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

A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program to be executed by a control unit of an information processing apparatus which comprises an image display unit and a storage unit storing appearance information related to an appearance of the information processing apparatus and can execute a software which can be executed in common by a further information processing apparatus having an appearance different from the appearance of the information processing apparatus,

• wherein the information processing program allows the control unit to function as:
• a read control unit for reading the appearance information from the storage unit;
• and
• an image control unit for allowing the software to generate a corresponding image, corresponding to the appearance of the information processing apparatus, based on the appearance information read from the storage unit by the read control unit.

An information processing method to be executed by an information processing apparatus which comprises an image display unit and a storage unit storing appearance information related to an appearance of the information processing apparatus and can execute a software which can be executed in common by a further information processing apparatus having an appearance different from the appearance of the information processing apparatus,

• wherein the information processing method comprises:
• a read control step to read the appearance information from the storage unit;
• and
• an image control step to allow the software to generate a corresponding image, corresponding to the appearance of the information processing apparatus, based on the appearance information read from the storage unit by the read control step.