Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Yosuke Fujino

Miki Murakami

Daisuke Nakamura

Fumihiko Tamiya

Naoya Hirota

Kojiro Taguchi

Masashi Seiki

Daisuke Tsujimura

Hideaki Tanabe

Sho Onuma

Munetaka Tsuda

Tsuyoshi Kurita

Ryota Oiwa

Naoya Morimura

Toru Yamashita

Yoshiteru Fukuda

Hiroaki Tamura

Yasumasa Nakai

Shinobu Suzuki

Takahiro Takiguchi

Koichi Nakao

Nobuhito Koganezawa

Takashi Hosoi

Kazuto Nakaya

Yukari Marumo

Masani Ueda

Yoichi Ooshima

Yohei Tsukada

Satomi Tateishi

Exemplary communication systemincludes game devices, communication terminals, and game support server. Game devicesenable users to perform a multi-play activity. Each of communication terminalsruns an application associated with corresponding game device. Game support serverdivides communication terminalsinto separate communication groups in accordance with a situation of the multi-play activity performed by game devicesso that communication terminalsbelonging to a same communication group can communicate with each other.

Communication system, server and information-processing method

Communication system, server, and information-processing method

Display screen with computer-generated icon

In a first information processing apparatus, a plurality of users can be registered. When an application is executed, any of the registered users is selected as an application executing user. Execution state data in which application information indicating the application being executed is associated with the selected user is transmitted to a server. In the server, the execution state data is aggregated to generate aggregate data. In this case, the aggregation is performed such that an execution state of the application is recognizable for each application executing user. The aggregate data is transmitted in response to a request from a second information processing apparatus. The second information processing apparatus displays the execution state of the application for each application executing user on the basis of the received aggregate data.

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

An exemplary information-processing device includes: a first display control unit that controls a display unit to display plural items of application information; a first selecting unit that selects one item of application information from among the plurality of items of application information; a second display control unit that controls the display unit to display related information corresponding to the selected item of application information; a second selecting unit that selects a retail version application program or a trial version application program corresponding to the selected item of application information, based on an input by a user; a downloading unit that downloads the selected application program; a third display control unit that controls the display unit to display information for prompting a user to select whether the retail version application program is downloaded after the trial version application program is executed.

Information-processing device, information-processing system, information-processing method, and computer-readable storage medium

Exemplary communication system 1 includes game devices 10, communication terminals 20, and game support server 30. Game devices 10 enable users to perform a multi-play activity. Each of communication terminals 20 runs an application associated with corresponding game device 10. Game support server 30 divides communication terminals 20 into separate communication groups in accordance with a situation of the multi-play activity performed by game devices 10 so that communication terminals 20 belonging to a same communication group can communicate with each other.

Exemplary communication systemincludes communication terminal, game device, and setting management server, each of which is connectable to network. Communication terminalincludes a processing requesting unit configured to request to setting management serverexecution of processing on game device. Setting management serverincludes a processing instruction unit configured to instruct game deviceto perform the requested execution of processing. Game deviceis a communication terminal not always connected to network, which device includes a network connection control unit configured to control connection to network, and a processing execution unit configured to perform the instructed execution of processing, upon detecting that game device, which was not connected to network, has been caused to connect to the network by the network connection control unit.

Communication system, communication method, communication terminal, information-processing system, information-processing method, and storage medium

When a data transfer process is started, a state in which a plurality of character objects lift an icon object in a three-dimensional virtual space, and carry the icon object from a start point toward a completion point in the three-dimensional virtual space, according to a degree of progress of the data transfer process, is displayed. At this time, a display range is sequentially shifted according to the degree of progress of the data transfer process so as to constantly display the icon object on a screen.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, computer-readable storage medium, and information processing method for displaying a degree of progress for a task

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

A game apparatus saves, in accordance with an instruction of a user, a photographing image taken by an inward camera or an outward camera, or a handwriting image of a handwritten note inputted using a touch panel. Moreover, in accordance with an instruction of the user, position information is saved together with the photographing image or the handwriting image. That is, a photographing place or a creation place of the handwritten note is registered on a map. When the photographing image or the handwriting image is reproduced, an image of a landmark set near a position on the map indicated by the position information is reproduced before the photographing image or the handwritten image.

Storage medium storing information processing program, information processing apparatus and information processing method

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Kyoto, Japan

Yosuke Fujino