JP6869128B2 - Game equipment, programs and game systems - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game device, a program and a game system, and more particularly to a game device that provides a game playing experience based on information obtained from an article.

There is a game device that executes a game in which a character associated with the card appears by providing a card with a code in the game playing experience and reading the card with the code (patented). Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 06-154421

By the way, in a game in which various characters appear as in Patent Document 1, in general, superiority or inferiority is provided between characters in terms of performance or the like. Therefore, for example, making it easy to use a character that can make the progress of the game advantageous can cause the game balance to be disrupted. Therefore, a rarity is set for each character, and for a character with a high rarity, the rarity is determined. , Adjustments are customarily made to reduce the percentage of corresponding cards offered. In other words, the percentage of cards provided to the player is generally higher for cards associated with characters with lower rarity.

On the other hand, cards associated with such low-rare characters are frequently obtained, but do not advance the game in an advantageous manner. Therefore, the number of cards obtained by the player increases and the cards are used during game play. It will not be done. Further, in the embodiment in which the cards are provided in the order of being accommodated in the accommodating portion in the game device, there is a possibility that the card associated with the highly rare character may not be provided depending on the timing when the player uses the game device. As a result, it was possible to reduce the interest of players who could not obtain such cards.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game device, a program, and a game system that provide articles that maintain the interest of the player.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the game device of the present invention is a game device that executes a game based on game information related to an article, and is based on an article used, which is an article used in using the game apparatus. The acquisition means for acquiring the game information related to the used article, the presenting means for presenting the game element associated with the used article based on the game information acquired by the acquisition means, and the acquired game information satisfy predetermined conditions. A control means for controlling the presenting means to change the game element associated with the used article to a new game element different from the game element when satisfying, and a providing means for providing the article to the game play. And, the game information has the information of the usage history of the article, and the predetermined condition indicates that all of the plurality of acquired game information has not been used for more than the predetermined time. Whether or not the game information is acquired by the acquisition means for a plurality of used articles, and the control means satisfies a predetermined condition based on the plurality of acquired game information, including the condition of having the history information. When all of the plurality of acquired game information satisfy the predetermined conditions, the presenting means is controlled so as to change the game element associated with the used article to a new game element, and the providing means is When the presentation is changed to a new game element by the control means, the article to which the new game element is associated is provided.

With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an article that keeps the player's interest.

A block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 100 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention. A diagram showing the appearance of the game device 100 according to the embodiment and the modified example of the present invention, and a diagram showing the system configuration of the game system according to the second embodiment and the modified example. The figure which exemplifies the mode which makes a game card unusable which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention. A flowchart illustrating the provision process executed by the game device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. A block diagram showing a functional configuration of a server 500 according to a second embodiment of the present invention and a modified example. The figure which illustrated the data structure of various information which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, one embodiment described below provides a game article as an example of a game device, and provides a game device capable of executing a game in which progress control is performed according to game information specified based on the game article. An example to which the present invention is applied will be described. However, the present invention is applicable to any device having a function of reading information attached to an article and a function of providing an article.

Further, in the present specification, the "bullet" will be described as a concept for distinguishing the game content provided as a service in the game device in terms of the game system, the provided interest element, the number of usable game elements, and the like. The "bullet" of the game content may be switched, for example, when a so-called major update for the game content is executed, and specifications, functions, etc. related to the provision of at least one of the interesting elements before and after the switching of the bullet. Is changed or extended. When the bullets are switched, for example, the storage unit that sends and provides the goods after the switching is changed to the one corresponding to the bullets after the switching, or after switching to the storage unit of the goods to be provided for the game play. By loading the article corresponding to the bullet, the article corresponding to the bullet is provided. In the game device of the present embodiment, after the update for changing the bullet of the game content is performed, the player can use the article related to the bullet (old bullet) before switching for game play (game play by acquiring information). However, only the articles related to the bullets (latest bullets) after switching can be acquired as articles for game play.

Since the present embodiment is simple, it is assumed that the bullets of the game content are switched by performing a major update of the software related to the game content, but the implementation of the present invention is limited to this. Instead, the bullets may be switched according to the occurrence of an event such as a so-called minor update or a campaign set in a timed manner.

The game content provided in the game device of the present embodiment is configured to enable the use of a game card as an article or an article used (game article) according to the present invention during game play. Any one of the game elements related to the game content is associated with the game card. As shown in FIG. 6A, the game card is provided with card information including a card ID 601 that uniquely identifies the card and a character ID 602 that identifies the associated game element (for example, a character). By acquiring card information, a game card is configured so that a game element associated with the card can appear in a game played on a game device.

In the following description, the game article will be described as a game card, but in the practice of the present invention, the game article is not limited to the game card. The game article is, for example, a figure, a toy body, a key chain, or the like having the appearance of a game element (character or item) as long as it is an article configured so that information for identifying the associated game element can be acquired. It may be a modeled object. In this case, the information for identifying the game element corresponding to the card information is acquired from the recording medium inside the modeled object or a part of the appearance such as painting, sticker, printing, and shape attached to the modeled object. It may be possible. Further, the game article may be an arbitrary article such as a paper medium or a sticker other than the game card, as well as a modeled object. Further, in the present embodiment, the card information attached to the game article is converted into a one-dimensional or multidimensional pattern (code) by applying a predetermined conversion operation, and is printed on the surface of the game card as visible information. It will be described as being attached to the game card in the embodiment. However, the mode of attaching the card information to the game card is not limited to the mode of attaching the card information to the game card as such visible information, and the card information is attached by printing with invisible ink or recorded on a recording medium such as an IC chip included in the game card. It may be anything, such as being retained as data.

Further, in the present embodiment, in the game executed by the game device, the game element that can be made to appear by using the game card is assumed to be a character, and the game card has a corresponding character symbol (character image). It will be described as being attached. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and the game card for the purpose of specifying the game element of the game content is not limited to the one configured to be able to identify the character related to the game of the content, and the item. Needless to say, it may specify other game elements such as the effect to be activated.

<< Configuration of game device 100 >>
Hereinafter, the functional configuration of the game device 100 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU and controls the operation of each block of the game device 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by reading, for example, the operation program of each block recorded on the recording medium 102, expanding it into the memory 103, and executing it.

