JP2018183701A - Game device, program and game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game experience in which convenience for a player is enhanced.SOLUTION: A game device acquires game information from an object corresponding to an appearance object, the appearance objects including a character who appears in a game or an item which appears in a game, the object having the game information indicating the appearance object. Then based on the acquired game information, the game device determines whether or not there is a second object having a prescribed relationship with the first object for which the game information is acquired, and according to the determination result, determines an image based on the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first object. At the time, when a determination result in which, there is the second object, is acquired, the game device determines an image based on game information being different from the acquired game information, as an image corresponding to the first object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a game device, a program, and a game system, and more particularly, to a game device and a program that provide a game experience related to an article by acquiring information from the article.

  There is a game device that obtains information attached to an article such as a card or a toy body so that a character or item corresponding to the article appears in the game and can be used by a player. Further, in such a game apparatus, the character or item may be changed according to the content of the game play performed by the player, and the changed character or item may appear in the game at the next game play. As possible, there are also products that newly discharge articles with corresponding information.

  In the game device of Patent Literature 1, in order to make the changed character available to the player in the next game play, the printer outputs a card on which parameters (characteristic data) reflected during the game play are printed as a two-dimensional code. .

JP 2002-065936 A

  In the game device described in Patent Document 1, a character that has grown through game play is output as a new card. As a result, for the same character, the player owns a plurality of cards, that is, a card related to the character before growth used for the game play and a card related to the character after growth obtained after the game play.

  When a plurality of cards are owned for the same character, there is a possibility that the player mistakenly starts the game play using the card related to the character before the growth. In such a case, there is a possibility that a suitable game experience of the player cannot be secured, for example, it is necessary to play a game having the same content again.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a game device, a program, and a game system that provide a game experience with improved convenience for the player.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the game device of the present invention is an article corresponding to an appearance object including a character or item appearing in a game, and the game information is obtained from an article having game information indicating the appearance object. A first acquisition unit that acquires the management information indicating the presence or absence of an article having a predetermined relationship with the article, for the article for which game information has been acquired by the first acquisition unit; Based on the game information acquired by the first acquisition means and the management information acquired by the second acquisition means, there is a second article having a predetermined relationship with the first article from which the game information has been acquired. A determination unit that determines whether or not to perform, and a deciding unit that determines an image based on the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first article according to a determination result by the determination unit And determining means determines an image based on game information different from the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first article when a determination result that the second article exists is obtained. To do.

  With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a game experience with improved convenience for the player.

The block diagram which showed the function structure of the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the process at the time of output performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the registration process performed with the game device 100 which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the registration process performed with the game device 100 which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The figure which illustrated the data structure of the card | curd information managed by card | curd DB104 which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and the character information managed by character DB105.

[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 player with a game play in which the character appears by acquiring game information from a card corresponding to the character appearing in the game as an example of a game device. An example in which the present invention is applied to a game device will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to cards, and is an article corresponding to an appearance object including a character or item appearing in the game, and game information is obtained from an article having game information indicating the appearance object. The present invention can be applied to any device capable of providing the game play. That is, the article is not limited to a card, and may be a toy body such as a figure or a medal as long as game information is recorded. In addition to the characters and items, the appearance objects may include actions (commands, techniques) that can be used for characters in the game, play fields for playing games, reproduced music, and the like.

<Game device configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the game apparatus 100. The control unit 101 reads out, for example, an operation program for each block recorded in the recording medium 102 and a program related to the game (provided game) of the present embodiment that provides a game experience in accordance with payment of the value, and stores the program in the memory 103 The operation of each block is controlled by expanding and executing.

  The recording medium 102 is a recording device that permanently records information, such as a built-in memory or HDD, and may be connected to the game device 100 in a built-in or detachable manner. The recording medium 102 stores various information such as parameters and display images necessary for the operation of each block in addition to the operation program for each block of the game apparatus 100. The memory 103 is a volatile storage device such as a RAM. The memory 103 may be used not only as a development area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for intermediate data output in the operation of each block and a work area related to the operation of each block.

