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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2011
Kenichi Nishida, Kyoto, JP;
Takayuki Shimamura, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshikazu Yamashita, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An example game system includes a game apparatus, an operating device, and a hand-held device. The game apparatus receives first operation data from the operating device and second operation data from the hand-held device, and performs a predetermined game control process. Furthermore, the game apparatus generates a first game image of a virtual game space representing a result of the game control process, based on a first virtual camera, and the game apparatus also generates a second game image based on a second virtual camera. The first game image is outputted to a first display device provided independently of the hand-held device. The second game image is outputted to a second display device of the hand-held device. Moreover, the game apparatus performs as the game control process a process for controlling an attitude of the first virtual camera based on the first operation data and a position of the first virtual camera based on the second operation data.