Storage medium having game program stored thereon and game apparatus

• US 20070060234A1
• Filed: 07/07/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamada, Yoichi, Morita, Kazuaki, Oyama, Yoshiyuki, Nishimori, Keisuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,100,765 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/8
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/24 Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/58 by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/833 Hand-to-hand fighting, e.g. martial arts competition A63F13/837 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/95 Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1043 being characterized by constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/206 Game information storage, e.g. cartridges, CD ROM's, DVD's, smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/65 for computing the condition of a game character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/66 for rendering three dimensional images
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8029 Fighting without shooting

Abstract

In an attack operation receiving step, an input of an operation for attacking an enemy object is received. In a determination step, when the input of the operation for attacking is received, it is determined whether or not a body strength value of the enemy object is within a predetermined range. When it is determined that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, a setting step of setting the enemy object to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero, regardless of the degree of damage caused by the attack motion, is executed.

Claims

1. A storage medium having stored thereon a game program executable by a computer of a game apparatus for displaying a player object performing an attack motion in response to an operation by a player and at least one enemy object associated with a body strength value which changes in accordance with a state in a virtual game world and for representing a fight between the objects in the virtual game world by which the body strength value of the enemy object is decreased in accordance with a degree of damage caused to the enemy object by the attack motion of the player object, the game program causing the computer to execute:

an attack operation receiving step of receiving an input of an operation for attacking the enemy object;

a determination step of, when the input of the operation for attacking is received, determining whether or not the body strength value of the enemy object is within a predetermined range; and

a setting step of, only when the determination step determines that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, setting the enemy object to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero, regardless of the degree of damage caused by the attack motion.

2. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein only when the determination step determines that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, the setting step sets the body strength value of the enemy object to zero regardless of the degree of damage caused by the attack motion.

3. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the game program further causes the computer to execute a first subtraction step of, when the determination step determines that the body strength value of the enemy object is not within the predetermined range, decreasing the body strength value of the enemy object in accordance with the degree of damage caused by the attack motion.

4. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the game program further causes the computer to execute:

a special attack receiving step of receiving an input of an operation for performing a special attack against the enemy object; and

a second subtraction step of, when the input of the operation for performing the special attack is received, changing the body strength value of the enemy object such that the body strength value is included in the predetermined range.

5. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein a range which is set for each of the at least one enemy object is used for the predetermined range of the body strength value used for the determination in the determination step.

6. A storage medium according to claim 5, wherein at least two predetermined ranges are set for each of the at least one enemy object.

7. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the game program further causes the computer to execute a time duration setting step of setting a predetermined time duration in which the setting step is permitted to be executed after the determination step determines that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range.

8. A storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the at least one enemy object includes a plurality of enemy objects, and the time limit setting step includes a multiple time durations setting step of setting a different predetermined time duration for each of the plurality of enemy objects.

9. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the game program further causes the computer to execute an executability display step of, when the determination step determines that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, displaying that the setting step is executable on a screen of the game apparatus.

10. A game apparatus for displaying a player object performing an attack motion in response to an operation by a player and at least one enemy object associated with a body strength value which changes in accordance with a state in a virtual game world and for representing a fight between the objects in the virtual game world by which the body strength value of the enemy object is decreased in accordance with a degree of damage caused to the enemy object by the attack motion of the player object, the game apparatus comprising:

attack operation receiving means for receiving an input of an operation for attacking the enemy object;

determination means for, when the input of the operation for attacking is received, determining whether or not the body strength value of the enemy object is within a predetermined range; and

setting means for, only when the determination means determines that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, setting the enemy object to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero, regardless of the degree of damage caused by the attack motion.