  The card DB 104 is a database that manages information (cards) for each of the cards that can be used for playing the provided game. The card information managed in the card DB 104 according to the present embodiment uses a character ID 502 for identifying a character corresponding to the card in association with the card ID 501 for identifying the card as shown in FIG. Management information 503 indicating the history of game play and the like.

  In the provided game executed by the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, the player uses the character corresponding to the card during the game by causing the recognition unit 106 (to be described later) to recognize (scan) a predetermined number of cards when playing the game. It can be registered as a character and can be played against a predetermined battle character in the battle game. In addition, at the end of the provided game related to one game play, the player can discharge a predetermined number of characters as new cards from among the characters that appear during the play including the used character. At this time, if the character to be a new card is a character to be used, that is, a character that already owns the card, the parameters of the character are updated (growth: parameters, character images, etc. Changed according to the result). In other words, in the provided game of the present embodiment, when a used character is selected as a discharge target, a new card of the same character (or a different character having a growth relationship, etc.) is “derived” from the card used for registering the used character. Can be output. In order to make it easier to understand the correspondence between the cards, the card that was used to grow the newly used character is the “derived card”, and the card that was used to register the used character before the growth is the “basic card” as required. Mention.

  In the card DB 104 of the present embodiment, at least the management information 503 related to the basic card includes information (which may be a card ID) for specifying the derived card so as to show such a correspondence relationship between the cards. In addition, the derived card can output a further derived card even when the used character is registered using the derived card during game play and the used character is output as a card. That is, there can be a plurality of derived cards for one card in consideration of indirect derivation. As will be described later, in the provided game according to the present embodiment, the management information 503 includes a derived genealogy in order to prevent the player from playing the same game development scenario again when the basic card is mistakenly used for registration. Information for identifying the latest derivative card is included. For example, when there is a card B generated by deriving from the card A and a card C generated by deriving from the card B, the management information 503 related to the card A and the card B is for specifying the card C. Is stored.

  In the present embodiment, the management information 503 is described as storing information for identifying the latest derivative card of the derivative genealogy, but it is easily understood that the present invention is not limited to this. . For example, in order to indicate a derived card, the management information 503 stores information for identifying a derived card generated using the corresponding card, that is, a derived card derived directly (immediately in the derived lineage). It may be a thing. In this case, in order to specify the latest derivative card, it is only necessary to process the management information 503 so as to refer to the management information 503 of the derivative card up to a card that does not include information for specifying the derivative card. . Alternatively, in the management information 503 related to the top of the derived lineage, that is, the basic card (parent card) in which no derivation is recorded, information and parent card for specifying all the derived cards (child cards) of the derived lineage Information indicating that the card is present, and each piece of management information 503 relating to these child cards stores information for specifying the parent card and information indicating that the card is a child card. Also good.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a derived card can be output by growing one used character at the end of a provided game related to one game play, that is, one derived card is generated for one basic card. Although described as possible, it is not limited to this. For example, a combination (combination / combination) with other cards or characters used may be used as a growth factor for derivation, and the derivation card may be output according to the combination. In this case, since this corresponds to the existence of a plurality of basic cards for one derivative card, the management information 503 for each of the plurality of basic cards may store information for specifying the same derivative card. .

  In addition, the management information 503 may include, for example, information on game play results and character parameter correction performed on the card. Information included in the management information 503 may be referred to for game play or card output.

  In the present embodiment, the card DB 104 is used to explain that all card information that can be used in the game apparatus 100, including cards output from the game apparatus 100, is managed as each card information. Is not limited to this. The card information may be managed for each player who owns the card. In this case, in the player DB that manages information about each player separately from the card DB 104, the management information is associated with the player identification information. 503 may be managed.

