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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2009
Takamitsu Hagiwara, Nerima-ku, JP;
Takamitsu Hagiwara, Nerima-ku, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In a game apparatus, a plurality of puzzle elements each having a preset attribute are arranged within a predetermined area on the screen of a display device. A puzzle element arrangement pattern within the predetermined area is altered in accordance with a player's operation. In the game apparatus, when the arrangement pattern is altered, a ring-like puzzle element group is identified, which consists of puzzle elements having the same preset attribute and being adjacently arranged in a closed ring within the predetermine area. In the game apparatus, any puzzle element is deleted, which is arranged in a position determined by the identified ring-like puzzle element group defined by the ring-like puzzle element identification means.
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