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

[ryuzaki57]

Mr Khan said:

Vinniegambini said:
Legal age restriction requirements vary across a number of European countries. Since Nintendo of Europe is based in Germany, Nintendo eShop is complying with German youth protection regulation which therefore applies to all our European markets. Under German law, content rated 18+ must be made available only at night.
Therefore the accessibility of 18+ content in Nintendo eShop is limited to [USK: 22:00 UTC until 4:00 UTC] [PEGI: 23:00 UTC until 3:00 UTC].

That explains it. Because SonyCE and Microsoft are both based out of London.

No. That only applies to public TV and NOT to retail (digital or real). It's stupid if you think about it : that would mean that stores should open at night to sell ZombiU or AC3... Nintendo is playing it extra safe here even if it means sacrifying gamers' playtime.