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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2010
Daiji Imai, Kyoto, JP;
Daiji Imai, Kyoto, JP;
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A game apparatus includes a CPU, and a relationship diagram displaying screen is displayed on a second LCD according to an instruction from a first user of the game apparatus. On the relationship diagram displaying screen, a display manner of an arrow displayed between a user image of the first user and a user image of a second user of another game apparatus is changed. The thickness and the color of the arrow on the side of the user image of the second user are set on the basis of the degree of transmission of the message data transmitted by the first user to the second user. Furthermore, the thickness and the color of the arrow on the side of the user image of the first user are set on the basis of the degree of reception of the message data received by the first user from the second user.