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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2003
Eiji Aonuma, Kyoto, JP;
Eiji Aonuma, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In a video graphics game apparatus, a game operation controller device is used to select at least one of a plurality of items which are accessible by a player object to use as throwable items. A target object specifier is used to specify an object existing in a direction in which a throwable item is to be thrown. The effectiveness of the throwable item on the target object is determined based on stored item/object correspondence information defining which throwable item is effective on which object on an item-by-item basis. A game display controller provides an aiming point on the display indicating a direction in which the throwable item is to be thrown, the aiming point being displayed in a manner or mode that is varied depending upon a result of the correspondence determination.