A Link to the Past

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The Announcement

On 19 April 2023, Animal Well was confirmed to come out on the Nintendo Switch console via the indie games showcase.[1]

Following this announcement, Animal Well's website got a few updates mentioning that the game will come out on Switch, including the logo of the console.

The Discovery

Approximately one hour after the changes were made, a script was found[2] on the source code of the page which tells us that upon clicking the Switch logo with the date set to the year 2020, will redirect you to a subpage.

Function hidden in JS code[3]
function loaded() {
    var today = new Date();
    if (today.getFullYear() == 2020) {
        var switchIcon = document.getElementById('switchIcon');
        switchIcon.setAttribute("href", "screenshots.zip")
    }
    showThumbnail();
}

This subpage downloads a zip file containing a folder with some old prototype photos of Animal Well running on the console.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Nintendo España (19 April 2023). Presentación Indie World – 19-04-2023 (Nintendo Switch)
  2. ↑ Initially found by alexsmith531
  3. ↑ Screenshot posted by AM
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