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

An information processing system for executing an application, the information processing system comprising:

• computer memory configured to store the application including a plurality of games using characters to each of which at least one of a plurality of skills influencing progress of a game is added
• one or more hardware processors coupled to the computer memory, the one or more processors configured to perform operations comprising:
• executing a first game, which is one of the plurality of games, by using a possessed character that is usable by a user within the first game, wherein each character that is usable in the first game is associated with at least one of the plurality of skills;
• adding at least one skill among the plurality of skills to the possessed character on the basis of designation by the user, wherein said at least one skill satisfies a condition for being designated by the user, wherein an in-game asset is consumed when the at least one skill that is added to the possessed character is not associated with the possessed character;
• executing a second game that is different from the first game among the plurality of games, execution of the second using a use character that is assigned to be used in the second game;
• adding at least one skill among the plurality of skills to the use character in accordance with progress of the second game, wherein the at least one skill is added to the use character without requiring consumption the in-game asset regardless whether the at least one skill is associated or not with the use character;
• prior to a character corresponding to the use character being given to the user for use in the first game, determining that a giving condition is satisfied;
• and
• based on satisfaction of the giving condition, executing a process of assigning the character corresponding to the use character as a character that is usable by the user within the first game, wherein the character corresponding to the use character has at least one skill among the plurality of skills that have been added to the use character by the user during progress of the second game,
• wherein a first skill that is added to the use character in the second game is a skill that is not associated with the possessed character in the first game and would otherwise have required consumption of the in-game asset to be added to the possessed character in the first game.

An information processing apparatus for executing an application, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors, wherein the application includes a plurality of games using characters to each of which at least one of a plurality of skills influencing progress of a game is added, the one or more processors configured to execute the application to perform operations comprising:
• executing a first game that is one of the plurality of games and using a possessed character that is set to be usable by a user within the first game, wherein each character that is usable in the first game is associated with at least one of the plurality of skills;
• adding at least one skill among the plurality of skills to the possessed character on the basis of designation by the user, wherein said at least one skill satisfies a condition for being designated by the user, wherein an in-game asset is consumed when the at least one skill that is added to the possessed character is not one that is associated with the possessed character;
• executing a second game that is different from the first game among the plurality of games and using a use character that is assigned to be used in the second game;
• adding at least one skill among the plurality of skills to the use character in accordance with progress of the second game, wherein the at least one skill is added to the use character without requiring consumption the in-game asset regardless whether the at least one skill is associated or not with the use character;
• prior to a character corresponding to the use character being given to the user for use in the first game, determining that a giving condition is satisfied;
• and
• based on satisfaction of the giving condition, executing a process of setting the character corresponding to the use character as the possessed character that is used in the first game by the user, wherein the character corresponding to the use character has at least one skill among the plurality of skills that have been added to the use character by the user during progress of the second game,
• wherein a first skill that is added to the use character in the second game is a skill that is not associated with the possessed character in the first game and would otherwise have required consumption of the in-game asset to be added to the possessed character in the first game.

An information processing method executed in an information processing system for executing an application, wherein the application includes a plurality of games using characters to each of which at least one of a plurality of skills influencing progress of a game is added, the method comprising:

• executing a first game that is one of the plurality of games and using a possessed character that is a character possessed by a user, wherein each character that is usable in the first game is associated with at least one of the plurality of skills;
• adding at least one skill among the plurality of skills to the possessed character on the basis of designation by the user, wherein said at least one skill satisfies a condition for being designated by the user, wherein an in-game asset is consumed when the at least one skill that is added to the possessed character is not associated with the possessed character;
• executing a second game that is different from the first game among the plurality of games and using a use character prepared to be used in the second game;
• adding at least one skill among the plurality of skills to the use character in accordance with progress of the second game, wherein the at least one skill is added to the use character without requiring consumption the in-game asset regardless whether the at least one skill is associated or not with the use character;
• prior to a character corresponding to the use character being given to the user for use in the first game, determining that a giving condition is satisfied;
• and
• based on satisfaction of the giving condition, executing a process of setting the character corresponding to the use character as the possessed character that is used in the first game by the user, wherein the character corresponding to the use character has at least one skill among the plurality of skills that have been added to the use character by the user during progress of the second game,
• wherein a first skill that is added to the use character in the second game is a skill that is not associated with the possessed character in the first game and would otherwise have required consumption of the in-game asset to be added to the possessed character in the first game.