The recording medium 102 is a recording device such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD that can permanently hold data. The recording medium 102 stores information such as parameters required for the operation of each block and various graphics data used for the game executed by the game device 100, in addition to the operation program of each block of the game device 100. To do. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as an expansion area for the operation program of each block but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output in the operation of each block.

The payment detection unit 104 detects that the consideration has been paid in the game device 100. Payment of consideration is determined by detecting, for example, the insertion of a predetermined amount of coins or equivalent coins into the coin slot, or the completion of settlement processing based on communication with a chip related to predetermined electronic money. It may be something that is done. The game device 100 of the present embodiment is a service (game mode) that enables a game playing experience that involves providing a game card to a player based on payment of consideration, or a new service (game mode) based on a player-owned game card described later. Although the explanation is given assuming that a service (card exchange mode) for providing various game cards is started, payment of consideration is not an indispensable requirement, and even if the service is started based on a predetermined start instruction. Good.

The acquisition unit 105 acquires information from the game card via the reader 120 when playing the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment. The reader 120 is provided so as to be incorporated in the same housing as the game device 100 or to be detachably connected to the outside of the game device 100. The reader 120 is configured to be able to acquire information from the game card, and upon receiving the corresponding articles placed on the reader 120, outputs the information acquired from the articles to the acquisition unit 105. At this time, in order to convert the card information acquired from the game card into a format suitable for use in each process in the game device 100, a predetermined data conversion process or the like may be performed. The reader 120 detects that the article is placed on a predetermined part and recognizes the article or acquires information from the article during a period in which the information can be acquired from the corresponding article. For example, it is performed by applying a predetermined image processing to the image obtained by imaging.

Further, as will be described later, the game device 100 of the present embodiment has a card exchange mode in which a new game card is provided based on a plurality of game cards that satisfy predetermined conditions for which information has been acquired when using the device. More specifically, in the card exchange mode, the game card whose information has been acquired for use is disabled for game play, that is, even if the information is acquired thereafter during game play, the character associated with the game card is used in the game. A new game card will be provided without gameplay, provided that it cannot be made to appear. Therefore, in order to process the game card into an unusable state, the reader 120 of the present embodiment has a card information acquisition function, and if the game card for which the information has been acquired satisfies a predetermined condition, the game card 121, a holding unit 122 that holds the drawn game card until the exchange condition is satisfied, and a game card held in the holding unit 122 when the exchange is confirmed. It has a processing unit 123 that is processed so that it cannot be used for play (these internal configurations are not shown).

For example, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), when the game card is configured to have the code 301, the processing by the processing unit 123 is performed with respect to the code 301 as shown in FIG. 3 (b). Mark 302 is overprinted to make it unreadable, perforated in the area of code 301 as shown in FIG. 3 (c), and unusable as shown in FIG. 3 (d). The additional code 304 may be printed in the area 303 shown, or the part including the code 301 of the game card may be cut as shown in FIG. 3 (e).

Further, in the present embodiment, a device that directly acquires information from the game card will be described as a reader, but a device having only a read (information reading) function and a device having a write (information writing) function may be used. Good. In this case, it is assumed that each game card holds information and incorporates a rewritable storage medium. Therefore, in such an embodiment, instead of processing to change the appearance of the game card, information indicating that the game has become unusable for game play is attached to the recording medium of the game card, thereby changing the state of the card. It may be one that realizes the change.

It should be noted that the game card processed into an unusable state in the present embodiment will be described as being returned to the player. Therefore, although strictly different from "exchange", in the present embodiment, it is convenient to return a usable game card as an unusable state and provide a new usable game card. Referred to as "exchange". Of course, in the implementation of the present invention, the provision of a new game card performed in the card exchange mode is such that the game card to be exchanged is housed in a collection unit (not shown) in the housing and is not returned. Needless to say, it may be realized as.

The character DB 106 is a database that manages information (character information) about each of the characters predetermined to appear in the game executed by the game device 100. In the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, a plurality of characters may appear in the game related to one game play. For the same character, there may be multiple types of game cards (different symbols, different attributes, different rarities, etc.) in one bullet or multiple bullets of the game content, and character information is managed for each of them. Shall be. That is, even if the characters are the same, they are managed as different character information depending on the combination of which bullet is the game content and which card is associated with (the card with the symbol). And.

The character information managed for one character is associated with the character ID 611 that uniquely identifies the character, for example, as shown in FIG. 6B, and rank information 612, which indicates the rank in the game set for the character. In addition to the bullet number information 613 that identifies the bullet to which the game card associated with the character is provided, the name and attributes of the character, etc., predetermined physical strength (durability), attack power, defense power, and activation technique , Progress parameter 614 describing character-specific abilities such as special skills, drawing information 615 including graphics data used for screen generation when the character appears in the game, and voice data also used for voice presentation. Includes 616. The progress parameter 614 is information referred to in the game in which the character appears, and the progress control of the game provided by using the information is performed. Therefore, the game information according to the present invention corresponds to the character information, and the player causes the reader 120 to acquire the information from the game card having the character ID that uniquely identifies the character in order to acquire the character information.

The presentation control unit 107 controls the presentation of various information to the player in the game device 100. The game device 100 of the present embodiment will be described as having a display unit 130 that displays an image (game screen, menu screen, etc.) and an audio output unit 140 that outputs audio as means for presenting various information to the player. It goes without saying that the means of presenting information is not limited to these, and alternatives or additions are possible.

The presentation control unit 107 includes a drawing device such as a GPU, and performs a predetermined drawing process when generating a screen to be displayed on the display unit 130. Specifically, the presentation control unit 107 is suitable for a drawing object required based on the processing or instruction performed by the control unit 101 during the operation of the game device 100 (during game play or standby state). Execute arithmetic processing and draw the screen. The generated screen is output to the display unit 130, which is a display device detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 100 or to the outside of the game device 100, and is displayed in a predetermined display area to the player. Presented.

Further, the presentation control unit 107 includes a circuit for outputting / amplifying an audio signal such as a sound board or an amplifier, and performs a predetermined process when generating an audio output from the audio output unit 140. Specifically, the presentation control unit 107 determines the voice data to be output at the same time based on the voice data recorded in advance on the recording medium 102, and converts the voice data into an electrical voice signal (D / A conversion). By outputting to the audio output unit 140, audio is output. The audio output unit 140 may be a predetermined speaker or the like, and outputs a sound wave based on the input audio signal.