  The character DB 105 manages various information (character information) about each character appearing in the provided game. The character information managed in the character DB 105 of the present embodiment is associated with the character ID 511 for identifying the character as shown in FIG. 5B when the character appears in the provided game and displayed on the game screen. A character image 512 used for composition / generation of the screen, and growth information 513 indicating the transition of the growth process defined for the character are included. The character image 512 may be a different image depending on the growth stage of the character. In this case, an image displayed on the game screen or a card displayed on the output card is also related to each growth stage. It may be determined as something that changes.

  In the present embodiment, the card DB 104 and the character DB 105 are shown as configurations of the game device 100, but information that can be referred to in a plurality of game devices managed in these databases is recorded in each game device. You don't have to. That is, at least one of the card DB 104 and the character DB 105 may have a configuration of an external device such as a server that is communicably connected to the game apparatus 100 via the communication unit 110 described later. In this case, even if the player is a game device that is different from the game device that generated the derivative card, the player can have a game experience with improved convenience related to various processes described later when playing the game using the basic card. .

  The recognition unit 106 is a card associated with any character based on information acquired from the card by scanning by an information acquisition device such as a card reader provided as an internal configuration of the game device 100 or connected to the game device 100, for example. Recognize that there is. For example, the recognizing unit 106 refers to the card DB 104 based on the card ID 501 acquired from the recognition target card, and acquires card information (character ID 502 and management information 503) related to the card. The recognizing unit 106 acquires character information of the corresponding character based on the obtained character ID 502. The character information acquired by the recognizing unit 106 may be stored in the memory 103 as used character information together with the card ID and management information or by applying a predetermined conversion process.

  The drawing unit 107 is a drawing device such as a GPU, for example, and performs drawing processing of various screens related to the provided game. For example, during the play of the provided game, the drawing unit 107 draws a game screen to which the character image of the character used is applied as the game screen. In addition, the drawing unit 107 is not limited to the game screen, and may generate image data that is print contents related to a card output after the game play.

  The display unit 108 is a display device included in the game device 100 such as an LCD, for example, and displays the game screen generated by the drawing unit 107 at a predetermined frame rate, thereby allowing the player to have a game experience related to the provided game. .

  The output unit 109 outputs, for example, cards that can be used in the game play of the provided game by issuing an output command to a printing device such as a printer provided as an internal configuration of the game device 100 or connected to the game device 100. To realize. The output command is made together with the image data printed on the card, and the printing apparatus prints the image data on a predetermined printing medium (card paper / roll paper, etc.), and the player can obtain it via a predetermined discharge mechanism. To eject the card.

  Communication unit 110 is a communication interface with other devices included in game device 100. The game device 100 can exchange information by connecting to another game device that provides a provided game with a similar configuration via a predetermined network by the communication unit 110 or a predetermined server. The communication method via the communication unit 110 may be performed in accordance with a predetermined standard, and there is no particular limitation on which standard is used or whether the communication is wired / wireless.

  The operation input unit 111 is an operation input interface that the game apparatus 100 has, such as buttons and direction indicating sticks. When the operation input unit 111 detects that an operation input to the operation input interface has been made, the operation input unit 111 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101.

<Processing on output>
Hereinafter, in the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, specific processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 regarding output processing related to card output performed for one game play. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading, for example, a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, developing it in the memory 103, and executing it. The description will be made assuming that the processing at the time of output is started when the battle game with a predetermined battle character is completed in the provided game, for example.

  In step S201, the control unit 101 determines whether or not a character (output character) for card output has been selected. In the provided game of the present embodiment, the player can select a character to be a card output target from among the use character registered by the player in the game play and the battle character that is the opponent of the battle game. If it is determined that the output character has been selected, the control unit 101 moves the process to S202. If it is determined that the output character has not been selected, the control unit 101 repeats the process of this step.

  In S202, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the character selected as the output character is a use character. That is, the control unit 101 determines whether or not an output character has been selected from among the used characters registered by the player using a card corresponding to the game play. If the control unit 101 determines that the output character is a used character, the process proceeds to S203, and if it is determined that the output character is not a used character, the process proceeds to S205.

