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US 2007/0178952 A1Published application
Game apparatus and game program
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsYui Ehara, Tomoki Yamamoto, Junichi Saito
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Abstract
A game apparatus includes a first LCD, a second LCD, and a microphone disposed between the first LCD and the second LCD. A computer of the game apparatus displays a game image including an object image on at least one of the first LCD and the second LCD. When sound is detected through the microphone, the computer changes the object image displayed on the first LCD and/or the second LCD.
Claims19
A game apparatus comprising:
- a first screen and a second screen, on at least one of which is displayed a game image including an object image;
- a microphone;
- and
- a display control means for changing said object image when sound is detected through said microphone, wherein
- said microphone is provided between said first screen and said second screen.
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A game apparatus comprising:
- a first screen;
- a second screen;
- an electronic circuit board;
- a first housing that accommodates said first screen;
- a second housing that accommodates said second screen and said electronic circuit board;
- a hinge that connects said first housing to said second housing;
- a microphone provided to said hinge;
- and
- a first conducting wire that connects said microphone to said electronic circuit board, wherein
- said hinge is integrally formed with said first housing, and
- said first conducting wire is wired so as to pass through an inside of said hinge and be incorporated inside said second housing from one end of said hinge.
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A handheld game apparatus that can removably mount media storing game programs, said game. apparatus comprising:
- a first screen and a second screen, on at least one of which is displayed a game image including an object image;
- a first housing that accommodates said first screen;
- a second housing that accommodates said second screen;
- a coupling portion that foldably couples said first housing to said second housing;
- a microphone provided to said coupling portion;
- and
- a processing means for executing the game programs stored in said mounted media, wherein
- a first medium that is one of said media stores therein a first program that causes said processing means to perform a processing of displaying a game object on said first display screen and controlling an action of the game object according to a sound input by said microphone, and
- a second medium that is other one of said media stores therein a second program that causes said processing means to perform a processing of displaying a game object on said second display screen and controlling an action of the game object according to a sound input by said microphone.
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A handheld game apparatus that can removably mount a medium storing a game program, said game apparatus comprising:
- a first screen and a second screen, on at least one of which is displayed a game image including an object image;
- a first housing that accommodates said first screen;
- a second housing that accommodates said second screen;
- a coupling portion that foldably couples said first housing to said second housing;
- a microphone provided to said coupling portion;
- and
- a processing means for executing the game program stored in said mounted medium, wherein
- said storage means stores therein:
- a first program that causes said processing means to perform a processing of displaying a game object on said first display screen and controlling an action of the game object according to a sound input by said microphone;
- and
- a second program that causes said processing means to perform a processing of displaying a game object on said second display screen and controlling an action of the game object according to a sound input by said microphone, and
- said processing means selectively runs one of said first program and said second program.
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A medium storing a game program, wherein
- said game program causes a computer of a game apparatus having a first screen, a second screen, and a microphone provided between said first screen and said second screen, to perform:
- a display step of displaying a game image including an object image on at least one of said first screen and said second screen;
- and
- a display control step of changing, when sound is detected through said microphone, the object image displayed in said display step.
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