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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2012
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Tomomi Sano, Kyoto, JP;
Toshiharu Izuno, Kyoto, JP;
Tomohiro Yamamura, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shugo Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Kodera, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment sets the game background image with surface objects (bricks, coins, item closed box baffles, monsters, and the like) arranged therein in the middle of the tennis court within a virtual space for executing a tennis game containing the motion of hitting the tennis ball according to an operation by the player, and scrolls the surface objects arranged in the game background image. Then, there is provided an effect corresponding to the type of the surface object (benefit object, the hit map switching object, scoring object, or the like) arranged in a position of the game background image, where the tennis ball shot in response to a player-operation has reached.