  In step S <b> 203, the control unit 101 updates various parameter information stored in the memory 103 for the output character, assigns a new card ID (output card ID), and outputs the output card information related to the output character (derivation). Card information). Then, the control unit 101 stores the generated output card information in the card DB 104. The output card information has the same configuration as the card information. That is, the control unit 101 generates output card information having the output card ID as the card ID 501, the character ID of the output character as the character ID 502, and the management information 503 based on the updated parameter information. If the output character is determined to change to a different type of character by derivation, the character ID of the changed character and various parameters are acquired from the character DB 105 when the information of various parameters is updated, and output based on the information. The card information may be configured.

  In S <b> 204, the control unit 101 changes the management information 503 stored in the card DB 104 for the used character selected as the output character. In this step, when a derived card is generated based on the used character, information for specifying the derived card (output card) is stored in the management information 503 managed in the card DB 104 for the card related to the used character. An addition is made. Specifically, the control unit 101 requests the card DB 104 to update the card information so that the output card ID is added to the management information 503 of the corresponding used character as information for identifying the derived card. In the case where other card information associated with the derivation lineage is managed in the card DB 104, that is, the management information is used as information for specifying the derivation card using the card ID of the card used for registering the character used. When the card information included in 503 is managed, the control unit 101 may make a similar update request for the card information.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S202 that the output character is not a use character, that is, a battle character, the control unit 101 generates output card information to which an output card ID is assigned based on the character information of the selected battle character in S205. To do. Then, the control unit 101 stores the generated output card information in the card DB 104.

  In step S206, the control unit 101 causes the drawing unit 107 to generate image data related to the output card information. Further, the control unit 101 controls the output unit 109 so that the card relating to the generated image data is discharged from the printing apparatus.

  By executing the output processing in this way, information for specifying the derived card can be associated with the basic card once the derived card is generated.

"registration process"
Next, registration processing for registering a character to be used in one game play using cards that can be used for a provided game, including cards that are printed out by output processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading, for example, a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, developing it in the memory 103, and executing it. The main registration process is described as being started when, for example, payment for a single game play is made and the provided game process reaches the sequence for preparing the player for the battle game.

  In S301, the recognition unit 106 determines whether or not a card to be registered as a use character has been scanned. That is, the recognizing unit 106 determines whether or not information has been acquired from a usable card for the provided game. If the recognition unit 106 determines that the card has been scanned, it moves the process to S302, and if it does not determine that the card has been scanned, it repeats the process of this step.

  In S302, the recognition unit 106 acquires corresponding card information from the card DB 104 based on the card ID included in the information acquired from the card, and stores it in the memory 103 as detected card information. The recognizing unit 106 refers to the detected card information and determines whether or not the scanned card is a card for which a derivative card has already been generated. Specifically, the recognition unit 106 determines this step based on whether the management information 503 of the detected card information includes information for specifying the derivative card. When the recognizing unit 106 determines that the scanned card is a card for which a derivative card has already been generated, the process proceeds to S303, and when the recognition unit 106 determines that the card has not yet been generated for a derivative card. Moves the process to S304.

  In S303, the recognition unit 106 acquires the card information of the derivative card from the card DB 104 based on the information (card ID) for specifying the derivative card, and updates the detected card information stored in S302.

  In S304, the recognition unit 106 acquires the corresponding character information from the character DB 105 based on the character ID 502 of the detected card information, and stores it in the memory 103 as the used character information. At this time, the recognizing unit 106 converts the acquired character information based on the management information 503 of the detected card information and stores the converted character information as use character information in order to reflect the parameter change based on the growth situation. Good. Note that the character information includes the character image 512, but the recognition unit 106 may develop this into a state usable for the drawing processing by the drawing unit 107 and store it in the memory 103. In this way, for a card for which a derivative card has already been generated, the character information after derivation is assigned and registered for the scanned card, and the image of the character after derivation for the card is also displayed on the game screen. Can be configured to display correspondingly.

