1. A storage medium storing a game program which is executed by a computer of a game apparatus employing a pointing device capable of outputting data for remotely designating coordinates with respect to a predetermined detection surface, the game program causing the computer to execute: a coordinate obtaining step of obtaining coordinates on the detection surface using the data output from the pointing device; a designated coordinate-related process step of performing a designated coordinate-related process which is a game process which employs the coordinates obtained in the coordinate obtaining step; a designated coordinate-unrelated process step of performing a designated coordinate-unrelated process which is a game process which does not employ the coordinates obtained in the coordinate obtaining step; a detection step of detecting whether or not coordinates within a predetermined region of the detection surface have been obtained in the coordinate obtaining step; and a switching step of switching between the designated coordinate-related process step and the designated coordinate-unrelated process step, depending on a result of the detection by the detection step.