Viper1 on 11 December 2012
OK, it seems that Nintendo had 2 options. Restrict the time or use a technical means to prove age.
I've seen suggestions such as Post Ident and Schufa but I think those are German only which does nothing for everyoen else in Europe. A couple of others are suggested by the German KJM (Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media). That regulation (or one very similar to it) definitely applies to online media now.
http://www.kjm-online.de/de/pub/service/english.cfm
I think with all the information we've come across (some companies are not impacted, others were at least at one point) that the best we can really say is that we don't really know anything at this point.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
