Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Ryunosuke Suzuki

Takayuki Shimamura

Yoichi Yamada

Tomoaki Yoshinobu

Kozo Makino

Masatoshi Kawada

An apparatus capable of communicating with another apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display, for a time longer than normal, a plurality of drawing frames forming images that are to be displayed after transmission of predetermined input data and are based on a user input, and/or a display control unit configured to display, for a time shorter than normal, a plurality of drawing frames forming images that are to be displayed after reception of predetermined input data and are based on input data.

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and information processing method

A game machine is provided with two display units, that is, a first LCD and a second LCD. On the second LCD, feature information unique to each object located in a virtual game space is displayed. When a player selects, based on information displayed on the second LCD, one of the objects provided in the virtual game space, a focus point of a virtual camera provided in the virtual game space is set so that the virtual camera is oriented to a direction of the selected object, and the state of the virtual game space captured by the virtual camera is displayed on the first LCD. With this, the virtual game space can be displayed without impairing its worldview. Also, the player can be allowed to easily specify a desired focus target in the virtual game space.

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Kyoto, Japan

Ryunosuke Suzuki