Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Nobuhiro Yamasaki

Masahiro Sakurai

Teppei Ikeda

Michiko Sakurai

Kou Otani

Nagi Koike

In order to attain the object described above, a game apparatus is able to use a touch paneland operation means, executes a shooting game, and positions an aim Grepresenting a shooting direction at a predetermined position. When sliding operation is received on the touch panel, the aim Gis displaced from the predetermined position by a moving distance based on change of a touch position (input coordinate position). Shooting is virtually performed in a direction based on the position of the aim according to an operation on the operation means.

Computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU displays a difficulty level setting screen on a second LCD prior to a start of the virtual game. On the difficulty level setting screen, a player sets a difficulty level so as to be higher or lower than an initial value by using coins that a player character obtains by playing a virtual game. For example, in a case that the difficulty level is high, the virtual game is made difficult, but a possibility of obtaining a rare item is made high. On the other hand, in a case that the difficulty level is low, the virtual game is made easy, but a possibility of obtaining a rare item is made low.

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Chiyoda-ku, Japan

Nobuhiro Yamasaki