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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Yuuji Kando, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Yuuji Kando, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2006.01); G06G 3/20 (2006.01); G06G 5/22 (2006.01); G06G 5/32 (2006.01); G06G 5/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A plurality of slots are set in a game space with reference to the current location of a leader character, and one slot is correlated with one sub character. Each sub character is controlled so as to move it from the current location toward the corresponding slot. As the leader character moves, so too does each slot. Thus, it is possible to provide a video game in which the leader character's movement is controlled by a player and a plurality of sub characters' movements are controlled by a predetermined algorithm so as to follow the leader character to move in formation in a natural manner.