Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Teppei Ikeda

Masahiro Sakurai

Taichi Machino

Nobuhiro Yamasaki

Shinya Abe

In order to attain the object described above, a game apparatus is able to use coordinate input means and display means, and positions a virtual camera Ca in a three-dimensional virtual space. When a predetermined operation is performed at any position in a predetermined range on a touch panel (coordinate input means), the game apparatus performs zooming-in-on operation (changes an angle &#x3b8;of view of the virtual camera) without changing an imaging direction of the virtual camera.

Computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method for zooming on an imaging subject in a virtual space without changing an imaging direction of the virtual camera

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

In order to attain the object described above, a game apparatus is able to use display means and coordinate input means such as a touch panel, and positions a virtual camera Ca in a virtual space. Whether the coordinate input means is in an inputted state in which a player is performing a coordinate input (touch operation) on the coordinate input means, or in a non-inputted state in which a player is not performing coordinate input on the coordinate input means, is determined. When it is determined that the coordinate input means is in the non-inputted state, the game apparatus changes the imaging direction of the virtual camera Ca, based on change of an input coordinate position that is designated on the coordinate input means immediately before the coordinate input means enters the non-inputted state.

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Teppei Ikeda