"Dear customer, we would like to let you know that Nintendo has always aimed to offer gameplay experiences suited to all age groups, observing carefully all the relevant regulations regarding content access that are present in the various European countries. We have thus decided to restrict the access to content which is unsuitable to minors (PEGI) to the 11pm - 3am time window." - Nintendo customer service
I understand that Nintendo wants to be safe, but this is a bit overboard. I really hope we see Nintendo do away with this kind of protection. Sometimes the Big N can be two steps forward, one step back...
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I understand that Nintendo wants to be safe, but this is a bit overboard. I really hope we see Nintendo do away with this kind of protection. Sometimes the Big N can be two steps forward, one step back...
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Yeah, I noticed this the other day when I tried to watch the video in the eShop for Ninja Gaiden 3. It was after 10pm (UK time) that I tried and I got the message below, so I figured it was just some kind of technical problem on Nintendo's end.
...I guess not.
I got the same the other night too and thought the same thing..... but 11PM to 3AM is unbelievably ridiculous. WTF Nintendo?
How about 9pm like the television watershed? 11 is too late.
As stated before, this more has to do with the many arcane rules in Europe, and Germany in particular.
Of course, I'm sure that somebody will pick it up and say that this is true in North America, Australia and Japan as well, when it isn't.
yeah but it should be noted that this only happens over component.
Haha, wow Nintendo. Why aren't parental controls enough?
Insane.
I swear Nintendo forgot it ever put Parental Controls in the Wii - and now they have again...
The holy hell are the parental controls for then? This is ludicrous on so many levels.
You're supposed to be trying to shake the 'Nintendo is for kids' stigma, not reinforce it.
Wow, never expected this. Figured when they asked for a birthday that it would base your age from that, and allow downloads appropriately if anything.
Us Australian's are often grouped in with Europe as far as gaming and whatnot is concerned. This is one of those things I'm glad we are not linked - can watch a Mass Effect 3 trailor 7am or any other time of the day if I wanted.
I would have thought they'd apply different rules if they had to to different countries.
Nintendo has to do this as stated because their servers and EU HQ is in Germany thus they must obey German law for their servers.
If Nintendo doesn't follow this law, Germany will file charges against them and criminally punish them.
Germany will most likely take this to the EU level and have the EU file charges too.
Nintendo doesn't want another German/EU punishment handed to them.
Sigh... this is just ridiculous.
But like others said, probably because Nintendo of Europe is in Germany, and Germany has a bunch of dumb laws regarding this.
Is this why the Australian Nintendo Wii and Wii U game discs have the German USK logo and not the PEGI or Australian rating? By which I mean, the NoE headquarters being situated in Germany.
Better that NoE be in Germany than France .
they have to comply with the rules of some european countries , i think the whole thing is funny , but i don't think the others have to , unless they are located elsewhere . Anywho , still not as big of a deal breaker as paying for online gaming
btw i only used it once for now , but does that mean that the youtube app is also restricted ?
Yeah, I noticed that too... I guess that's the reason, yeah. Seems like they print the same image all over Europe/Australia, including the rating.
Why? Does France have ridiculously strict laws too? (Really, I have no idea, can anyone tell me? I only knew about Germany and Australia's laws for that stuff)
Sometimes I hate living in Germany...
This is f-ing stupid beyond Nintendo's normal mistakes.
So this is because of German laws? While there is nothing wrong with Germany, their video game rules are really strict.
Quite a few mature games were censored and a few weren't even allowed to be sold.
Also, look how big their USK (German age rating system) logo is on the boxes of New Super Mario Bros. 1 and 2.
http://images.otto.de/asset/mmo/formatz ... 296513.jpg http://www.ichspiele.cc/wp-content/uplo ... -2-3ds.jpg
It's ridiculously big. Was this really necessary?
@M1
If that's true than this is the greatest injustice Germany has EVER created...EVER!
Sorry if I sound like a fanboy, but it's not 100% Nintendo's fault. Read @M1's post.
I should've been more specific, but I was referring to to France's insanely high tax rate that NoE would've been subjected to had their region-wide base of operations been in as well as Nintendo of France specifically. It's possible that had their profits been cut into that they would be less willing to take risks, like with Pandora's Tower.
Ah, I see. Yeah, that doesn't sound good either...
I guess the Holocaust wasn't a big deal then...
Because parent nowadays suck at being parents.
so many morons here not reading. or are you lacking reading comprehension?
I guess so, because for some reason, I read that as "mormons".
I'm not really up to scratch on German law, but why is it so specific to 3am? I mean, surely at 3am any minor is supposed to be asleep for school the next morning or whatever else, so why 3am, and not something a bit less farfetched like 6am or 7am?
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