The provision control unit 108 controls the provision of the game card performed in the game device 100. As described above, the game device 100 of the present embodiment can provide the game card related to the latest bullet of the game content, and the providing control unit 108 controls the providing unit 150 to provide the game card to the player. ..

The provision control unit 108 controls the provision unit 150 so that one game card is usually provided for one game play based on the payment of the consideration. The game card provided in the game device 100 of the present embodiment is a game in which, for example, a predetermined game (game part for operating an operating character: a battle game) related to game contents is executed in response to payment of consideration. It is provided before the start of the sequence, and predetermined (fixed) information is attached to each game card regardless of the game play content. The providing unit 150 is, for example, a card dispenser, has a stocker (accommodating unit) (not shown) for stacking game cards in the vertical direction, and is a sending unit 153 (not shown) in response to a providing command issued by the providing control unit 108. May have a mechanism for sending out one game card held at the bottom of the stocker.

Although details will be described later, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, in order to make the provision ratio of each game card rank different between the game mode and the card exchange mode, the first storage unit 151 and the second storage unit 151 (not shown) are not shown. It has two types of stockers of the part 152. The first storage unit 151 stores game cards provided for one normal game play related to game mode selection, and the second storage unit 152 accommodates a plurality of game cards related to card exchange mode selection (a plurality of game cards (related to card exchange mode selection). Accommodates game cards provided in exchange for (right to use).

When the providing unit 150 is built in the same housing as the game device 100, the provided game card is guided to an outlet 154 (see FIG. 2A) accessible from the outside of the game device 100. It may be provided to the player. The game card provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment is a ready-made card printed and manufactured in advance, and the design of the character image, parameters, etc. printed on the card surface is fixed, and all are formed to have the same shape and size. Will be done.

The operation input unit 109 is a user interface included in the game device 100, such as an operation member for direction input, an operation member for determination input, and various sensors. When the operation input unit 109 detects that an operation input has been made to the operation member, the operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101. In the present embodiment, the game device 100 will be described as having various interfaces as physical operation members, but includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor for detecting touch input made on the screen of the display unit 130. May be good.

The communication unit 110 is a communication interface with an external device included in the game device 100. The communication unit 110 can be connected to an external device via a network (whether wired or wireless) that may be a cable that connects a communication network such as the Internet or devices, and can transmit and receive data. .. For example, the communication unit 110 converts the information input as the transmission target into data in a predetermined format and transmits the information to an external device such as a server via the network. Further, when the communication unit 110 receives information from an external device via a network, for example, the communication unit 110 decodes the information and stores it in the memory 103. Further, the game device 100 of the present embodiment is configured so that program (update program) data in which a game content program is packaged can be received from an external device via the communication unit 110. When the program data is received by the communication unit 110 together with the program update request, the control unit 101 updates the game content program currently stored in the recording medium 102 using the received program data in accordance with the update request. be able to. In addition, the update process of the game content program is automatically executed when, for example, the program data recorded in the recording medium is inserted into an optical drive (not shown) included in the game device, or the administrator after the insertion. Can also be executed by issuing a start command.

《Card exchange》
Next, the details of the card exchange performed when the card exchange mode is selected will be described.

By having the reader 120 acquire information on a plurality of game cards satisfying a predetermined condition, the player can obtain one new game card in the form of exchanging the plurality of game cards. More specifically, the plurality of game cards cannot be used for game play, that is, even if information is acquired from the game cards, the associated character is not presented, and the character cannot appear in the game. Alternatively, one new game card is provided provided that the game card is not subject to exchange. In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, all the game cards to be exchanged (exchange source) are old game cards, and the rank information is a game card associated with a character indicating a predetermined rank. Is a requirement.

Here, the rank information may be, for example, a rarity (rareness) set for a character (or a game card to which the character is associated), and based on the high rarity, a secret rare, a legend rare, a super rare, or the like. It is assumed that the ranking is made in the order of rare, uncommon, and common (higher rarity: the higher the rarity, the lower the distribution volume or production volume / the lower the provision ratio / the lower the availability of the player). .. However, the rank information managed by the character information corresponding to the game card does not necessarily have to be determined based on the rarity, and is included in, for example, the class such as the level and character type defined in the game, and the game parameters. The character may be classified based on at least one of various ability values and rarity. Further, the ranking of each classification determined by the rank information may be performed in an order that makes the progress of the game advantageous, for example.

In the following description, it is a requirement that the associated rank information indicates the rarity of "common" for each of the plurality of old game cards of the exchange source. Further, it is assumed that the game card provided by the exchange is a game card among the latest game cards whose rank information associated with the game card indicates the rarity of "rare" or "uncommon". Here, for the sake of simplicity, the number of game cards of the old game card of the exchange source will be described as being a predetermined fixed number, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, for example, information. It may be dynamically determined according to the character associated with the acquired game card and the rarity of the character. Further, although it is explained that the game cards of the plurality of old bullets of the exchange source can be exchanged regardless of the difference between the characters and the game cards, the exchange targets are all the same game cards (characters). This may be included in the requirements.

In the embodiment of the present embodiment, the game card of the old bullet having a common rarity (the rarity does not exceed the uncommon) is described as being exchanged, but this is described as the game card of the rarity being provided to the player. It is easy, and it depends on the fact that relatively few players use the game card for game play. In other words, the game card with common rarity, which is the exchange source, has a decrease in player demand due to the player's acquisition of a higher rarity game card or the possibility of new game play. It is a card that can be exchanged, and by targeting this exchange, a player who wants to utilize a game card obtained in the past can be guided to the latest game play. In particular, in the embodiment in which the latest game card is provided although the rarity is less than rare for a plurality of old game cards (common) as in the present embodiment, the latest game is played from the beginning. Since it is possible to obtain a game card that can make the progress of the game more advantageous than collecting the game card and proceed with the game efficiently, a so-called dormant player who has stopped using the game device can be used as a game device. It is easy to guide you to use it again.

