Storage medium storing information processing program and information processing apparatus

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing an information processing program executable by a computer of an apparatus for selecting at least one object, depending on an output from a pointing device, the information processing program causes the computer to provide functionality comprising:

• display control for displaying on a display device at least a portion of a virtual world in which a plurality of objects are provided;
• coordinate detection for detecting input coordinates input by the pointing device;
• and
• object selection for, when the input coordinates indicate any of the plurality of objects, selecting the indicated object as a target to be operated, and when the input coordinates indicate none of the plurality of objects, selecting at least one object satisfying a predetermined condition of the plurality of objects as a target to be operated.