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

Another Code: Recollection gets fresh trailer, demo now available - 2024 hype train begins.
Over 1000 titles discounted in the Switch eShop’s Festive Offers Sale - Ho ho ho, money's gotta go.

Two Years Ago

Kazuya and Sephiroth amiibo release January 13th, Pyra and Mythra later in 2023 - Still no Sora.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie Happy Meals now available at Maccas - Maybe not the ones you were expecting.
Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios Hollywood in February 2023 - California, California, California.

Three Years Ago

New patents detail new combat and abilities in the Breath of the Wild sequel - We've seen them in the trailer, now they've patented it.
Nintendo Australia finally launches a web based Switch eShop - It's been 84 years.
Be up early for the Nintendo Indie World Showcase this week - Any bets?

Five Years Ago

Bargain Alert: Nintendo Switch Lite for $224 at The Good Guys this Thursday - The cheapest price yet.

Seven Years Ago

Groudon now live in Pokémon Go until January 15th - Get set to cover some ground.

10 Years Ago

Second Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Eon Ticket distribution announced for Australia - Second chance ticket.

15 Years Ago

Nintendo trademarks Zii in Japan - A new trademark has been filed by Nintendo Japan: What could Zii mean? Nintendo has filed a new trademark in…
A Boy and His Blob (Wii) Review - It’s heartening to see a developer aim for mastery of 2D gaming when we’re surrounded by amazing 3D graphics every…
PAL Nintendo Channel updated, catches up with NA version - Gamers can now give extended recommendations of both Wii and DS games, see play time stats of games and channels,…
New footage of upcoming Wii title, Wiiwaa - A new trailer showcases one incredibly cute, very strange, but undeniably original controller The Wii has set a standard with…
Latest Iwata Asks reveals unreleased DS hardware - Also revealed are some curious suggestions for the name of the DSi LL/XL As we all know, the DS ‘Phat’…
Miyamoto talks development style, work life, new hobby - Among other things, the developer compares the way Nintendo approaches their traditional and more casual game titles As if we…

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.