Nintendo of Europe Removes 18+ Ban On Nintendo eShop

<p>Late last year&comma; just a few weeks after the Nintendo Wii U launched in Europe&comma; we reported that Nintendo had decided it would be a wise idea to block 18&plus; rated content from being accessed&sol;downloaded unless the user was on the eShop between the hours of 23&colon;00-3&colon;00&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Originally Nintendo pinned the blame on the restriction of German law&comma; obviously the PAL console must take into account all European law so this was understandable in some respect although Nintendo have now removed this &&num;8216&semi;restriction&&num;8217&semi;&comma; allowing gamers to access 18&plus; rated games whenever they please&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The message from Nintendo reads&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;Nintendo has lifted the access restrictions content rated 18&plus;&period; Adults can now browse and buy all games at any time of the day&period; Following analysis of the Parental Controls system on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in cooperation with USK&comma; the German Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body&comma; it was deemed that Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s Parental Control system is of very high quality and offers a remarkable level of protection for children&period; Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s Parental Control system was found to have proved itself in practice&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em id&equals;"&lowbar;&lowbar;mceDel"><em>Nintendo always encourages parents to make use of Parental Controls to control access to content they deem inappropriate for their children&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-03-21-nintendo-of-europe-removes-eshop-restrictions-on-18-rated-games">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;7a7858cd-9a91-467f-a290-0dd985ed2b6c" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;