Interactive video game system comprising toys with rewritable memories

摘要

The invention disclosed herein relates to a video game system comprising a video game console and an object or toy used in connection with the video game console, wherein the object or toy has a rewritable data storage device, and wherein the video game console stores information in the rewritable data storage device in response to game play events occurring in a first gaming session. The stored information is subsequently retrieved by the video game console in a second gaming session, and the retrieved information is used to conduct the game play of the second gaming session.

主权项

1. A method useful in providing video game play using a game device, comprising:
providing for video game play, by the game device in which a first virtual game character, controlled by a user using user inputs, encounters a second virtual game character, the first virtual game character representative of a first toy in communication with the game device; determining if the first virtual game character defeats the second virtual game character during video game play; and in response to the first virtual game character defeating the second virtual game character, storing information of the second virtual game character for later control of the second virtual game character during video game play by the user using the user inputs.