  In step S <b> 305, the control unit 101 determines whether or not a specified number of character information items that are determined to be usable for game play have been registered. If the control unit 101 determines that the specified number of used character information has been registered, the process proceeds to S306. If the control unit 101 determines that the specified number of used character information has not been registered, the control unit 101 returns the process to S301. When the player inputs an operation for registering the specified number of used character information, such as when the player does not have the specified number of cards, the control unit 101 performs processing regardless of the determination in this step. May be moved to S306.

  In step S306, the control unit 101 moves the provided game sequence to the battle game start sequence, and completes the main registration process.

  By doing in this way, when the use character is registered using a card having no derivative card, the character information based on the character ID acquired from the basic card is registered as the use character information. When the use character is registered using the existing card, the character information acquired based on the character ID related to the derived card, which is different from the character ID acquired from the basic card, is registered as the use character information. The In other words, after the derivative card is generated, the player can play the game from the state in which the derivative card is output if there is a corresponding basic card, so it is not necessary to replay the game for outputting the derivative card. . Also, even if you have a similar card with a derivative relationship, the player can play the game with the latest derivative card, so if you accidentally scan an unintentional (before derivation) card There is no need to redo the character registration.

  In the card DB 104 of this embodiment, as described above, the management information 503 includes information for specifying the latest derivative card. According to this configuration, when a card other than the latest derived card in the derived lineage is scanned, the character ID related to the latest derived card can be uniquely acquired as the character ID of the character used. On the other hand, when a basic card in which a derived card exists is scanned, if the game can be played with a character used based on the card derived and output after the basic card, at least the derived card is output from the basic card. The situation of playing the game for playing again is avoided. That is, when the card having the derived card is scanned in the embodiment of the present invention, it is not always necessary to acquire the character information based on the character ID related to the “latest” derived card. For example, when there are a plurality of cards that are directly and indirectly derived and output from the scanned basic card, a character corresponding to any one of the plurality of derived cards can be set as a use character. May be configured.

  In addition, for example, making a game play possible using a derivative card related to a character grown by another player may hinder a suitable game experience of the player from the viewpoint of so-called game balance and game story understanding. Therefore, as described above, the player DB is used to manage the information of the possessed card for each player, and when a card owned by another player is used, unlike the corresponding character of the card, for example, an initial parameter is set. You may make it permit game play by registering one selected character as a use character from the predetermined character group which has (the state which is not owned by any player). Note that the card information owned by the player does not need to be managed as the player DB, and is recorded on a predetermined recording medium different from a character card such as an IC card, which is configured so that the player can record a battle history and the like. And may be configured to inquire during the registration process.

[Embodiment 2]
In the first embodiment described above, the description has been given assuming that when a card having a derived card is used for registering a use character, the character corresponding to the latest derived card is registered as the use character.

  On the other hand, two types of characters that have a derivation relationship (connected by a derivation lineage) that have different appearances in the process of growth cannot be judged by simply looking at the appearance of the card design. There is sex. That is, due to the different appearances, the player may scan a plurality of cards having the same latest derivative card when registering the use character. In such a case, in the configuration illustrated in the first embodiment, since a plurality of characters related to the latest derivative card are registered as use characters, it may cause a disruption of the game balance that hinders a suitable game experience.

  This embodiment demonstrates the structure which avoids registering the same character as a multiple body use character, when a use character is registered based on the several card | curd which has a derivative relationship.

  Note that the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment described above, and a description of the functional configuration is omitted. On the other hand, the card information managed by the card DB 104 of the present embodiment includes not only information for specifying the latest derivative card in the management information 503 when the card is a basic card, but also when the card information is a derivative card. Assume that information indicating that the card is a derivative card is included in the management information 503.

"registration process"
Hereinafter, the registration process of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the registration process of the present embodiment, the same reference numerals are assigned to the steps for performing the same processes as those of the registration process of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted. Hereinafter, the processes characteristic of the present embodiment are performed. Keep the description of the steps.