Further, in the present embodiment, the second storage unit 152 accommodates a game card having a rarity of rare or uncommon among the latest game cards, and the storage unit provides the game card in the card exchange mode. This avoids the collateral of the interest factor for obtaining high rarity game cards such as super rare for the player who plays the latest game, and the bias of the game balance due to the availability of high rarity game cards. This is because the provision is restricted to those whose rarity is lower than the prescribed rarity. On the other hand, if the player owns the corresponding old game card, a high rarity game card such as Super Rare will not be provided, but the latest rare or uncommon game will be played at a higher rate than playing the game in the normal game mode. A bullet game card will be provided. Therefore, in the card exchange mode, it is easy to provide a game card of a specific rarity without requiring game play, and for a player who aims to collect game cards, the rarity is not required to spend time related to game play. You can efficiently collect game cards.

In the present embodiment, the game card provided by exchange is described as being the latest game card having a rarity of rare or uncommon, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. As described above, when playing the latest game, it suffices as long as it avoids the influence on the game balance and secures the interest of conventional card collection, and the game card provided by exchange has a predetermined rarity. It may be limited to the latest game cards lower than the rank of (for example, lower than super rare (rare, uncommon, common)). Even in this case, by setting the provision ratio of game cards of rarity other than common provided in the card exchange mode to be higher than that of the game mode, the use of the player's game device is also expected. ..

Further, in the present embodiment, even if a high rarity game card that may be in demand by the player is mistakenly used, only the old common game card is exchanged so as not to make it unusable. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, if the game card to be exchanged is limited to a game card having a rarity lower than a predetermined rank, the target rarity does not have to be limited to common.

In the card exchange mode, if the exchange is performed as described above, the exchange source game card becomes unusable, so that the card cannot be used for future game play when using this mode. It requires the presentation of a notification that it will be possible and the operation input of consent. After that, when the game card is placed on the reader 120 and the card information is acquired, can the game card be the exchange source game card based on the character information corresponding to the card information, that is, the rank information 612. Is determined whether or not indicates the rarity "common". At this time, when the rarity of the game card is common, the pull-in unit 121 is driven, and the card is drawn into the game device 100 as the exchange source game card and held by the holding unit 122. Information acquisition from the game card is repeated until the number of cards held as the exchange source game card reaches the specified number.

At this time, when the card information is acquired from the game card, the character associated with the game card is presented by displaying, for example, an image of the character on the display unit 130. If the game card satisfies the condition as the exchange source game card, the presentation is continued, and if information is acquired from the subsequent game card, it is associated with the subsequent game card. Presented with an image of the character. As a result, character images corresponding to the number of game cards held in the holding unit 122 are displayed on the display unit 130. Then, when a predetermined number of exchange source game cards are held in the holding unit 122, an image of the character provided by the exchange is presented in place of the character image associated with these game cards. In the game device 100 of the present embodiment, since the game card provided by exchange is either a rare or uncommon game card among the latest game cards, an image group or a list of the corresponding character, etc. Is displayed on the display unit 130, and it may be notified that a game card associated with any of these characters is provided.

After the newly exchanged character is presented, the providing control unit 108 controls the sending unit 153 to send the game card from the second accommodating unit 152 of the providing unit 150, thereby exchanging with the player. The game card related to is provided. Further, the exchange source game card held in the holding unit 122 is processed into the code area by the processing unit 123, and then similarly sent to the outlet 154 and returned to the player.

<< Provide processing >>
A specific process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 with respect to the providing process performed when providing the game play experience in the game device 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration. The process corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading, for example, the corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, expanding it into the memory 103, and executing the process.

It should be noted that the present provision process will be described as being started when, for example, the payment detection unit 104 detects that the consideration has been paid during the period when the game device 100 is in the standby state. Further, the game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment is described as having a game mode in which a battle game in which a character associated with a game card appears and a card exchange mode in which only the cards are exchanged are performed. However, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and cards may be exchanged in a mode in which a battle game is played.

In S401, the control unit 101 causes the presentation control unit 107 to present the display and the sound related to the mode selection, and accepts the operation input related to the mode selection in the use of the game device 100 this time. Then, the control unit 101 determines whether the mode selection made is to select the game mode or the card exchange mode. The control unit 101 shifts the process to S402 if the mode selection made is to select the game mode, and shifts the process to S408 if the mode selection is to select the card exchange mode.

In S402, the provision control unit 108 controls the provision unit 150 to provide the game card for the payment of the consideration for the game play of the current game mode under the control of the control unit 101. More specifically, the provision control unit 108 controls the transmission unit 153 to transmit the game card from the first storage unit 151 of the provision unit 150, and provides the game card. The game card provided at this time is provided for the normal game play (game mode) of the latest bullet, and is a game card having any of all the rarities provided for the latest bullet (latest). Bullets) are provided at a predetermined rate. Further, when the game card is provided, the control unit 101 causes the presentation control unit 107 to notify that the game card will be provided.

In S403, the control unit 101 determines the opponent character to appear in the battle game in this game play. The battle game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment includes a character used (player team) whose behavior is controlled based on the operation of the player, and an opponent character appearing in the game as an NPC (Non-Player Character). It will be described as a competitive game played between. For each of the character used and the opponent character, the number of characters appearing in the battle game is predetermined, and in this step, the control unit 101 determines the required number of opponent characters, and provides information for the battle game related to the opponent character. It is additionally stored in the partner character management table of the memory 103. The determination of the opponent character may be performed in response to an operation input for selecting one of the opponent character provided in advance, the quest associated with the opponent character, and the like, or a lottery. It may be performed without requiring operation input according to the processing or, for example, information on the play progress status of the player recorded on a separate recording medium.

The information of one record managed for one character in the opponent character management table and the character management table used later has a configuration in which, for example, the rank information 612 and the bullet number information 613 are excluded from the character information. Often, necessary information may be acquired from the character DB 106 and stored based on the determined character ID of the opponent character.

