Video game with distinctive attributes for enemy characters, predetermined characters, and candidate characters

1. A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded a video game program capable of displaying multiple characters including a player character and an enemy character on a screen and controlling actions of the displayed characters in accordance with control operations of a player, which program comprises:

accepting input to a computer of an attack action or a defense action to be performed by a predetermined character in accordance with a control operation of the player;

accepting input to the computer of a candidate character intended to be an object of the attack action or the defense action to be performed by the predetermined character in accordance with a control operation of the player;

displaying, when the input action is the attack action and the candidate character is the enemy character, a cursor pointing at the candidate character in a first color, and when the input action is the attack action and the candidate character is not the enemy character, the cursor pointing at the candidate character in a second color; and

displaying when the input action is the defense action and the candidate character is not the enemy character, a cursor pointing at the candidate character in a third color, and when the input action is the defense action and the candidate character is the enemy character, the cursor pointing at the candidate character in a fourth color.

2. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , on which is recorded a program for displaying a vicinity of a predetermined character to perform an action differently from a vicinity of a candidate character intended to be an object of the action.

3. The medium of claim 1 , in which the second color is the same as the third color and the first color is the same as the fourth color.

4. The medium of claim 1 , in which a vicinity of the candidate character other than the cursor changes colors.

5. A video game processing method of a video game capable of displaying multiple characters including a player character and an enemy character on a screen and controlling actions of the displayed characters in accordance with control operations of a player, the method comprising:

accepting a first input to a computer of an action to be performed by a predetermined character in accordance with a control operation of the player;

accepting a second input to the computer of a candidate character intended to be an object of the action to be performed by the predetermined character in accordance with a control operation of the player;

displaying, when the input action is an attack action and the candidate character is the enemy character, a cursor pointing at the candidate character in a first color, and when the input action is the attack action and the candidate character is not the enemy character, the cursor pointing at the candidate character in a second color; and

displaying when the input action is a defense action and the candidate character is not the enemy character, a cursor pointing at the candidate character in a third color, and when the input action is the defense action and the candidate character is the enemy character, the cursor pointing at the candidate character in a fourth color.

6. The video game processing method according to claim 5 , further comprising a displaying of a vicinity of a predetermined character to perform an action differently from a vicinity of a candidate character intended to be an object of the action.

7. The method of claim 5 , in which the second color is the same as the third color and the first color is the same as the fourth color.

8. The method of claim 5 , in which a vicinity of the candidate character other than the cursor changes colors.

9. A video game apparatus, comprising:

a storage system that stores a video game program capable of displaying multiple characters including a player character and an enemy character on a screen and controlling actions of the displayed characters in accordance with control operations of a player;

a computer for reading from the storage system and executing the program; and

a display apparatus for picture display, provided as an output system of the computer,

wherein the computer, by executing the program, accepts the input of an action to be performed by a player character in accordance with a control operation of the player; accepts the input of a candidate character intended to be an object of the action to be performed by the predetermined character;

when the input action is an attack action and the candidate character is the enemy character, a cursor pointing at the candidate character in a first color, and when the input action is the attack action and the candidate character is not the enemy character, the cursor pointing at the candidate character in a second color; and

displays when the input action is a defense action and the candidate character is not the enemy character, a cursor pointing at the candidate character in a third color, and when the input action is the defense action and the candidate character is the enemy character, the cursor pointing at the candidate character in a fourth color.

10. The video game apparatus according claim 9 , wherein the computer displays a vicinity of a predetermined character to perform an action differently from a vicinity of a candidate character intended to be an object of the action.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , in which the second color is the same as the third color and the first color is the same as the fourth color.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , in which a vicinity of the candidate character other than the cursor changes colors.