Video game program, video game device, and video game method

A video game device which displays a character in a video game on a monitor and in which the operation of the character is controlled, comprising:

• terminology storing means for storing running commentary terminology used while the video game is in progress;
• first running commentary means for performing play-by-play or commentary relating to the video game using the running commentary terminology, the play-by-play or commentary including various phrases, the phrases being collected as a first phrase group, the phrase of the first phrase group including the running commentary terminology, the play-by-play or commentary being performed with the phrases collected as the first phrase group;
• running commentary interrupting means for interrupting phrase of the first phrase group running on the process of the first miming commentary means when specific events have occurred while the video game is in progress;
• second running commentary means for performing the play-by-play or the commentary relating to the specific events when the process of the running commentary interrupting means has been executed, the play-by-play or commentary including various phrases, the play-by-play or commentary relating to the specific events, the phrases being collected as a second phrase group, the phrase of the second phrase group including the miming commentary terminology, the play-by-play or commentary being performed with the phrases collected as the second phrase group;
• running commentary returning means for returning from the phrase of the second phrase group performing on the second miming commentary function to the phrase of an interruption point in the first phrase group interrupted on the process of the miming commentary interrupting function when the specific events have occurred;
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• running commentary continuing means for continuing the play-by-play or the commentary, the play-by-play or commentary being performed with the phrase of the first phrase group on the basis of miming commentary terminology which is included in the phrase of the interruption point in the first phrase group interrupted by the running commentary interrupting means, when the process of the running commentary returning means has been executed.

A video game method which displays a character in a video game on a monitor and in which the operation of the character is controlled by a processor, comprising machine implemented steps of:

• (a) storing running commentary terminology used while the video game is in progress;
• (b) performing play-by-play or commentary relating to the video game using the running commentary terminology, the play-by-play or commentary including various phrases, the phrases being collected as a first phrase group, the phrase of the first phrase group including the running commentary terminology, the play-by-play or commentary being performed with the phrases collected as the first phrase group;
• (c) interrupting phrase of the first phrase group running on the step (b) when specific events have occurred while the video game is in progress;
• (d) performing the play-by-play or the commentary relating to specific events when the step (c) has been executed, the play-by-play or commentary including various phrases, the phrases being collected as a second phrase group, the phrase of the second phrase group including the running commentary terminology, the play-by-play or commentary being performed with the phrases collected as the second phrase group;
• (e) returning from the phrase of the second phrase group performing on the step (d) to the phrase of an interruption point in the first phrase group interrupted on the step (b) when the specific events have occurred;
• and continuing the play-by-play or the commentary, the play-by-play or commentary being performed with the phrase of the first phrase group on the basis of running commentary terminology which is included in the phrase of the interruption point in the first phrase group interrupted by the step (c), when the step (e) has been executed.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for a video game which displays a character on a monitor, the computer program comprising:

• code for storing running commentary terminology;
• code for performing a first commentary relating to the video game by using the running commentary terminology, when a first event occurs while the video game is in progress, the first commentary including a first commentary group having various phrases, the first commentary being performed with the phrases of the first phrase group;
• code for interrupting phrase of the first phrase group, when a second event occurs while the video game is in progress;
• code for performing a second commentary relating to the second events after interrupting the first commentary, the second commentary including a second commentary group having various phrases, the second commentary being performed with the phrases of the second phrase group;
• code for returning from the phrase of the second phrase group to the phrase of an interruption point in the first phrase group, when the specific events have occurred;
• code for performing the first commentary from an interruption point where the first commentary is interrupted, after the retuning from the phrase of the second phrase group to the interruption point.