Game system and storage medium having game program stored thereon
First Claim
1. A game system, comprising:
- a first handheld controller configured to be supported in free space by a first hand of a user;
a second handheld controller configured to be supported in free space by a second hand of the user; and
a game apparatus for executing a predetermined game program to cause a display device to display, on a display area, one of a two-dimensional virtual game world and a three-dimensional virtual game world, whereinthe first controller includes a first operation data generation section for generating first operation data relating to an orientation of the first controller and an input operation performed by a player;
the second controller includes a second operation data generation section for generating second operation data relating to an orientation of the second controller and an input operation performed by a player,the first controller includes an acceleration sensor that generates acceleration data relating to an orientation of the first controller and an image pickup section that captures images that include plural infrared markers and that generates coordinate related information based on the infrared markers that is also related to an orientation of the first controller,the second controller transmits the second operation data to the first controller; and
the game apparatus includesa game processing unit that obtains the first operation data and the second operation data from the first controller and that subjects the virtual game world to a predetermined game process in accordance with a change in the data relating to an orientation of one of the first and second controllers, as reflected in the obtained operation data, anda display processing unit that causes the display device to display, on the display area, an image of the virtual game world having been subjected to the game process.
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Abstract
A first controller includes a first operation data generation section for generating first operation data in accordance with a motion of a first controller body included in the first controller. A second controller includes a second operation data generation section for generating second operation data in accordance with a direction input operation performed by a player. A game apparatus includes a game process means for obtaining the first operation data and the second operation data and subjecting a virtual game world to a predetermined game process in accordance with the obtained operation data, and a display process means for causing the display device to display, on a display area, an image of the virtual game world having been subjected to the game process.
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40 Claims
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1. A game system, comprising:
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a first handheld controller configured to be supported in free space by a first hand of a user; a second handheld controller configured to be supported in free space by a second hand of the user; and a game apparatus for executing a predetermined game program to cause a display device to display, on a display area, one of a two-dimensional virtual game world and a three-dimensional virtual game world, wherein the first controller includes a first operation data generation section for generating first operation data relating to an orientation of the first controller and an input operation performed by a player; the second controller includes a second operation data generation section for generating second operation data relating to an orientation of the second controller and an input operation performed by a player, the first controller includes an acceleration sensor that generates acceleration data relating to an orientation of the first controller and an image pickup section that captures images that include plural infrared markers and that generates coordinate related information based on the infrared markers that is also related to an orientation of the first controller, the second controller transmits the second operation data to the first controller; and the game apparatus includes a game processing unit that obtains the first operation data and the second operation data from the first controller and that subjects the virtual game world to a predetermined game process in accordance with a change in the data relating to an orientation of one of the first and second controllers, as reflected in the obtained operation data, and a display processing unit that causes the display device to display, on the display area, an image of the virtual game world having been subjected to the game process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A game system, comprising:
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a first controller configured to be held in free space by a first hand of a player, wherein the first controller includes an acceleration sensor, an image pickup section, and a first operation data generation section that generates first operation data relating to an orientation of the first controller based on data output by the acceleration sensor and the image pickup section; a second controller configured to be held in free space by a second hand of the player, wherein the second controller includes a second operation data generation section that generates second operation data in accordance with an input operation performed by the player'"'"'s second hand; and a game apparatus for executing a predetermined game program to cause a display device to display, on a display area, one of a two-dimensional virtual game world and a three-dimensional virtual game world, wherein the game apparatus comprises; a game processing unit that obtains the first operation data and the second operation data and that subjects the virtual game world to a predetermined game process in accordance with the obtained operation data, and a display processing unit that causes the display device to display, on the display area, an image of the virtual game world having been subjected to the game process. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A game system, comprising:
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a first controller configured to be supported in free space by a user'"'"'s first hand and including a first acceleration sensor and an image pickup section that captures at least one image of an area surrounding the first controller, wherein the first controller generates first operation data relating to an orientation of the first controller, and wherein the first operation data is based on an output from the first acceleration sensor and the at least one image captured by the image pickup section; a second controller configured to be supported in free space by the user'"'"'s second hand and that includes a second acceleration sensor and that generates second operation data relating to an orientation of the second controller and an input operation performed by the player, wherein the second operation data is based on an output of the acceleration sensor; and a game apparatus for executing a predetermined game program to cause a display device to display, on a display area, one of a two-dimensional virtual game world and a three-dimensional virtual game world, wherein the game apparatus comprises; a game processing unit that obtains the first operation data and the second operation data and that subjects the virtual game world to a predetermined game process in accordance with the obtained operation data, and a display processing unit that causes the display device to display, on the display area, an image of the virtual game world having been subjected to the game process. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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