To provide an image processing device, image processing method, and data processing
method for a game device providing novel game features. In a multiple-player game
device 1 comprising mutually coupled input mechanisms 31, it is possible
for a game to be played by fewer people than the aforementioned number of players,
by using a portion of the input mechanisms 31, the coupling of the input
mechanisms other than the input mechanisms used by the fewer number of players
being disengaged in cases where a game is played by a fewer number of players.
