Patent ID: 8535132

Claim:
A game apparatus which performs game processing according to an attitude of an input device comprising a first controller and a second controller, the game apparatus comprising: an operation data obtaining unit for obtaining operation data from said first controller which outputs attitude correlation data on the basis of an attitude of the first controller, a moving direction setting unit for changing a planned moving direction of a first object within a game space in accordance with said attitude correlation data, a movement instruction inputting unit for instructing said first object to move on the basis of operation data of said second controller, the operation data including at least acceleration data from an accelerometer sensor included in the second controller and key data, and a movement starting unit for, after the acceleration data from the accelerometer sensor in the second controller has satisfied a predetermined condition representing a movement of the second controller in a predetermined direction, deciding a moving direction of said first object to be said planned moving direction set at a timing related to said operation data of the second controller on the basis of said movement instructing input, and starting to move said first object in said direction, wherein the first controller and the second controller are physically separate from each other and are movable away from each other in any direction during operation, and wherein set timing comprises the key data satisfying a predetermined condition.