In S404, the control unit 101 executes a registration process for registering the character used by the player, which is to appear in the battle game in this game play. The registration process is performed by causing the reader 120 to sequentially acquire the card information of the game card related to the character that the player wants to appear as a player team. Therefore, the control unit 101 controls the reader 120 in a state in which information can be acquired for a predetermined period in this step. When the acquisition unit 105 detects, for example, a new game card in the registration process, the acquisition unit 105 acquires an image of the code attached to the card and applies a predetermined analysis process to obtain the card information. get. Then, the control unit 101 acquires information for one record from the character DB 106 based on the character ID 602 of the acquired card information (similar to the opponent character, rank information 612 and bullet number information 613). It does not have to be included), and the information is additionally stored in the used character management table of the memory 103. In the battle game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the player can register the character to be used not only by using the latest game card but also by using the old game card. It shall be composed. When information is acquired from the game card, the presentation control unit 107 displays the character associated with the game card on the display unit 130 under the control of the control unit 101, or displays the character image on the display unit 130. It is presented to the player by playing back the voice data of the character.

In S405, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the registration of the character to be used has been completed. The completion of the registration of the characters to be used may be determined based on the detection that the operation input related to the end of registration has been made by the player and the completion of the registration of the maximum number of characters to be used. The control unit 101 shifts the process to S406 when it determines that the registration of the character to be used has been completed, and returns the process to S404 when it determines that the registration has not been completed yet. Here, when the registration is completed, if the number of registered characters used is less than the specified number, the character to be lent for this battle game is selected by lottery processing or the like, and the information of the character is used. By adding it to the management table, it may be processed so that the number of characters used becomes a specified number.

In S406, the control unit 101 starts the game processing related to the battle game in which the registered used character and the opponent character appear. More specifically, the control unit 101 refers to the used character management table and the opponent character management table, and starts a game process for performing progress control based on the progress parameter 614 of each character.

In the battle game provided by the game device 100 of the present embodiment, either the used character or the opponent character is incapable of acting as a result of the completion of a predetermined number of rounds or the actions of the appearing characters ( For example, it ends on the condition that the total physical strength becomes 0).

In S407, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the end condition of the battle game is satisfied. If it is determined that the end condition of the battle game is satisfied, the control unit 101 shifts the process to S414, and if it determines that the end condition is not satisfied, the control unit 101 repeats the process of this step until the end condition is satisfied.

On the other hand, when the card exchange mode is selected in S401, the control unit 101 is S408, and when the card exchange is performed, the exchange source game card is presented to the control unit 107 that it cannot be used for future game play. It is presented and accepts the player's operation input related to the consent to use the card exchange mode. The control unit 101 shifts the process to S409 when it determines that the consent to use the card exchange mode has been given, and returns the process to S401 when it determines that the use of the card exchange mode has not been agreed.

In S409, the control unit 101 executes a reception process for accepting the exchange source game card. In the reception process, when the game card is placed on the reader 120 by the player as described above and the placed game card satisfies the condition as the exchange source game card, the pull-in unit 121 plays the game card. It includes an operation of pulling into the device 100 and holding it in the holding unit 122. More specifically, in the reception process, the control unit 101 reads the character information of the character associated with the game card from the character DB 106 based on the character ID 602 of the card information acquired from the game card mounted on the reader 120. .. At this time, under the control of the control unit 101, the presentation control unit 107 causes the display unit 130 to display the image of the associated character based on the drawing information 615 of the read character information. If the image of the character associated with the exchange source game card is already displayed, the image of the character associated with the newly placed game card should be displayed in addition to the image of the character. , The presentation control unit 107 performs display control. Then, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the condition as the exchange source game card is satisfied based on the rank information 612 and the bullet number information 613 of the read character information. In the present embodiment, when the bullet number information 613 indicates that the bullet number information 613 is an old bullet and the rank information 612 indicates a common rarity, the control unit 101 determines that the condition as the exchange source game card is satisfied. When the placed game card satisfies the condition as the exchange source game card, the control unit 101 drives the pull-in unit 121 to pull the game card into the game device 100 and hold it in the holding unit 122. At this time, if the presentation control unit 107 satisfies the condition as the exchange source game card under the control of the control unit 101, the game card is temporarily taken into the game device 100. The display control is performed so that the image of the character is attached to indicate that the character is to be exchanged, that the character is returned after the exchange, and that the character associated with the game card has been confirmed as the exchange target. Further, when the placed game card does not satisfy the condition as the exchange source game card, the presentation control unit 107 may control the display unit 130 and the audio output unit 140 so as to present to that effect.

In S410, the control unit 101 determines whether or not a predetermined number of exchange source game cards related to the card exchange are held by the holding unit 122. The control unit 101 shifts the process to S411 when it determines that a predetermined number of exchange source game cards have been held, and returns the process to S409 when it determines that the specified number of game cards have not been held. If the number of game cards held in the holding unit 122 does not reach the specified number and the predetermined time limit for the reception process has elapsed, the control unit 101 can use the game cards held in the holding unit 122. It may be sent to the outlet 154 in the same state, and the processing may be transferred to S414. In this case, the presentation control unit 107 presents that, under the control of the control unit 101, a new game card is not provided at the end of the time limit, and the exchange source game card entrusted by the player is returned in a usable state. To do. In addition, the consideration paid at the start of the provision process shall also be returned.

In the present embodiment, if the game card placed on the reader 120 satisfies the condition as the exchange source game card, the game card is held in the holding unit 122, and whether or not the condition is sequentially satisfied for each game card is determined. Although it will be described as a judgment, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the game device 100 is configured so that card information can be acquired from a plurality of game cards in parallel, depending on whether or not all the character information related to the game cards whose information has been acquired at the same time satisfy the conditions. , It may be used to determine whether or not to exchange cards.

In S411, the presentation control unit 107 presents an effect related to card exchange under the control of the control unit 101. The effect presentation is an image showing a character that is associated with a game card that can be provided by exchange, that is, a rare or uncommon game card of the latest bullet, with a character image group displayed on the display unit 130 for the game card of the exchange source. Includes a display change to change to, and a notification that the game card associated with any character included in the changed image will be provided in connection with this exchange.

In S412, the provision control unit 108 controls the provision unit 150 to provide the game card related to the current card exchange under the control of the control unit 101. More specifically, the provision control unit 108 controls the transmission unit 153 to transmit the game card from the second storage unit 152 of the provision unit 150, and provides the game card. The game card provided at this time is different from the game mode, and a game card corresponding to either rare or uncommon of the latest bullet is provided at a predetermined provision ratio determined for exchange. Further, when the game card is provided, the control unit 101 causes the presentation control unit 107 to notify that the game card will be provided.

