Storage medium having game program and game apparatus

• US 8,100,765 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2006
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamada, Yoichi, Nishimori, Keisuke, Morita, Kazuaki, Oyama, Yoshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Milap
• Application Number:
  US11/481,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20070060234A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,027 Days
• Field of Search: 463 30- 33, 463 40- 42
• US Class Current: 463/31
• 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 non-transitory 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:

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

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

when it is determined that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, the predetermined range including the body strength value of the enemy object being greater then one, receiving an input operation for performing a finishing attack on the enemy object, wherein the enemy object is set to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero, even when the degree of damage caused by the finishing attack is less than the body strength value of the enemy object, and wherein the finishing attack only one hit to set the body strength value of the enemy object to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero.

2. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the body strength value of the enemy object is set to zero regardless of the degree of damage caused by the finishing attack only when it is determined that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range.

3. A storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the game program further causes the computer to execute, when it is determined 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 input operation for attacking the enemy object.

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

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

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 determining whether or not the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range.

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 setting a predetermined time duration in which the setting of 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 finishing attack is permitted to be executed after it is determined 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 includes 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, when it is determined that that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, displaying that the setting of 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 finishing attack 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:

a processor;

a memory coupled to said processor, said memory storing instructions that, when executed by said processor, control said processor to;

receive an input of an operation for attacking the enemy object;

determine, after the input of the operation for attacking is received, whether or not the body strength value of the enemy object is within a predetermined range; and

when it is determined that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, the predetermined range including the body strength value of the enemy object being greater then one, receiving an input operation for performing a finishing attack on the enemy object, wherein the enemy object is set to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero, even when the degree of damage caused by the finishing attack is less than the body strength value of the enemy object, wherein the finishing attack only one hit to set the body strength value of the enemy object to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero.

11. A game system including a plurality of game apparatuses 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 system comprising:

a processing system including one or more processors;

a memory coupled to said processing system, said memory storing instructions that, when executed by said processing system, control said processing system to;

receive an input of an operation for attacking the enemy object;

determine, after the input of the operation for attacking is received, whether or not the body strength value of the enemy object is within a predetermined range; and

when it is determined that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, the predetermined range including the body strength value of the enemy object being greater then one, receive an input operation for performing a finishing attack on the enemy object, wherein the enemy object is set to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero, even when the degree of damage caused by the finishing attack is less than the body strength value of the enemy object, wherein the finishing attack only one hit to set the body strength value of the enemy object to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero.

12. A method for displaying a player object on a display device 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 method comprising:

via an input device receiving an input of an operation for attacking the enemy object;

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

when it is determined that the body strength value of the enemy object is within the predetermined range, the predetermined range including the body strength value of the enemy object being greater then one, via the input device receiving an input operation for performing a finishing attack on the enemy object, wherein the enemy object is set to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero, even when the degree of damage caused by the finishing attack less than the body strength value of the enemy object, wherein the finishing attack only one hit to set the body strength value of the enemy object to substantially the same state as where the body strength value of the enemy object is zero.