Patent ID: 7942746

Claim:
A network game system, comprising: a plurality of game apparatuses communicable to each other; and a distribution server connected to at least a first game apparatus which is one of the plurality of game apparatuses via a communication network, the distribution server distributing region-by-region meteorological data; wherein: the distribution server comprises a processor and a non-transitory storage device storing a program executed by the processor for the distribution server, which causes the distribution server to distribute meteorological data to at least the first game apparatus; the first game apparatus comprising a processor and a non-transitory storage device storing a program executed by the processor for the first game apparatus which causes the first game apparatus to performs steps comprising: setting region data in the non-transitory storage device for the first game apparatus; obtaining, from the distribution server, meteorological data corresponding to the region data set in the non-transitory storage device for the first game apparatus; transmitting the meteorological data to a second game apparatus, which is different from the first game apparatus, among the plurality of game apparatuses; and executing an on-line game with the second game apparatus using the meteorological data; and the second game apparatus comprising a processor and a non-transitory storage device storing a program executed by the processor for the first game apparatus, which causes the second game apparatus to performs steps comprising: receiving the meteorological data transmitted from the first game apparatus; and executing the on-line game with the first game apparatus using the meteorological data.