In S413, the control unit 101 causes the processing unit 123 to process a predetermined number of game cards held in the holding unit 122 to make them unusable, and then removes the game card. It is sent to the exit 154.

In S414, the control unit 101 executes various processes related to the end of use of the game device 100 this time, and completes the present provision process. The process may include, for example, the presentation of the game result by the presentation control unit 107, the notification of the completion of card exchange, and the process of shifting to the standby state.

As described above, according to the game device of the present embodiment, it is possible to provide an article that keeps the player's interest. More specifically, the game device is provided in the game device provided that the game card owned by the player, which is assumed to be in low demand, cannot be used for the game. It is possible to provide a player with a new game card having a certain value in a certain game. By doing so, the dormant player who has stopped using the game device and the player who has been using the game device for a long period of time have increased their interest in the game content and obtained a new game card. Based on this, it can lead to further use of the device.

[Embodiment 2]
In the above-described first embodiment, it is a condition that the game card is provided during the service of the game content of the old bullet and the rarity is common as the exchange source game card, and the game card satisfying the condition. However, it was explained that the demand level is low for the player and that the player is to be exchanged. However, game cards that are in low demand for players are not necessarily limited to these conditions. That is, since the hobbies / tastes and game play styles are different for each player, it is not possible to unconditionally specify whether or not the game card is in low demand for the player under the above conditions.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the usage history of each game card is managed, and the presence or absence of demand for the game card for the owning player is estimated according to the period during which the game card was actually unused. A mode for determining the game card to be exchanged based on the above will be described. In the present embodiment, considering that the game devices 100 are installed at a plurality of geographical positions and the player's devices can be used in any of them, the usage history of the player's game card is shown in FIG. 2 (b). It is assumed that the server 500 is managed by the server 500 connected to the plurality of game devices 100 via the network 510.

<< Server configuration >>
Hereinafter, the functional configuration of the server 500 of the game system of the present embodiment including the game device 100 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In the present embodiment, the game information related to the article of the present invention includes the information on the usage history of the game card, and the server 500 manages only the information on the usage history, that is, a part of the information related to the game information ( Information other than character information) will be described as being managed by the server 500, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. That is, when a game card is used for game play or card exchange, character information and card usage history information, which are game information acquired based on the game card, are aggregated and managed in the server 500. It may be a thing. Alternatively, in a mode in which the game device 100 provides a service independently without network cooperation or the like, all the information may be managed by the game device 100. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the game information is separately managed by the game device 100 and the server 500, but in the embodiment of the present invention, the game information is managed by one or more devices. Often, the existence is not denied to external devices other than the game device 100 and the server 500.

The server control unit 501 is, for example, a CPU and controls the operation of each block of the server 500. Specifically, the server control unit 501 controls the operation of each block by reading, for example, the operation program of each block recorded on the server recording medium 502, expanding it into the server memory 503, and executing it.

The server recording medium 502 is a recording device such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD that can permanently hold data. The server recording medium 502 stores information such as parameters required for the operation of each block in addition to the operation program of each block of the server 500. The server memory 503 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The server memory 503 is used not only as an expansion area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output in the operation of each block.

The card DB 504 is a database that manages information on the usage history of the game cards for each of the game cards in circulation. As shown in FIG. 6C, the information managed in the card DB 504 is associated with the card ID 621 that uniquely identifies the game card, and the usage history information 622 indicating the usage history of the game card in the game device 100 is provided. Have. For the sake of simplicity in the present embodiment, the usage history information 622 will be described simply as managing information on the date and time when the game card was used when using the game mode in the game device 100. Needless to say, it may include information related to training elements based on the play content of the game, information identifying the player who owns the game card, and the like.

The server communication unit 505 is a communication interface with an external device included in the server 500. The server communication unit 505 connects to an external device via a network 510 (whether wired or wireless) which may be a cable for connecting a communication network such as the Internet or devices, and enables data transmission / reception. Can be done. For example, the server communication unit 505 converts the information input as the transmission target into data in a predetermined format and transmits the information to an external device such as the game device 100 via the network 510. When the server communication unit 505 receives information from an external device via, for example, the network 510, the server communication unit 505 decodes the information and stores it in the server memory 503.

《Card exchange》
Hereinafter, the outline of the card exchange realized by the game system of the present embodiment will be described.

In the game system of the present embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, whether or not the game card can be exchanged is further determined based on the usage history of the game card. That is, the conditions of the provided process executed by the game device 100 as the exchange source game card determined in S409 are different from those of the first embodiment. Specifically, the control unit 101 not only reads the character information of the character associated with the game card from the character DB 106 based on the character ID 602 of the card information acquired from the game card mounted on the reader 120. , The card ID 601 of the acquired card information is transmitted to the communication unit 110, and is transmitted to the server 500 together with the transmission request of the usage history information, and the corresponding usage history information 622 is acquired from the server 500. Then, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the condition as the exchange source game card is satisfied based on the rank information 612 and the bullet number information 613 of the read character information and the acquired usage history information. In the present embodiment, the control unit 101 indicates that the bullet number information 613 is an old bullet, the rank information 612 indicates a common rarity, and a predetermined time has elapsed from the date and time indicated by the usage history information. , Judge as satisfying the conditions as the exchange source game card. Here, the predetermined time for determining the usage history information is a time determined for determining that the demand for the game card is low for the player. That is, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the degree of demand for the player of the game card is measured according to how long the game card has been unused since it was last used, and the exchange source Determine if it is a good game card.

Note that there is a possibility that the game card is never used and is used for card exchange, for example, when the player already owns a game card to which the same character is associated. In such a case, since the usage history information of the game card does not include the information on the date and time when the game card was last used in the game mode, instead of this, the store where the game device 100 is installed on the day when the game card is manufactured. The date of shipment to, the date of release of the latest game content, etc. may be used. Further, when a game card is provided from the game device 100, in a mode in which the card information of the game card can be acquired, the information on the date and time when the provided game card is provided is managed as usage history information 622 on the server 500. , It may be substituted as the information of the date and time when the game mode was last used.

By doing so, even if the player mistakenly tries to use a game card that can be used for game play for card exchange, it is possible to control so that the game card is not used as the exchange source game card. ..

