Storage medium storing a game program, game apparatus and game controlling method

A game apparatus allowing a plurality of players to play a game by taking turns using a controller furnished with a speaker for outputting a voice message according to a voice message signal, comprising:

• a designation storing means for storing in a storage means designations of the plurality of players who use said controller by bringing them into correspondence with said controller;
• a situation storing means for storing situation data relating to progressing of the game of each player in said storage means;
• a message creating means for, when the situation data stored by said situation storing means shows a predetermined state related to a change in game play timing for a designated player, creating a voice message signal announcing the change in game play timing and including a designation of the designated player by utilizing the designation of the designated player stored in said designation storing means;
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• a message transmitting means for transmitting the voice message signal created by said message creating means to said controller, wherein
• said controller receives the voice message signal received by said message transmitting means, and audibly outputs a voice message according to the voice message signal from said speaker to notify the voice message to said designated player.

A game controlling method of a game apparatus allowing a plurality of players to play a game by taking turns using a controller furnished with a speaker for outputting a voice message according to a voice message signal, including following steps of:

• (a) storing designations of the plurality of players who use said controller by bringing them into correspondence with said controller,
• (b) storing situation data relating to progressing of the game of each player,
• (c) creating, when the situation data stored by said step (b) shows a predetermined state related to a timing change of a game turn of a designated player, a voice message signal announcing the timing change and including a designation of the designated player by utilizing the designation of the player stored by said step (a),
• (d) transmitting the voice message signal created by said step (c) to said controller, and
• (e) receiving the voice message signal transmitted by said step (d) and outputting a voice message according to said voice message signal from said speaker by said controller to audibly notify the designated player of the voice message.

A storage medium storing a game program executed in a computer of a game apparatus to allow a plurality of players to play a game by taking turns by each using one of a plurality of controllers, wherein each of the controllers is furnished with a speaker for outputting a voice message according to a voice message signal, said game program causes said computer to execute:

• a designation storing step for storing a designation of each of the plurality of players who use one of said controllers by establishing a correspondence between each player and a respective one of-said controllers,
• a situation storing step for storing situation data relating to progressing of the game of each player,
• a message creating step for, when the situation data stored by said situation storing step shows a predetermined state indicative of a change in a game play turn assigned to one of the plurality of players, creating a voice message signal indicating the change in the game play turn and including a designation of the player assigned to said game play turn by utilizing the designation of the player stored in said designation storing step,
• a message transmitting step for transmitting the voice message signal created by said message creating step to said respective controller designated for the player corresponding to said situation data and not sending the message signal to the controllers designated for the players not corresponding to the situation data, and
• speaking a voice message based on the voice message signal received by said controller designated for the player corresponding assigned to the game play turn.