Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Shinobu Suzuki

Shumpei Yasuda

Eiji Tokunaga

Eugene Borisov

Yu Horii

David Tran

Tsuyoshi Kurita

Yoichi Ohshima

Craig MacDonald

Yosuke Fujino

Takafumi Masaoka

Toru Yamashita

Noriyuki Sato

Yasutaka Takeuchi

Kyohei Seki

Masani Ueda

Yoichi Ooshima

Yohei Tsukada

A game apparatus as a video reproduction controlling apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU executes a reproduction control of a DVD. In the middle of reproducing the DVD, a content such as an video, a voice, etc. are reproduced. In a case that a reproduction operation such as pause, reproduction, fast reverse, fast forward, heading, etc. is not prohibited, in response to an instruction of the reproduced screen displayed on the monitor with a controller, an operation panel for reproduction operation is displayed. On the other hand, while a menu is reproduced or in a case that a screen button is displayed in accordance with the reproduction, the reproduction operation is prohibited, and even if the reproduced screen is instructed with the controller, the operation panel is not displayed.

Storage medium storing a video reproduction controlling program, video reproduction controlling apparatus and video reproduction controlling method

An example of a game apparatus, regardless of whether or not a peripheral device is connected to the game apparatus, acquires, from a server, update data for main body system software for controlling the game apparatus, together with update data for peripheral device system software, and saves the pieces of update data in a data storage unit. If the peripheral device is connected to the game apparatus, the game apparatus updates the main body system software and the peripheral device system software using the pieces of update data stored in the data storage unit. If the peripheral device is not connected to the game apparatus, the game apparatus updates only the main body system software. If the peripheral device has been connected to the game apparatus after that, the game apparatus updates the peripheral device system software using the update data stored in the data storage unit.

Joint acquisition of update software for multiple devices

An object is to provide an information processing apparatus and the like that can reduce power consumption of the information processing apparatus in downloading and installing. To achieve this object, whether or not there is system software update is confirmed in a low power consumption state in which only some of hardware components of the information processing apparatus are supplied with power and communication with a predetermined server can be performed. When there is the update, update data is downloaded, and at least some of the hardware components that are the update targets and that are not supplied with power in the low power consumption state are started to be supplied with power. Then, system update is executed. The series of processes are automatically executed without a user's operation.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program

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Shinobu Suzuki