Further, in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the fact that the rarity of the game card is common and that it is an old bullet is included in the conditions as the exchange source game card, but the embodiment of the present invention is described. It is not limited to this. The condition may be determined based only on the unused period. Further, since a high rarity game card is highly valuable and is presumed to be in demand by the player, it may be determined based on the conditions related to the rarity and the unused period.

[Modification 1]
Although the requirements for card exchange according to the present invention have been described with reference to the first and second embodiments, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in these embodiments.

Normally, the player can obtain the game card by using the game device 100, but in recent years, the game card may be distributed by a route different from such a regular route. However, as long as the game card provided in the card exchange has a predetermined value, providing a new game card based on the game card obtained by a non-regular route without playing a legitimate game is a player. It is not preferable because it lacks fairness between them. Therefore, whether or not to manage the players owned by each of the game cards by including them in the game information and provide the game cards by exchange means that all the game cards of the exchange source are associated with the same player. May be included as a requirement. In this case, the information of the player who owns the game card is used in the game play, for example, when the information is acquired from an article having a separate recording medium with a player ID that identifies the player during game play. The used game card (not associated with another player ID) and the player ID may be associated with each other and managed by, for example, the card DB 504 of the server 500. Alternatively, for example, in a mode in which the providing unit 150 of the game device 100 is configured by a printing device or the like and a game card can be generated by so-called on-demand printing based on the game play content or the like, a game that generates arbitrary information. Since it can be attached to the card, the player ID that identifies the player may be attached to the game card as card information.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a prefabricated ready-made card is housed in each storage unit, and one game card is randomly sent out from the storage unit at a predetermined provision timing and provided to the player. However, as described above, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this in a mode in which the providing unit 150 (or at least a configuration for providing a game card in the card exchange mode) can print on demand. In the mode in which the game card is provided by on-demand printing, it is possible to generate a game card associated with an arbitrary character, so that the game card is associated with the game card provided by the exchange in the effect presentation related to the card exchange. The character can be presented before it is provided, and the interest in card exchange can be enhanced. Further, in such an embodiment, for example, the player is made to select a character who wants to obtain a game card by exchange from among the characters presented as being available, and the player is provided with a game card associated with the desired character. You can also do it. Further, for example, the character associated by card exchange does not depend on the game card stored in the second storage unit 152 by lottery processing or the like, that is, regardless of which game device 100 uses the card exchange mode, it is always predetermined. It is possible to realize a fair card exchange according to the offer probability.

Further, the character associated with the game card provided by the exchange may be determined according to the game card of the exchange source. The determination may be made based on the number of game cards of the exchange source, the combination of characters associated with the game cards of the exchange source, the number of times each of the game cards of the exchange source has been used, and the like.

For example, the rarity of the provided game card is determined according to the number of game cards to be exchanged (the higher the number, the higher the rarity), and the character corresponding to the provided game card from the character corresponding to the rarity is determined. It may be something to do.

Further, for example, for each character for which a game card is provided by card exchange, a combination of game cards (or characters associated with the game card) for which information needs to be acquired as the exchange source game card is predetermined as a provision condition. It may be a thing. In this case, for example, an image of a character whose provision condition is satisfied by a combination related to the game card of the exchange source is presented to the display unit 130 in place of the character image group displayed on the game card, and then the provision condition is provided. A game card of a character satisfying the above may be generated and provided by on-demand printing.

In a mode in which the condition of the number of cards of the exchange source is not set, the provision conditions can be set for various combinations of the number of cards, and it is assumed that the combination of the game cards of the exchange source satisfies a plurality of provision conditions. However, in this case, the player may select a desired character from the characters satisfying the conditions, and may be configured to provide the corresponding game card. Further, the combination of the game cards of the exchange source from which the information has been acquired does not satisfy the specific provision conditions, and the provision conditions are satisfied by additionally acquiring information as a predetermined number of game cards as the game cards of the exchange source. In this case, it may be notified that the provision condition is satisfied by acquiring the additional information and the information on which game card the provision condition is satisfied by acquiring the information. That is, if the card is exchanged, the game card of the exchange source cannot be used. Therefore, if other provision conditions can be satisfied, it is preferable to notify this and secure a suitable exchange opportunity.

By the way, the provision control of a new game card according to these exchange source game cards in the card exchange mode can be realized not only in the mode in which the on-demand printing method is adopted in the providing unit 150. For example, the game cards provided by exchange are classified according to rank information and characters, and each is stored in a different storage unit, and the provision control unit 108 plays a game from the corresponding storage unit according to the game information related to the game card of the exchange source. The sending unit 153 may be controlled so as to send the card.

Further, although the exchange source game card has been described as being a game card provided in relation to the game content of the old bullet, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, even if the game card is provided for the latest game content, the game card having low rarity and which the player can obtain in duplicate may be desired to be exchanged. Game card may correspond to the game card of the exchange source. By doing so, even a player who has started game play from a new game content can experience an interesting element related to card exchange, and as a result, it is possible to encourage the player to actively use the device. Further, although the description has been made on the condition that the number of game cards to be exchanged is a plurality of cards, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this, and a new game card can be provided based on one or more game cards. It may be what is done.

Further, although the exchange source game card has been described as a requirement that it is lower than a predetermined rarity (rank), the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the number of game cards that can be exchanged as the exchange source game card is determined for each rank information (the higher the rank, the greater the number), and no matter which rank the game card corresponds to, the game card of the same rank is determined. By acquiring more than the number of information, the game card of the exchange source may be used. In this case, in consideration of the interests of the player, it is preferable to provide a game card showing rank information higher than that of the exchange source game card.

Further, although the game card provided by exchange has been described as being the latest game card, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the game card provided by the exchange may be an old game card showing rank information higher than that of the exchange source game card. Alternatively, the game card provided by the exchange is associated (granted) with privilege information so that when used for gameplay, the game progresses more favorably than that obtained by using the normal game mode. If it is in a state, it may be an old game card showing rank information equivalent to that of the exchange source game card. The addition of the specific information may be realized by being managed in association with the card ID as in the second embodiment, or in a mode in which the game card is configured to be able to give information, the information held by the card may be added. It may be realized by being included. In this way, by replacing the old game card with a game card provided by exchange, fairness between players is ensured, and the old game card inventory held by the store where the game device 100 is installed is effective. It can be used to realize the operation of a suitable game device 100.

