor detects whether or not there exists a non-player object at around the player object on the display in response to an operation of a Z button. If a non-player object is detected, the reality coprocessor selects the non-player object as an attention non-player object. At this time, the hypothetical camera is changed in position and photographing direction such that photographing can be made for the player object directly facing the non-player object.