Nintendo blocking 18+ rated Wii U eShop content at certain times

[kitler53]

M.U.G.E.N said:

Mr Khan said:
I'm wondering, are laws in European countries about buying PEGI 18+ games for minors, or facilitating their purchase, different than in America? Could Nintendo be held legally liable if minors were using their online shop to get these games, with or without parental controls?

I'm just trying to puzzle this one out, and legal liability would be a good excuse...

well since the other services aren't doing anything like this I doubt it's a legal issue

are we sure about that? 

http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/basicoperations/parentallock.html

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/25/playstation-store-currency-and-parental-control-explained/

i know that second one is old but it looks like ps3 allows parental control of content on the playstion store via esbr rating.  if nintendo hasn't figured out how to do that maybe this "time" thing is just a "good enough" fix to meet legal requirements.  it wouldn't be the first time in recent history nintendo has taken the "good enough" approach to things.