[Modification 2]
In the above-described embodiment, the game information referred to in the control of whether or not the card can be exchanged when the game card is used is associated with the used game card and is associated with the game device 100 (character information) or the game device 100 and the server. Although it has been described as being managed by 500 (character information and usage history information), the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. It goes without saying that the game information may be attached to the game card in the form of a code or data so that it can be obtained from the game card itself used.

Although various implementation modes of the present invention have been described above with embodiments and modifications, these modes may be combined in any way when carrying out the invention. For example, the game card provided for the use of the game mode may be a ready-made card, and the game card provided for the use of the card exchange mode may be a card generated by on-demand printing.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The game device according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes a computer to function as the game device. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or through a telecommunication line.

100: Game device, 101: Control unit, 102: Recording medium, 103: Memory, 104: Payment detection unit, 105: Acquisition unit, 106: Character DB, 107: Presentation control unit, 108: Provided control unit, 109: Operation Input unit, 110: Communication unit, 120: Reader, 121: Retracting unit, 122: Holding unit, 123: Processing unit, 130: Display unit, 140: Audio output unit, 150: Providing unit, 151: First accommodating unit, 152: 2nd accommodating unit, 153: Sending unit

Claims (19)

A game device that executes a game based on game information related to an article.
An acquisition means for acquiring the game information related to the used article based on the used article which is an article used when using the game device, and
Based on the game information acquired by the acquisition means, a presentation means for presenting a game element associated with the article to be used, and a presentation means.
When the acquired game information satisfies a predetermined condition, the control means for controlling the presenting means to change the game element associated with the used article to a new game element different from the game element. ,
It has a providing means for providing an article for playing the game, and has
The game information has information on the usage history of the article, and has information on the usage history of the article.
The predetermined condition includes, on condition, that all of the plurality of acquired game information has the information of the usage history indicating that the game information has not been used for a predetermined time.
The acquisition of the game information by the acquisition means is performed for the plurality of used articles, and the acquisition of the game information is performed.
The control means
Based on the plurality of acquired game information, it is determined whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied, and the result is determined.
When all of the plurality of acquired game information satisfy the predetermined conditions, the presenting means is controlled so as to change the game element associated with the used article to the new game element.
The providing means is a game device that provides an article to which the new game element is associated when the presentation is changed to the new game element by the control means. The game information has player information that identifies the player to whom the article is provided.
The game device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition includes all of the plurality of acquired game information having the same player information. Further having a switching means for switching the game executed in the game device,
The article provided for the play of the game by the providing means differs between the first period before the switching of the game by the switching means and the second period after the switching.
The game information has information on the period during which the article was provided.
The game device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the predetermined condition includes all of the plurality of acquired game information having information indicating that the acquired game information has been provided in the first period. Each of the game elements is categorized by at least one of the class, ability score, and rarity of the associated article in the game.
The game information has information on the classification to which the game element associated with the article belongs.
The game device according to claim 3 , wherein the predetermined condition includes that all the game elements associated with the plurality of used articles belong to a predetermined classification. The classification relating to the game element is ranked in the order in which the game element favors the progress of the game.
The game device according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined classification is lower than the first rank. The article to which the new game element is associated is an article to which a game element belonging to a classification lower than the second rank among the articles provided for the play of the game in the second period is associated. The game device according to claim 5. The article to which the new game element is associated is associated with a game element belonging to a classification higher than the first rank among the articles provided for the play of the game in the first period. The game device according to claim 5 , which is an article. The game device according to claim 7 , further comprising a granting means for imparting a privilege to make the progress of the game advantageous to the game information related to the article with respect to the article to which the new game element is associated. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the new game element differs depending on the number of articles used. When the acquired game information does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the control means provides the presenting means with information on the article to be used for satisfying the predetermined condition based on the acquired game information. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 to be presented. Further having a delivery means for delivering the article from the accommodating portion in which the article is accommodated,
The providing means is an article for changing the presentation, which is different from the first accommodating portion in which the article provided for the play of the game is accommodated when the presentation is changed to the new game element. game device according to the second housing portion but contained the articles delivered by said delivery means, in any one of claims 1 to 1 0 provides as an article associated with the new game element .. It also has a generation means to generate the article,
Said providing means, if the presentation changes to a new game element is made, any one of claims 1 to 1 0 provides an article associated with the generated said new game element by the generating means The game device according to item 1. The game information is attached to the used article, and the game information is attached to the used article.
The acquisition unit, the game device according to the used article, to any one of claims 1 to 1 2 acquires the game information relating to said use article. Specific information for specifying the game information is attached to the used article.
The acquisition unit, the use on the basis of the specific information obtained from the article, the game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 1 2 acquires the game information. Wherein when an article associated with the new game element, the game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 1 4, further comprising a processing means for processing a portion of the used article. Wherein when an article associated with the new game element, the game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 1 4, further comprising a recovery means for recovering the used article. When an article associated with the new game element to said used article, of claims 1 to 1 4, further comprising an additional means for adding information indicating that said use article becomes unusable The game device according to any one item. A program for causing a computer to function as the game device according to any one of claims 1 to 17. A game system composed of an article and a game device that executes a game based on the game information related to the article.
An acquisition means for acquiring the game information related to the used article based on the used article which is an article used when using the game device, and
Based on the game information acquired by the acquisition means, a presentation means for presenting a game element associated with the article to be used, and a presentation means.
When the acquired game information satisfies a predetermined condition, the control means for controlling the presenting means to change the game element associated with the used article to a new game element different from the game element. ,
It has a providing means for providing an article for playing the game, and has
The game information has information on the usage history of the article, and has information on the usage history of the article.
The predetermined condition includes, on condition, that all of the plurality of acquired game information has the information of the usage history indicating that the game information has not been used for a predetermined time.
The acquisition of the game information by the acquisition means is performed for the plurality of used articles, and the acquisition of the game information is performed.
The control means
Based on the plurality of acquired game information, it is determined whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied, and the result is determined.
When all of the plurality of acquired game information satisfy the predetermined conditions, the presenting means is controlled so as to change the game element associated with the used article to the new game element.
The providing means is a game system that provides an article to which the new game element is associated when the presentation is changed to the new game element by the control means.

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