Wii U manufacturer Foxconn admits to child employment
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Electronics maker Foxconn, the manufacturer behind the Wii U, has admitted that it employed underage children in one of its Chinese factories amid recent allegations.
Reuters reports that Foxcon “had found some interns at a plant in Yantai, in northeastern Shandong province, were under the legal working age of 16.” Some teenagers were as young as 14. It’s unclear, however, just how many children were involved.
Foxcon said in a statement:
“We recognize that full responsibility for these violations rests with our company and we have apologized to each of the students for our role in this action… it is also a violation of Foxconn policy and immediate steps have been taken to return the interns in question to their educational institutions.”
Through an unnamed Yantai government official, China’s official Xinhua news agency claims that 56 underage interns will return to school. That would encompass 2.7% of Foxconn’s workforce, which employs 1.2 million employees in total.
You can’t use adjectives on Nintendo characters in Scribblenauts Unlimited
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There will be a limitation with the use of Nintendo characters in Scribblenauts Unlimited.
Bad news for those who were hoping to transform Mario into a zombie: adjectives won’t work on the plumber, or any other Nintendo characters for that matter.
That’s disappointing news, but fans will be pleased to hear that they will be be able to interact with objects, including Nintendo-themed ones. Players can summon karts, mushrooms, and more.
Developer 5th Cell and Warner Bros. Interactive are planning on “dozens” of characters and items from the Mario and Zelda series in Scribblenauts Unlimited.
More off-screen Injustice: Gods Among Us footage
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Off-screen Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition footage
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Nintendo characters confirmed for Scribblenauts Unlimited
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Yes, there will be Nintendo characters in Scribblenauts Unlimited.
Warner Bros. just annouced that Mario and Zelda characters will be joining the game on Wii U. Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Link, Zelda, Epona, and Goron have all been confirmed.
The first image of the Nintendo characters is above. Read on below for the announcement.
Activision confirms no Call of Dute Elite support in Black Ops II on Wii U
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When Call of Duty: Black Ops II launches next month, Activision’s Call of Duty Elite service won’t be supported. The company reconfirmed that it is “evaluating options”, but nothing will be ready this year.
According to an Activision representative:
“We are currently evaluating options for Call of Duty Elite to support Nintendo’s Wii U game system, however Call of Duty Elite for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will not support this platform when the game launches on November 13th.”
Maybe things will change with next year’s Call of Duty release?
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two “Paint and Thinner” gameplay vignette
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Pikmin 3 officially scheduled for Spring 2013
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Sorry, Pikmin fans. You’ll have to wait a little bit longer to play the next entry in the series.
The latest Iwata Asks officially confirms that Pikmin 3 is scheduled for Spring 2013.
There’s a little note buried inside the interview:
“Pikmin: The first game in the Pikmin series, released for the Nintendo GameCube system in October 2001. Pikmin 3 is scheduled for release for the Wii U console in the spring of 2013.”
Pikmin 3 was never a launch title for Wii U, but it has been planned for the launch window. So you should be playing it before March or so.
Details on Nintendo Land’s final three games
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The Official Nintendo Magazine got its hands on a fact sheet that reveals the final three mini-games in Nintendo Land.
The first, Captain Falcon’s Twister Race, was originally shown at E3 earlier this year. It’s a single-player racing-like game. “Octopus Dance” and “Yoshi’s Fruit Cart” are also single-player attractions.
Full details on each are posted below.
Captain Falcon’s Twister Race: In this single-player attraction, you’ll hold the narrow end of the Wii U GamePad upright with both hands to guide a high-speed wind-up vehicle toward the finish line.
Octopus Dance: This is a single-player, rhythm-based attraction using the Wii U GamePad. You must instantly memorise the movement of the character on screen and re-enact the poses using the Control Sticks or gyro sensor.
Yoshi’s Fruit Cart: In this brain-teasing single-player attraction, you’re asked to guide Yoshi’s cart towards the goal while collecting all the fruit along the way. The catch is that you can see fruit on the TV but not on the GamePad, a game-play mechanic made possible only using two screens.
