Here’s the problem: The Switch knows what day it is. As long as the Switch has been connected to the internet and updated, users can’t seem to fool the system into thinking it’s the day that will trigger Golf to appear. An internet user going by Fiskerdin, who follows the Switch hacking scene and was familiar with the Golf rumors, happened to have an unboxed Switch lying around his house (he preferred his Blue/Red Joy-Cons to the Grey ones he pre-ordered). “I booted the unopened Switch up, did the setup procedure, and decided to try it out the gesture which was posted,” he explained over e-mail. “I simply put both Joy-cons parallel to each other and pointed towards the ground, then raised them in a vertical position and waited, the screen turned blank, an audible cue was played, and then I was greeted with the Golf menu.”

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Several other Switch users have posted pictures of Golf’s home screen on their console. But while there are about half a dozen published images of this hidden tribute to Iwata, Nintendo has yet to confirm it and has not responded to multiple requests for comment. We also don’t know whether Golf will be available on July 11th, 2018.

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That said, there is a very convincing video of someone getting Golf to work on a Switch:

Hearing about the memorial, Kotaku East reporter Brian Ashcraft pointed me to the the Japanese tradition of Omamori, which refers to “guide or protect.” Traditionally, they are talismans made of silk and paper left at shrines. Now, they’re made out of all sorts of things, like toys or memory cards, which could help protect digital security. They channel spirits who will help guide the Omomori-owner. It’s possible that somebody at Nintendo coded an NES emulator and Golf into the Switch—and every Switch—so Iwata’s spirit could shepherd the console to success. So, maybe Setery was right—it was a ghost.