  After determining that the card has been scanned in S301, the recognition unit 106 acquires card information corresponding to the card ID acquired from the card from the card DB 104 in S401. The recognizing unit 106 refers to the management information 503 of the acquired card information, and determines whether the scanned card is a derived card or a basic card in which a derived card exists. If the recognizing unit 106 determines that the scanned card is a derivative card or a basic card, it moves the process to S402, and if it determines that the scanned card is any other card, it moves the process to S304.

  In S402, the recognizing unit 106 determines whether or not a card having a derivative relationship with the scanned card has been used for registration of a character used for game play. In other words, if a card that has a derivative relationship with the card was used for registration of a character used for game play before the currently scanned card, the character information used for the latest derivative card is already Will be stored. Therefore, for example, whether the recognition unit 106 has acquired the card information based on the information (card ID) for specifying the derivative card included in the management information 503 of the acquired card information for the card already registered for use. This step may be determined based on the above. If the recognizing unit 106 determines that a card derived from the scanned card has been used for registration of a character used for game play, the recognizing unit 106 moves the process to S403, and if it determines that the card is not used, the process proceeds to S303. Move to.

  In S403, the recognition unit 106 acquires the corresponding card information from the card DB 104 based on the card ID included in the information acquired from the card. And the recognition part 106 performs the lottery process which draws the character registered as a use character from the character group defined based on character ID502 of the acquired card information. For example, the lottery process may be performed on a character ID group obtained by excluding the character ID 502 of the acquired card information and the character ID of the character having the derivation relationship from all the character IDs registered in the character DB 105. Further, for example, from all the character IDs belonging to the category (rank, rarity, race, attribute, etc.) in which the character ID 502 of the acquired card information is classified, the character ID 502 of the acquired card information and the character of the derivation character It may be performed on a character ID group excluding the character ID. Further, for example, the character ID group may be a target character ID group excluding the character ID 502 of the acquired card information and the character ID of the derivation character from among character ID groups predetermined as a lottery process target. . Needless to say, the character group to be subjected to the lottery process may be determined in the same manner based on the character ID 502 of the card information acquired for the latest derivative card.

  The recognition unit 106 acquires corresponding character information from the character DB 105 based on one character ID obtained as a result of the lottery process, and stores the acquired character information in the memory 103 as used character information. At this time, since the character determined by the lottery process is a character determined not based on the scanned card, the recognition unit 106 does not have to perform the conversion as in S304. After storing the used character information, the recognition unit 106 moves the process to S305.

  By doing in this way, even if a use character is registered based on a plurality of cards having a derivation relationship, an element for reducing interests such as registering the same character as a use character is provided. It can be excluded and a suitable game experience can be secured.

[Modification]
In Embodiment 2 described above, when a plurality of cards having a derivation relationship are used for registration of a use character, the use character based on the card is determined by a lottery process except for one card. However, the character to be used based on the lottery process may be determined without being limited to such conditions.

  For example, when a card with a derived card is used, the used character may be registered by a lottery process regardless of whether the used character is registered using another card having a derived relationship. Good. At this time, the character group to be subjected to the lottery process may or may not be determined by excluding the character corresponding to the scanned card or its derivative card. When excluded, it is possible to ensure the effect of not causing a predetermined game to be replayed as in the first and second embodiments, and to allow the player to determine that the card has a derived card. If not excluded, the execution of the provided game may be controlled by, for example, changing the game progress or changing the derived character in order to maintain the interest of the player who will play the game multiple times.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes 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.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100: Game device 101: Control part 102: Recording medium 103: Memory 104: Card DB 105: Character DB 106: Recognition part 107: Drawing part 108: Display part 109: Output part 110 : Communication unit, 111: Operation input unit

Game apparatus of the present invention is an article which is correlated to the registration field object that appears in the game, and the obtained means preparative you get the game information from the article having the game information indicating該登field object, preparative based on the game information acquired by the obtained unit, the first registration object associated with the article to which the game information is obtained, a second article having a game information indicating the registration object after growth in the game A determination unit that determines whether or not the image is present, and a determination unit that determines an image based on the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first article according to a determination result by the determination unit. When the determination result that the second article exists is obtained, the means displays an image based on the game information different from the acquired game information on the image corresponding to the first article. It is determined as.

