RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20160144284A1
• Filed: 05/01/2015
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Izuno, Toshiharu, Saito, Shinya, MIYACHI, Kaori, Shiotani, Masahiro, Sakurai, Masahiro, ANABUKI, Kenji
• Granted Patent: US 9,943,768 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/58 by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/825 Fostering virtual characters
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/95 Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges

Abstract

An example system includes: a data acquisition unit for performing near field communication with a data storage medium having a near field communication function and acquiring character data stored in the data storage medium; an information processing unit for performing information processing to control a character corresponding to the character data, which has been acquired by the data acquisition unit, as a non player character; and a data changing unit for changing the character data depending on a processing result of the information processing unit.

Claims

1. A non-transitory recording medium in which an information processing program is recorded, the information processing program causing a computer to operate as:

a data acquisition unit performing near field communication with a data storage medium having a near field communication function and acquiring character data stored in the data storage medium;

an information processing unit performing information processing to control a character corresponding to the character data, which has been acquired by the data acquisition unit, as a non player character; and

a data changing unit changing the character data depending on a processing result of the information processing unit.

2. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as a data update unit storing the character data, which has been changed by the data changing unit, in the data storage medium through near field communication and updating the character data.

3. The recording medium according to claim 2, wherein

the information processing unit performs information processing depending on a plurality of character data, which have been acquired from a plurality of data storage mediums by the data acquisition unit,

the data changing unit changes the plurality of character data depending on a processing result of the information processing unit, and

the data update unit stores the plurality of character data, which have been changed by the data changing unit, respectively in corresponding data storage mediums and updates the plurality of character data.

4. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as a selection accepting unit accepting selection of a non player character, and

the selection accepting unit selects a character corresponding to character data, which has been acquired by the data acquisition unit, as a non player character.

5. The recording medium according to claim 4, wherein

the selection accepting unit selects a plurality of characters corresponding to a plurality of character data, which have been acquired from a plurality of data storage mediums by the data acquisition unit, as a plurality of non player characters, and

the information processing unit controls the plurality of non player characters, which have been selected by the selection accepting unit, independently.

6. The recording medium according to claim 4, wherein

the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as a display processing unit performing processing to display a plurality of characters as selection objects at a display unit, and

the selection accepting unit accepts selection from the plurality of characters displayed by the display processing unit, or selection of a non player character on the basis of near field communication with the data storage medium.

7. The recording medium according to claim 4, wherein the data changing unit adjusts the degree of change in the character data depending on whether a plurality of non player characters based on a plurality of data storage mediums are included in characters selected by the selection accepting unit or not.

8. The recording medium according to claim 4, wherein the data changing unit adjusts the degree of change in the character data depending on the number of characters selected by the selection accepting unit.

9. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the data changing unit adjusts the degree of change in the character data depending on the content of information processing by the information processing unit.

10. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein

the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as:

a correlation processing unit performing processing to correlate the computer with the data storage medium; and

a determination unit determining whether the data storage medium, from which the data acquisition unit has acquired the character data, is correlated with the computer of the determination unit itself or not, and

the data changing unit adjusts the degree of change in the character data depending on a determination result of the determination unit.

11. The recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as an award processing unit performing processing to award an item to a non player character related to the character data depending on a determination result of the determination unit.

12. The recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as an award processing unit performing processing to award an item to a non player character depending on a processing result of the information processing unit.

13. The recording medium according to claim 11, wherein

the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as a data update unit storing the character data, which has been changed by the data changing unit, in the data storage medium through near field communication and updating the character data, and

the data update unit stores information related to an item, which has been awarded by the award processing unit, in the data storage medium.

14. The recording medium according to claim 12, wherein

the information processing program further causes the computer to operate as a data update unit storing the character data, which has been changed by the data changing unit, in the data storage medium through near field communication and updating the character data, and

the data update unit stores information related to an item, which has been awarded by the award processing unit, in the data storage medium.

15. An information processing system comprising:

a data storage medium having a near field communication function; and

an information processing device having;

a data acquisition unit performing near field communication with the data storage medium and acquiring character data stored in the data storage medium;

an information processing unit performing information processing to control a character corresponding to the character data, which has been acquired by the data acquisition unit, as a non player character; and

a data changing unit changing the character data depending on a processing result of the information processing unit.

16. The information processing system according to claim 15, wherein the data storage medium is a figure imitating the non player character.

17. The information processing system according to claim 15, wherein

the information processing device has a processor for executing a program to be used for information processing, and

the data storage medium can be utilized for a plurality of applications to be realized by a plurality of programs executed by the processor.

18. The information processing system according to claim 17, wherein the data storage medium can store data related to the plurality of applications.

19. An information processing device comprising:

a data acquisition unit performing near field communication with a data storage medium having a near field communication function and acquiring character data stored in the data storage medium;

an information processing unit performing information processing to control a character corresponding to the character data, which has been acquired by the data acquisition unit, as a non player character; and

a data changing unit changing the character data depending on a processing result of the information processing unit.

20. An information processing method comprising:

performing near field communication with a data storage medium having a near field communication function and acquiring character data stored in the data storage medium;

performing information processing to control a character corresponding to the acquired character data as a non player character; and

changing the character data depending on a processing result of the information processing.