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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Shugo Takahashi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yusuke Sugimoto, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yutaka Yamamoto, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Toshiharu Izuno, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Shugo Takahashi, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yusuke Sugimoto, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Yutaka Yamamoto, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Toshiharu Izuno, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A game apparatus causes a character object to perform a first hitting motion on the necessary condition that a to-be-hit object is present in a first areawhich is set based on a position of the character object in a virtual game space, and causes the character object to perform a second hitting motion on the necessary condition that the to-be-hit object is present in a second area, or. Furthermore, the game apparatus adjusts a position of at least one of at least a part of the character object and the to-be-hit object, such that when the character object is caused to perform the second hitting motion, the character object and the to-be-hit object are in a predetermined positional relationship.