Something new any Wii-U online adult content that is 18+ can only be bought between the hours of 11pm and 3am that’s four hours in Europe.
See here
I know unity can be made for the Wii so it could be presumed that it works also for the Wii-U I wonder how this will effect any games been made for the Wii-U
Seems like a cool way of filtering, Many pros and cons sure, such as younger viewers staying up just to get the games they want, just like how people stay up to watch after 11 TV. Whatever floats their boat 
That’s ridiculous,nintendo still thinks we live in the 90’s
What was wrong with the 1990s? I’m glad at least some companies are taking responsibility for the content they are responsible for. Just because the old-media outlets gave up on that doesn’t mean that modesty is out of date.
Nintendo will always prise japanese society first, rest of world later… For Japan the rule is not ‘liberty’, the rule is ‘order’.
The majority of citizen there is just like that, not that this culture is forced by gov or anything. Nintendo just try to respect their people.
Looks like we’re both making assumptions. This article talks about Europe, not Japan. And in my case I thought it was over something worse than zombies or assassins… now that I’ve read it, the 1990s comment makes more sense. We remember what Nintendo did to Mortal Kombat.
So don’t blame Japan, it’s European regulation and culture Nintendo is recognizing here.
And my interest in a Wii-U went from slim to none , like that
It’s not like americans and europeans don’t give themselves everything first. Tv shows. game releases. etc etc. Sounds fair for nintendo.
As for the hours you can purchase, nice one nintendo. Makes parents feel a little safer at the same time as allowing nintendo to finally “grow up” a bit in game content.
This doesn’t apply to Nintendo Europe only, just the almost article does.
Nope, they have just really damaged their hardcore market, whilst doing nothing to stop a 10 year old borrowing ZombieU or Assasins Creeed 3 from a mate and playing it. This doesn’t simply apply to 18 yr old games, but even trailers and therefore any marketing material and from the article we are not even talking about ‘questionable 18+’ games, but all PEGI 18 rated games, AC3, COD, Mass Effect 3 etc.
The irony being of course that parents and those over 18, are more likely to be in bed, ready for an early morning start for work than the teenagers and kids below 18 who this is designed to stop.
If you think this makes parents feeler safer then they are being deluded and should take more responsibility in the first place. Assuming ‘little johnny’ has access to purchasing the content on the wi U in the first place (why would a parent allow that?), what’s to stop them setting there alarm and getting up at 1 am to buy it or watch some awesome new wii u exclusive 18+ trailer?
Don’t see this lasting very long and a bad misstep by Nintendo.
I dont see why they limit the hours you can buy a game how backwards, wow europe is getting more and more like the soviet union every day.
Nintendo had a hardcore market? I’m surprised they have adult games at all.
This is foolish solely on the basis that rather than using already in place and established system of parental controls that require unlocking the system for adult content, they’ve gone ahead and limited everyone’s ability with archaic assumptions on time. Here’s the bitch of it, I work between 11:00 and 7:00. It is impossible for me to purchase these games. Smooth move Nintendo, frustrate everyone to stop no one and make naive parents feel slightly better.
(Sorry about the “Smooth move” comment, I just figured I’d keep the 90’s theme rolling.)
Don’t buy a Wii-U , if their going to make life hard for you then forget em .Plus the next xbox is coming next year which might be a real system .
Well on that hand I actually am more inclined to get a Wii-U despite this foolishness. Nintendo is making a genuine attempt to venture out into new territory and has yet to make a system I regretted purchasing or one that has had significant hardware issues.
On the other hand, I bought my 360 six months after release, had it start over heating and crashing two months after purchase, sent it out and had it sent back with nothing fixed a total of three times, and eventually was told that my warranty had expired and could have them do nothing again for a mere $150 or buy a new system. At the end of the year, the system was in the shop more than I had it in my possession and they more or less stole my money. I vowed to NEVER buy another Microsoft product ever again.
I think you are grossly underestimating what drives purchasing decisions. Parents aren’t logical when it comes to their kids. They only just pick “whatever is safer”. There is no time to examine everything, only pick what seems safer. In fact buyer choices in general aren’t dictated by cool programmer logic. If they were, we’d be millionaires and there would be no need for marketing.
Yeah, don’t be a M$ beta tester.
With the Wii U i’ve yet to see anything that justifies 300$ . Plus no hard drive .
A new advance wars might get me to pick one up though
Just another reason not to buy one
I wanted one until I learned that the Wii U DRM ties your downloaded games to the system. If your system is stolen, so is everything you bought with it. If it breaks, you have to send it in for repairs to get your games back.
I know what it’s like to have your console stolen. I’ve had at least three lost that way (two Sega Genesis in the '90s and one PS3 last year). I’ve never had one actually found and returned to me.
The adult limitation thing is a mere annoyance compared to that.
Edit/Update:
Blame Germany for the age restriction thing.
Respect for Nintendo dwindling.