A storage medium storing a subject selecting program which causes a computer of an apparatus to perform a process of selecting one from a plurality of selection subjects (OBJa to OBJp, Wa to Wp) displayed on a display screen using a pointing device for outputting operation information (Da1, Da2, Da3) including coordinate information (Da1, Da2) indicating a position in a screen coordinate system based on image data captured by an image capturing section fixed on the pointing device, depending on a player's operation to point the capturing direction of the image capturing section to the position, and a selected operation signal (Da3) of a plurality of types of operation signals generated by pushing down an operation section of the pointing device, depending on a player's operation, the program causing the computer to execute: a selection subject display control step (30, S50) of displaying, on the display screen, a plurality of selection subjects which are divided into groups that allow any one of the groups to be selected using the pointing device and to display selection subjects in a size which makes it difficult to select any one of the individual selection subjects using the pointing device; a step of obtaining the coordinate information (30, S51) and calculating (S52), as indicated position, coordinates indicating the position; a group selecting step (30, S53) of highlighting one from the groups into which the plurality of selection subjects are divided as a distinguished group, based on the indicated position; an operation signal obtaining step (30, S57 to S59) of obtaining, while the one group is being highlighted as distinguished, the operation signal; a subject selecting step (30, S61) of, when the operation signal is obtained while the one group is being highlighted as distinguished, selecting one from selection subjects belonging to the distinguished group, based on the operation signal; and a processing step of performing a process, depending on the selection subject selected in the subject selecting step. a selection subject display control step (30, S50) of displaying, on the display screen, a plurality of selection subjects which are divided into groups that allow any one of the groups to be selected using the pointing device and to display selection subjects in a size which makes it difficult to select any one of the individual selection subjects using the pointing device; a step of obtaining the coordinate information (30, S51) and calculating (S52), as indicated position, coordinates indicating the position; a group selecting step (30, S53) of highlighting one from the groups into which the plurality of selection subjects are divided as a distinguished group, based on the indicated position; an operation signal obtaining step (30, S57 to S59) of obtaining, while the one group is being highlighted as distinguished, the operation signal; a subject selecting step (30, S61) of, when the operation signal is obtained while the one group is being highlighted as distinguished, selecting one from selection subjects belonging to the distinguished group, based on the operation signal; and a processing step of performing a process, depending on the selection subject selected in the subject selecting step. <EOS>