Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Hayuru Soma

Masayuki Okada

Ginga Kamei

Munetaka Tsuda

Ryoma Aoki

Yui Iida

Ryutaro Takahashi

Akihiro Umehara

Kouichi Kawamoto

Kazuki Yoshihara

Yasuto Kakimoto

Yoshio Sakamoto

Noriyuki Sato

Hiroaki Hiruma

Naonori Oonishi

Taiyo Hara

Arisa Yanagi

A first information processing apparatus includes a first message acceptance unit which accepts input of a first message and a first message transmission unit which transmits the accepted first message and first character information to a server. A second information processing apparatus includes a second message acceptance unit which accepts input of a second message and a second message transmission unit which transmits the accepted second message and second character information to the server. The first information processing apparatus further includes a representation output unit which has a display unit display in chronological order, the first message brought in correspondence with a first character based on the first character information and the second message brought in correspondence with a second character based on the second character information obtained through the server and a reproduction output unit which provides audio output of the first message and the second message.

Information processing system capable of promoting communication between/among users, information processing apparatus, non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer readable program, and method of controlling information processing apparatus

In an information processing system in which a plurality of terminals can communicate data through a server, a first terminal includes a question event processing portion which executes a question event to have a character displayed to a user who operates the first terminal and to output question information in association with the character, an answer acceptance portion which accepts input of answer information to the question information, and an answer transmission portion which transmits the answer information accepted by the answer acceptance portion to the server. A second terminal includes an answer reception portion which receives the answer information from the server and an answer event processing portion which executes an answer event to have a character displayed to a user who operates the second terminal based on the answer information received by the answer reception portion and to output the answer information in association with the character.

Information processing system capable of promoting communication between users, information processing apparatus, non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer readable program, and method of controlling information processing apparatus

A server which can communicate with a plurality of terminals includes an information obtaining unit obtaining position information of each terminal and operation information on an operation onto an operation unit provided on a surface of each terminal, a position determination unit determining whether obtained position information of one terminal and position information of at least one other terminal satisfy a first prescribed condition, an operation determination unit determining whether obtained operation information of one terminal and operation information of at least one other terminal satisfy a second prescribed condition, and a registration manager having information on a user of one terminal and information on a user of at least one other terminal registered in correspondence with each other when both of the first prescribed condition and the second prescribed condition are satisfied.

Server capable of performing authentication with simplified and secure scheme that users who operate terminals communicating data with each other satisfy prescribed relation, method of controlling server, non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer readable control program, and information processing system

An example information-processing device () includes an image capture unit () that captures a video of a subject, an image generation unit () that generates plural avatars based on plural images constituting the video captured by the image capture unit (), the plural images corresponding respectively to different image capture timings, each of the plural avatars representing a subject shown in one of the plural images, and a display unit () that displays the plural avatars generated by the image generation unit ().

Storage medium, information-processing device, information-processing system, and avatar generating method

An exemplary group selection screen shows groups in which users share a message, so that any of the groups is selectable. In an avatar display area (Ar) for each group, avatars (Av) of not more than five users belonging to a group, who have recently posted a message, are displayed. An arrangement of the avatars (Av) is determined based on a posting time and date of a latest message posted by each user represented by an avatar (Av). In an avatar display area (Ar), a message included in a balloon is displayed, which message has been posted by a user represented by a displayed avatar (Av).

Storage medium, communication terminal, and display method for enabling users to exchange messages

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