Nintendo Confirm Reason Why EU Wii U Blocks 18+ eShop Content

<p>As we reported yesturday&comma; Nintendo has implemented restrictions to the <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Wii U" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Wii&lowbar;U" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia">Wii U<&sol;a> eShop in Europe meaning that gamers can only access 18&plus; Rated content between the hours of 23&colon;00 &&num;8211&semi; 3&colon;00&period; However&comma; since we reported the story Nintendo have released a statement to <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Eurogamer" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage">Eurogamer<&sol;a> explaining the reason of them doing so&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Wii" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wii&period;nintendo&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"homepage">Nintendo we<&sol;a> always aim to provide a safe gaming experience for fans of all ages and ensure that we comply with applicable legal age restriction requirements across Europe&period; Legal age restriction requirements vary across a number of European countries&period; Since <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Nintendo" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;maps&period;google&period;com&sol;maps&quest;ll&equals;34&period;9699694444&comma;135&period;756202778&amp&semi;spn&equals;0&period;01&comma;0&period;01&amp&semi;q&equals;34&period;9699694444&comma;135&period;756202778 &lpar;Nintendo&rpar;&amp&semi;t&equals;h" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"geolocation">Nintendo of Europe<&sol;a> is based in Germany&comma; <a class&equals;"zem&lowbar;slink" title&equals;"Nintendo eShop" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Nintendo&lowbar;eShop" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"wikipedia">Nintendo eShop<&sol;a> is complying with German youth protection regulation which therefore applies to all our European markets&period; Under German law&comma; content rated 18&plus; must be made available only at night&period; Therefore the accessibility of 18&plus; content in Nintendo eShop is limited to&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In your opinion do you think it is fair to block Europe as a whole due to one country&quest; Let us know below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2012-12-10-nintendo-explains-crazy-wii-u-eshop-restrictions">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;43ad567a-a9c5-47b7-93d0-52bbbcc57542" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;