US 2026/0263949 A1Published application

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media, game system, information processing method, and information processing apparatus

AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.

InventorsKoichi KAWAMOTO, Toyokazu NONAKA, Shinya SAITO, Nobuo MATSUMIYA, Kodai MATSUMOTO, Tomohiro YAMAMURA

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Abstract

An information processing system includes a parent apparatus and a child apparatus. To the parent apparatus, first and second operation devices are connected. The parent apparatus acquires first operation data and second operation data based on inputs to the first and second operation devices. To the child apparatus, third and fourth operation devices are connected. The parent apparatus acquires third operation data and fourth operation data based on inputs to the third and fourth operation devices from the child apparatus. The parent apparatus performs game processing including controlling first to fourth player characters based on the first to fourth operation data, generates a first image, displays the first image on a display device of the parent apparatus, generates a second image, and transmits the second image to the child apparatus. The child apparatus displays the second image received from the parent apparatus on a display device of the child apparatus.

Claims28

Dependent claims

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a first information processing apparatus to execute information processing comprising:

communicating with a second information processing apparatus;
acquiring first operation data and second operation data based on inputs to a first operation device and a second operation device connected to the first information processing apparatus;
acquiring third operation data and fourth operation data based on inputs to a third operation device and a fourth operation device connected to the second information processing apparatus, the third operation data and fourth operation data received from the second information processing apparatus;
in a virtual space, performing game processing comprising
controlling a first player character based on the first operation data,
controlling a second player character based on the second operation data,
controlling a third player character based on the third operation data, and
controlling a fourth player character based on the fourth operation data;
generating a first image based on a first virtual camera in the virtual space;
generating a second image based on a second virtual camera in the virtual space;
outputting the first image to a display device included in or connected to the first information processing apparatus;
and
transmitting the second image to the second information processing apparatus.

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A game system including a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus, the game system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to execute information processing comprising:
in the first information processing apparatus,
communicating with a second information processing apparatus;
acquiring first operation data and second operation data based on inputs to a first operation device and a second operation device connected to the first information processing apparatus;
acquiring third operation data and fourth operation data based on inputs to a third operation device and a fourth operation device, respectively, connected to the second information processing apparatus, the third operation data and fourth operation data received from the second information processing apparatus;
in a virtual space, performing game processing comprising
controlling a first player character based on the first operation data,
controlling a second player character based on the second operation data,
controlling a third player character based on the third operation data, and
controlling a fourth player character based on the fourth operation data;
generating a first image based on a first virtual camera in the virtual space;
generating a second image based on a second virtual camera in the virtual space;
outputting the first image to a display device included in or connected to the first information processing apparatus;
and
transmitting the second image to the second information processing apparatus, and
in the second information processing apparatus,
communicating with the first information processing apparatus;
transmitting the third operation data and the fourth operation data based on inputs to the third operation device and the fourth operation device, respectively, connected to the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus;
and
outputting the second image received from the first information processing apparatus to a display device included in or connected to the second information processing apparatus.

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An information processing method performed in a game system including a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:

in the first information processing apparatus,
communicating with a second information processing apparatus;
acquiring first operation data and second operation data based on inputs to a first operation device and a second operation device connected to the first information processing apparatus;
acquiring third operation data and fourth operation data based on inputs to a third operation device and a fourth operation device, respectively, connected to the second information processing apparatus, the third operation data and fourth operation data received from the second information processing apparatus;
in a virtual space, performing game processing comprising
controlling a first player character based on the first operation data,
controlling a second player character based on the second operation data,
controlling a third player character based on the third operation data, and
controlling a fourth player character based on the fourth operation data;
generating a first image based on a first virtual camera in the virtual space;
generating a second image based on a second virtual camera in the virtual space;
outputting the first image to a display device included in or connected to the first information processing apparatus;
and
transmitting the second image to the second information processing apparatus, and
in the second information processing apparatus,
communicating with the first information processing apparatus;
transmitting the third operation data and the fourth operation data based on inputs to the third operation device and the fourth operation device, respectively, connected to the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus;
and
outputting the second image received from the first information processing apparatus to a display device included in or connected to the second information processing apparatus.

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An information processing apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored therein instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to execute information processing comprising:
communicating with a second information processing apparatus;
acquiring first operation data and second operation data based on inputs to a first operation device and a second operation device connected to the information processing apparatus;
acquiring third operation data and fourth operation data based on inputs to a third operation device and a fourth operation device connected to the second information processing apparatus, the third operation data and fourth operation data received from the second information processing apparatus;
in a virtual space, performing game processing comprising
controlling a first player character based on the first operation data,
controlling a second player character based on the second operation data,
controlling a third player character based on the third operation data, and
controlling a fourth player character based on the fourth operation data;
generating a first image based on a first virtual camera in the virtual space;
generating a second image based on a second virtual camera in the virtual space;
outputting the first image to a display device included in or connected to the information processing apparatus;
and
transmitting the second image to the second information processing apparatus.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/184,813Filed 21 Apr 2025
Priority: JP 2025-0357726 Mar 2025
Published: 10 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

A63F 13/26
Output arrangements for video game devices: having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
A63F 13/812
Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode: ball games, e.g. soccer or baseball
A63F 13/211
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
A63F 13/2145
For locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens

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