Game System Rank-Based Advantage Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Sports games where teams of users compete do not effectively utilize a team's rank to enhance gameplay experience, lacking a mechanism to provide advantages based on club rank, which hampers entertainment value.

Innovation Solution

A computer-readable storage medium with a game program that allows teams to compete with advantages corresponding to their rank, including customizable stadiums, item emergence frequencies, and character abilities, enhancing the gameplay experience by introducing a growth element for club rank.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If team rank is determined according to win-loss results, then team competition structure is established, but rank does not affect gameplay

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveteam competition structureVSAvoidgameplay advantage based on rank
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameter of team capability by introducing rank-based modifications to player statistics. Higher-ranked teams gain advantageous effects such as increased attack power, defense power, or other performance parameters during matches, making the rank system dynamically influence gameplay rather than just serving as a static classification metric.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If clubs compete without rank-based advantages, then competitive balance is maintained, but entertainment characteristics are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompetitive balanceVSAvoidentertainment characteristics
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by providing different capabilities to different teams based on their rank. Instead of uniform gameplay rules for all teams, the system creates localized variations in player performance parameters specific to each team's rank level, allowing higher-ranked teams to exhibit superior capabilities in matches against lower-ranked teams.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces dynamics by making team capabilities variable rather than fixed. Player statistics and team performance parameters dynamically adjust based on the opposing team's rank, creating a flexible gameplay system where advantages and disadvantages shift according to the competitive context and rank differences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If rank system is introduced, then club growth element is added, but game complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveclub growth elementVSAvoidgame system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback by creating a closed-loop system where match results influence team rank, and rank in turn influences future match outcomes through parameter modifications. This feedback mechanism allows the club growth element to operate automatically based on competitive performance, reducing the need for complex manual management systems while maintaining engagement through visible progression.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20230241510A1Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having game program stored therein, game system, game apparatus, and game processing method
Publication Date: 2023.08.03 NINTENDO CO LTD
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AI summary

A competitive sports game in which a team of a first club that at least one user joins and a team of a second club are caused to compete against each other is executed. Here, at least the first club is associated with a rank that is information regarding a degree of growth of the club. The competitive sports game is executed such that an advantageous effect corresponding to a level of the rank is given to the team of the first club.