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A notice posted on Drill Sergeant Mindstrong’s Japanese Nintendo page reveals that the title will be pulled from the Japanese Wii Shop Channel on January 31. Those who purchased it previously will be able to redownload the game, however.

HI Games & Publishing handled Drill Sergeant Mindstrong’s release in Japan. XSEED brought the game over to North America in June 2009.

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) – 214.208 / NEW <92,02%>
02./01. [3DS] PazuDora Z: Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400) – 52.880 / 1.216.421 (-67%)
03./02. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
(Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 34.179 / 3.870.125 (-69%)
04./03. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds # (Nintendo) {2013.12.26} (¥4.800) – 26.286 / 323.502 (-64%)
05./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 19.497 / 3.179.551 (-61%)
06./06. [PS3] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Square Enix) {2013.12.26} (¥7.140) – 16.286 / 241.733 (-59%)
07./19. [3DS] Youkai Watch
(Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 14.195 / 308.946 (-23%)
08./09. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) – 13.665 / 224.869 (-56%)
09./05. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World
(Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) – 13.079 / 452.521 (-72%)
10./07. [PSV] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: Twin Pack # (Square Enix) {2013.12.26} (¥7.140) – 12.237 / 194.407 (-63%)
11./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 10.929 / 3.641.321 (-66%)
12./30. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.12.05} (¥6.090) – 9.310 / 202.029
13./22. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V
(Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) – 9.299 / 674.835
14./10. [PS3] New Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
(Bandai Namco Games) {2013.12.19} (¥7.980) – 9.266 / 201.529 (-68%)
15./13. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy: Big Bang / Supernova (Level 5) {2013.12.05} (¥5.500) – 7.369 / 216.964 (-69%)
16./11. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 7.323 / 1.645.697 (-72%)
17./12. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 7.276 / 2.258.319 (-70%)
18./21. [PSV] New Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.12.19} (¥6.980) – 6.948 / 97.882 (-58%)
19./25. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 (Konami) {2013.11.14} (¥7.980) – 6.948 / 291.010
20./24. [PS3] Gran Turismo 6 # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.12.05} (¥6.980) – 6.099 / 297.352

Marvelous AQL’s Yoshifumi Hashimoto, who is the producer of Harvest Moon and Rune Factory, shared a few words about what lies ahead in 2014 while speaking with 4Gamer last month.

Hashimoto said that the company has a number of titles in the pipeline, “so we hope they’ll be announced and available to the market soon.” There’s one in particular that he believes may “really surprise you.”

Hashimoto’s comments in full:

2013 was fun and busy on the daily, but it’s over. It’s now 2014. First, “Harvest Moon: Connect to a New Land”, and we’ll be publishing “Valhalla Knights 3 Gold”. Some other things are being worked on now, so we hope they’ll be announced and available to the market soon. Because there are titles with considerable power, stay tuned! Amongst them is one that might really surprise you.

Nintendo has released a new 3DS puzzle in Japan. System owners can now begin filling in a panel for Kirby Triple Deluxe.

Reader Jason completed it full, and was kind enough to send a picture our way. View it above.

Kirby Triple Deluxe is off to a fast start in Japan with first week sales reaching over 214,000 copies. Media Create says that the new 3DS game sold-through 92.02 percent of its initial shipment – an incredibly high rate.

The last Kirby game, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, only shifted 137,000 copies in its first week. It also sold through just 49.88 percent of its first shipment.

Media Create mentions that Kirby Triple Deluxe had only 58,000 pre-orders before January 5. By January 12, however, reservations rose to 103,000, showing great growth.

There was a strong focus to advertise heavily on television so there would be a wider opportunity for people to see Kirby Triple Deluxe. Since consumers have been staying inside during the cold winter, viewership and anticipation must have been much higher.

Konami, via Famitsu, has shared a few new screenshots and details for New LovePlus+. Continue on below for the game’s latest content.

– Game features real life romantic date sports
– These include Nikko
– Nikko is a mountain area with shrines to see
– New location: Hakone
– Hakone is not far from Tokyo and on a clear day you can see Mt. Fuji
– This travel date event is pretty close to real life
– Start by riding one of Odakyu’s Romancecar trains, which take you from Shinjuku to Hakone
– Once you “arrive” you can go on a tour and see sites and ride a pirate ship

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