That's actually a good idea, because we might not see as many 12 year-olds swearing at people. :P

Good idea

Why not put the fake age then?

50 cents are a mere pittance but I hope that doesn't replace the standard parental control scheme under password protection. Online experiences do vary from game to game.

This is idiotic.

Well Nintendo is really living in another world.

I wonder if they disables p*rn/violent content sites access in the internet browser too.

I think this is just a clever way to charge ppl for having children (since most of the Wii U will end up in families).

This is brilliant. Who the hell is complaining about 50 cents over child safety?

Or just make a password right? This is 50 cents of idiocracy.

Well damn, there goes my whole darn paycheck.

Well, I'm over 13, so I'm good.

As long as it's not $15/month for online multiplayer I'm cool with it.

I'm conflicted about this policy. While fifty cents is a drop in the bucket and possibly backed by good intentions, I feel identifying a minor player is potentially worse than anonymity. As any interweb veteran can attest, online is not forgiven, neither is it the most friendly of venues. Identifying and labeling minor players may result in more harassments from online players, despite whatever policies Nintendo puts in place to make online gaming more "family friendly".

This seems pointless. This can easily be skipped and does not really give any protection. Its just serves to make the people who are telling the truth that has kids to pay a fee. I wonder how much money Nintendo will make out of this stupid fee.

Actually pretty smart. Thumbs up Nintendo!!!

So just lie about your age and you don't have to pay a fee?

Cunning. Very cunning. Forces minors to notify their parents AND generates revenue.

PS3 and CrotchBox should use this to filter out all the minors playing M rated games also. Should require a parent only password for minors to get onto a console that has a M rated game with a save file.

lol, this is actually pretty good.

Remember kids, it pays to lie.  Only YOU can prevent age extortion.

People will really complain about anything huh? I mean, I don't know how effective this will actually be, but it's a good idea, that way parents know that their kid is registering. It's a child safety thing. If someone is legit and honest about it, then I think it's a great idea. I mean it's only .50 freaking cents.