INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME WITH DIFFERENT SIZED TOYS HAVING DIFFERENT ABILITIES WITHIN THE VIDEO GAME
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1. A video game system, comprising:
- a first physical object configured for communication with a gaming device;
a second physical object configured for communication with said gaming device, wherein said second physical object is significantly larger than said first physical object;
said gaming device is configured to execute video game instructions for providing a virtual representation, in the form of first a video game character, of said first physical object and a virtual representation, in the form of a second video game character, said second physical object in connection with the video game character, wherein said virtual representation of said first physical object has attributes different from attributes of said virtual representation of said second physical object based on an indication of respective size of said first physical object and said second physical object.
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Abstract
A video game includes a peripheral device that senses the presence and identity of toys near or on the peripheral. Each of the toys includes an identification device such as an RFID tag. Each of the toys is also associated with a corresponding game character or object. The peripheral device provides lighting effects based on characteristics of the game character or aspects of the game play sequence thereby enhancing the user'"'"'s gameplay experience.
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16 Claims
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1. A video game system, comprising:
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a first physical object configured for communication with a gaming device; a second physical object configured for communication with said gaming device, wherein said second physical object is significantly larger than said first physical object; said gaming device is configured to execute video game instructions for providing a virtual representation, in the form of first a video game character, of said first physical object and a virtual representation, in the form of a second video game character, said second physical object in connection with the video game character, wherein said virtual representation of said first physical object has attributes different from attributes of said virtual representation of said second physical object based on an indication of respective size of said first physical object and said second physical object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Computer readable non-transitory medium storing program instructions for execution by a computer, the program instructions including program instructions for:
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receiving information indicative of relative size of a toy figure; commanding display of a game character representative of the toy figure in a virtual world; determining if a requested action for the game character is possible based on the information indicative of relative size of the toy; and commanding display of performance of the requested action by the game character if the requested action is determined to be possible based on the information indicative of relative size of the toy. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A game system, comprising:
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a first plurality of toys in a first size range, each toy of the first plurality of toys including memory storing information relevant to a video game character associated with the toy, the information including information indicative of size of the toy; a second plurality of toys in a second size range, each toy of the second plurality of toys including memory storing information relevant to a video game character associated with the toy, the information including information indicative of size of the toy; and a gaming device configured by program instructions to receive the information relevant to video game characters, to provide for game play in which a one of the video game characters associated with a one of the toys interacts with a virtual world, with abilities of the one of the video game characters associated with the one of the toy dependent on the information indicative of the size of the toy. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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