Patent ID: 11918905
Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 12:
13. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
controlling movement of any of first objects arranged on a field;
controlling movement of a second object fed to any of the first objects; and
acquiring the second object by a first object satisfying prescribed proximity relation with the second object among the first objects, wherein
the controlling movement of a second object includes
accepting a first user operation input and ejecting the second object to the field from a prescribed position in a direction determined based on the first user operation input, and
accepting a second user operation input and moving the second object over the field in accordance with the second user operation input, and

the controlling movement of any of first objects includes
moving any of the first objects toward the second object ejected to the field, and
moving any of the first objects toward the second object that moves over the field,

wherein a plurality of second objects are possessed,
wherein the number of possessed second objects decreases each time the second object is ejected to the field, and
wherein in moving the second object over the field, the number of possessed second objects decreases each time the one of the first objects satisfying the prescribed proximity relation acquires the second object.