On This Day in Nintendo History on Vooks
Because Vooks has been around for more than 20 years, there’s a bit of news in our archives – so why not share it with everyone?
Below are the posts from the current day, but one, two, five, ten and more years ago. There’s not going to be something every day – in fact, some days, everything could be blank. Also, many of our older posts may be missing graphics and images and look broken entirely. A lot of them were written when we were very young.
Here’s what’s in the archive today.
One Year Ago
Nintendo Download Updates (Week 31) No Illusions - Disney Illusion Island, Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons, Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara, PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe,… 
Aussie Weekly Switch eShop Deals (Week 31) Bit of this - Diablo, Donut County, Kentucky Route Zero, Neon White, Sayonara Wild Hears, Spyro, The Witcher and more. 
Nintendo Australia now selling physical games, hardware on the My Nintendo Store - Better update our bargain guide template. Two Years Ago
Nothing in the archive on this day.
Three Years Ago
Nintendo promises more free content for Animal Crossing: New Horizons later this year - Nothing specific... 
Bargain Alert: DX Collectables having Buy 1 Get 1 Free Sale on everything instore - Nope, really - anything. Even preorders. Five Years Ago
Smash Bros. presentation on Tuesday to show off Hero gameplay and release date - Just don't call it a Direct 
Hardware Review: Steelseries Arctis 3 Bluetooth Headset - Perfect for Switch, even if the Switch isn't perfect for it. 
Seven Years Ago
Surprise! Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age is coming to the West - Be prepared to get real slimey. 
Capcom declares Ultra Street Fighter II on Switch a ‘Smash Hit’ - Capcom also "starting to prepare" multiple Switch games. 10 Years Ago
Nothing in the archive on this day.
15 Years Ago
Dragon Quest IX tops 3 million in Japan - Proving Japan still love their Dragon Quest, the game has topped over 3 million copies sold. Dragon Quest IX has…
DS Pirates to blame Ubisoft sales drop says president - Boss of Ubisoft says that pirates are to blame for Ubisofts profits dropping on Nintendo DS games Ubisoft’s sales targets…
Missing fighter in the English Tatsunoko vs. Capcom revealed - Out of all the characters in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom only one will miss release outside of Japan and his name…
Red Steel 2 pushed to 2010 for more polish - Ubisoft has delayed Red Steel 2 until next year, it give it extra polish says the boss Two of Ubisofts…
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Wii) Review - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince continues the two year release cycle of films and games based on the… 
Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits (Wii) Review - When a company creates a hugely successful franchise that becomes incredibly popular world-wide, it is normally not long before that… Wii Sports Resorts soars to the top of the UK Charts - As if it was going to pan out any other way, Wii Sports Resort debuts at the top of the…
Worms creators in talks about WiiWare title - Team 17 say theyre discussing a WiiWare title, but believe Nintendo still have work to do with their online service…
20 Years Ago
Nothing in the archive on this day.
Note: Due to how the queries for this page work, it shows a 24 hour window, X days ago – so you might have things sneak in from the day before.
