Those buttons.

When the New Nintendo 3DS launched in Japan recently one of the more interesting new elements was the web browser, which came with a filter to block adult content from the eyes of innocent and impressionable youngsters.

To remove the filter, you have to register a credit card — which incurs a small charge — to lift the restriction, the logic being that kids don't usually have a wallet full of plastic and therefore wouldn't be able to remove the block.

Our friends over at Vooks have gotten their hands on the Australian New 3DS — which hits stores this week — and can confirm that the filter isn't present in that region.

This could be something that is unique to Australia, but we'd be willing to bet that the filter will also be absent when the system hits North America and Europe.

[source vooks.net]