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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Kinashi, Kyoto, JP;
Shuhei Furukawa, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/795 (2014.01); A63F 13/31 (2014.01); A63F 13/52 (2014.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); A63F 13/69 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01); A63F 13/822 (2014.01); A63F 13/825 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/795 (2014.09); A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 13/31 (2014.09); A63F 13/52 (2014.09); A63F 13/69 (2014.09); A63F 13/822 (2014.09); A63F 13/825 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09); A63F 2300/5553 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a predetermined time has elapsed after a handheld game apparatus received 'game information' from another handheld game apparatus, a character corresponding to a player of the another handheld game apparatus appears as a passerby in a shopping center in a game world of a game of the handheld game apparatus. The predetermined time is determined based on the positional relationship between the shopping center in the game world and the present position of the player character of the game of the another handheld game apparatus.