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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Shigeru Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Kimura, Kyoto, JP;
Shigeyuki Asuke, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Example systems and methods relate to a multi-player video game in which multiple players each supply inputs to a respective input device to control a corresponding game character in a scrolling-type game world displayed on a display screen. A first predetermined input supplied by one of the players to the respective input device protects the one player's game character from harm in the game world and the protected game character moves based on the scrolling/non-scrolling state of the game world in accordance with the movement of one or more unprotected characters. The protecting of the one player's game character is stopped in response to one or more protecting stopping conditions, whereby the game character is again controllable by the one player in response to inputs to the respective input device.