Patent ID: 8480490

Claim:
A body-sensing game apparatus for playing by first and second game players a game by displaying a ball character on a screen of a television to which the body-sensing game apparatus is connected, comprising: a first input device configured to be moved in a three-dimensional space by the first game player while being held in a hand of the first game player for imitative pitching; a second input device configured to be grasped and moved in the three-dimensional space by the second game player; a first signal-output unit incorporated in the first input device to output a first acceleration correlated signal according to an acceleration upon moving the first input device in the three-dimensional space; a second signal-output unit incorporated in the second input device to output a second acceleration correlated signal according to an acceleration upon moving the second input device in the three-dimensional space; a processor configured to move the ball character pitched in a game scene on the screen in accordance with the first acceleration correlated signal, and hit back the pitched ball character, in accordance with the second acceleration correlated signal wherein the processor determines, when the ball character thrown by a pitcher character according to the first input device reaches a catcher position, a strike or ball in accordance with a reach position of the ball character and a strike zone being set, at a time it is determined based on the second acceleration correlated signal that the second input device has not been swung, thereby enabling the first and second game players to experience a competition baseball game.