Patent ID: 7785203

Claim:
A communication game system for executing a communication interactive game between two or more independent game systems each has its own game apparatus, the system comprising: a game apparatus that is adapted to establish communication with at least one other game apparatus; the game apparatus including a display device; an operation device; and a processing device that is adapted to execute processes for displaying on the display device a self controlled character that is controlled by an operation of the operation device; wherein said processing device, receives information pertaining to another character that is controlled by an operation of the other game apparatus, displays the other character on the display unit based on the received information, and controls a display device state of the other character with the display position of the other character on the display device unit determined based on previously received coordinate data from the other game apparatus such that the display state of the other character changes from a normal display state to one of an obscure state, a blurred state, a blinking state and a semi-transparent state when a communication state with the other game apparatus deteriorates.