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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2004
Shigesato Itoi, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Aikyo, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Iwata, Kyoto, JP;
Shigesato Itoi, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Sakai, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Aikyo, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Iwata, Kyoto, JP;
HAL Laboratory, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes a game process. When a player character encounters an enemy character in a game world, a battle screen is displayed on a monitor. On the battle screen, an input pattern is displayed, and background music (BGM) is output from a speaker. A player determines an operation timing based on the input pattern and the BGM (drum part). If there is a high level of coincidence between the operation timing by the player and a timing of the music pattern, damage which the player character applies to the enemy character and experienced obtained by the player character increases.