Patent ID: 8043161

Claim:
A game system comprising a plurality of game apparatuses which can communicate with each other, wherein a first game apparatus comprises: a storage section for storing data relating to a player object that is selectable by a player as first group data, and for storing data relating to a non-player object that is not selectable by a player as second group data, the first group data and the second group data being distinguishable from each other; a communication section for facilitating communication between the first game apparatus and a second game apparatus; a transmission control section for transmitting at least one of the first group data and the second group data, which are stored in the storage section, from the first game apparatus to the second game apparatus by using the communication section; a reception control section for receiving the data transmitted from the second game apparatus using the communication section, and a game processing section for performing game processing using the player object and the non-player object, wherein the first game apparatus stores the data received from the second game apparatus using the reception control section as second group data into the storage section.