Claims (16)

First acquisition means for acquiring game information from an article corresponding to an appearance object including a character or item appearing in a game, the game information indicating the appearance object;
Second acquisition means for acquiring management information indicating the presence or absence of an article having a predetermined relationship with the article for the article for which game information has been acquired by the first acquisition means;
Based on the game information acquired by the first acquisition means and the management information acquired by the second acquisition means, the second item having the predetermined relationship with the first article from which the game information has been acquired. A determination means for determining whether or not the item is present;
Determining means for determining an image based on the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first article according to a determination result by the determination means;
The determination means determines an image based on game information different from the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first article when a determination result that the second article exists is obtained. Game device.   The game device according to claim 1, wherein the different game information is game information included in the second article.   The game apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising output means for outputting an article having game information.   The game according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined relationship indicates that the second article is output after the first article by an output unit of a game device different from the output unit or the game device. apparatus.   The predetermined relationship indicates that the second item is output by the output unit or an output unit of a game device different from the game device based on a game play based on the first item. Or the game device of 4.   6. The predetermined relationship indicates that the appearance object indicated by the game information of the second article is an appearance object derived from the appearance object indicated by the game information of the first article. The game device according to any one of the above.   The game device according to claim 6, wherein the derived appearance object is a growth appearance object in the game of the appearance object indicated by the game information of the first article. A selection means for selecting any one of the plurality of second articles when there are a plurality of the second articles having a predetermined relationship with the first article;
The game according to claim 3, wherein the determining unit determines an image based on game information included in the one item selected by the selecting unit as an image corresponding to the first item. apparatus.   The game device according to claim 8, wherein the selection unit selects an article output latest among the plurality of second articles.   The game device according to claim 1, wherein the management information is information indicating an article owned by the player, which is managed for each player who has played the game.   When the management information cannot be acquired by the second acquisition unit, the determination unit determines an image based on the game information determined without being based on the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first article. The game device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.   The game device according to claim 1, wherein the different game information is selected from a predetermined game information group excluding game information of the first article.   The game apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display control means for causing the display means to display an image corresponding to the first article determined by the determination means during the game.   The game device according to claim 1, further comprising execution means for executing a game in which an appearance object related to game information for which an image corresponding to the first article has been determined has appeared. An article corresponding to an appearance object including a character or item appearing in a game, the computer comprising an acquisition means for acquiring the game information from an article having game information indicating the appearance object,
Processing for acquiring management information indicating the presence or absence of an article having a predetermined relationship with the article for the article for which game information has been obtained by the obtaining means;
Based on the game information acquired by the acquisition means and the management information acquired in correspondence with the game information, the second item having the predetermined relationship with the first item from which the game information is acquired A process of determining whether or not it exists,
A process for determining an image based on the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first article according to a result of the determination process,
A program for determining an image based on game information different from the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first article when a determination result that the second article exists is obtained. A game system comprising a game article corresponding to an appearance object including a character or an item appearing in a game and having game information indicating the appearance object, and a game apparatus configured to be able to acquire the game information There,
The game device includes:
First acquisition means for acquiring the game information from the game article;
Second acquisition means for acquiring management information indicating presence / absence of a game article having a predetermined relationship with the game article for the game article for which game information has been acquired by the first acquisition means;
Based on the game information acquired by the first acquisition unit and the management information acquired by the second acquisition unit, the first game article from which the game information has been acquired has the predetermined relationship. Determining means for determining whether or not the second game article exists;
Determining means for determining an image based on the acquired game information as an image corresponding to the first game article in accordance with a determination result by the determination means;
The determination means corresponds to an image based on game information different from the acquired game information when the determination result that the second game article exists is obtained. A game system that is determined as an image.

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