US 12,285,696 B2
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, storage medium and information processing method
Toshiaki Suzuki, Kyoto (JP); Misaki Hiraga, Kyoto (JP); Rina Wegner, Tokyo (JP); and Karin Kawakami, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,488.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-152860 (JP), filed on Sep. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089066 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/798 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/798 (2014.09) [A63F 13/537 (2014.09)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing system, comprising:
a plurality of game apparatuses each used by each of a plurality of players; and
one or more processors configured to:
perform a competitive game in which the plurality of players compete against each other using the plurality of game apparatuses;
determine a ranking of the players in the competitive game based on an evaluation value that is updated for each player in accordance with progress of the competitive game;
update, for each player, an index associated with a game event, out of a plurality of indices that are related to the competitive game and different from the evaluation value, according to the game event occurring in the competitive game;
determine, for each player, at least one notable index from the plurality of indices by comparing an index with those of other players;
determine, for each player, an index message that is a message associated with the notable index; and
output an image in which a plurality of index messages are arranged so that the index message determined for one's own player is displayed on one's own display, and the index message determined for another player is not displayed on the one's own display.