Rouge and Omega join Sonic Pico Park lineup

By Sickr on October 23, 2026

One of the sure-to-be fiendishly addictive games set for release later this year is Sonic Pico Park. Today, SEGA has announced that both Rogue and Omega will be joining the 2D platforming party. The new trailer showcases Rouge’s flight abilities and Omega’s large-character power. Sonic Pico Park launches on Nintendo Switch 2 and other platforms on 12th November.

https://twitter.com/SONICPICOPARK/status/2113575124020650421

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Shigeru Miyamoto first in gaming industry to receive Japan’s Order of Culture award

By nintendojam on October 23, 2026

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, an official Japanese government organization, has announced that Shigeru Miyamoto, legendary game designer and creator of Nintendo’s most iconic franchises including Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, and Pikmin, will be receiving the 2026 Order of Culture award. Miyamoto is the first in the gaming industry to receive the highly prestigious award, honoring nearly 50 years of cultural contributions while working at Nintendo; designing the original Donkey Kong arcade game being his big break in 1981. Since then, gaming has undoubtedly become an important part of culture around the world.

While receiving the award, Miyamoto humbly stated that though it takes more than one person to create games, he accepts it with the intention of representing the entire team, and considers himself very lucky. A full interview with him was also conducted, which can be found on Japanese news website Denfaminico Gamer. To avoid misconstruing his words due to machine translation, we’ll refrain from posting any more tidbits from the interview until a more accurate translation is available.

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ARMS added to Nintendo Music

By nintendojam on October 23, 2026

Today’s Nintendo Music update includes an hour and a half of music from the 2017 Nintendo Switch original fighting game, ARMS, with 45 total tracks added. The idea of a potential sequel for Nintendo Switch 2 has been baselessly speculated, and seeing now that Nintendo hasn’t forgotten about their experimental IP is at least a hopeful sign for more to come from the series in the future. In the meantime, ARMS is one of the many games that received a free Switch 2 update with enhanced resolution, frame rate, and HDR support. The Nintendo Music app is a free download on iOS and Android, and you can also listen in a web browser, as long as you have an active Nintendo Switch Online membership.

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3 Game Boy games being added to Nintendo Classics next week

By nintendojam on October 23, 2026

Nintendo has announced three more Game Boy games that are coming to the ever expanding Nintendo Switch Online library. The follow titles will be released on 27th October for Switch and Switch 2: Pinball: Revenge of the ‘Gator (1989), Avenging Spirit (1992), and Mole Mania (1996). Last week, we received 3 Game Boy Advance titles exclusive to members of the NSO Expansion Pack, but original Game Boy games are available to anyone with a standard subscription. For those who don’t know, Mole Mania was produced by the one and only Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series. As always, these classic titles can be accessed from the “Game Boy – Nintendo Classics” app that can be downloaded via the Nintendo eShop.

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US: PS5 No.1, Switch 2 No.2 and Xbox Series X|S No.3 for September 2026

By Sickr on October 22, 2026

Circana, which tracks video game software and hardware sales throughout the United States, has revealed that the PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in September 2026 followed by the Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X|S. The best-selling video game of the month of September was Marvel’s Wolverine which received slightly mixed reviews at launch. Here’s the top ten best-sellers in the US:

September 2026 U.S. Projected Top 10 Best-Selling Video Games Ranked on Physical & Full Game Digital Dollar Sales (Excludes Mobile and Digital Add-On Content) Reporting Period: 8/30/2026 through 10/3/2026

Rank

Last Month Rank

Title

Publisher

NEW

Marvel’s Wolverine^

Sony (Corp)

NBA 2K27^

Take-Two Interactive

NEW

EA Sports FC 27*

Electronic Arts

NEW

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave*

Nintendo

NEW

The Blood of Dawnwalker^

Bandai Namco Entertainment

NEW

Wardogs*

Team17

NEW

Onimusha: Way of the Sword^

Capcom USA

NEW

Halloween: The Game*

IIIFonic Publishing

NEW

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve^

Bandai Namco Entertainment

Madden NFL 27*

Electronic Arts

^ Includes Digital Point of Sale Actuals -* Includes Digital Sales Project

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Nintendo Switch 2 has been jailbroken for the first time through eShop game and AI

By Sickr on October 22, 2026

An intrepid individual has finally jailbroken the Nintendo Switch 2 causing celebration in the modding community. However it is important to note that the jailbreak itself is tethered, which means it’s lost every time you shutdown the Nintendo Switch 2 system. The jailbreaking was achieved through the cheap Nintendo Switch 2 software package SmileBASIC 4 and OpenAi. To show evidence of the Nintendo Switch 2 being jailbroken the user posted a video on X of a modded Mario Kart World featuring the likes of Sanrio’s Cinnamoroll, Family Guy’s Peter Griffin, and Hatsune Miku. Nintendo will likely catch on to this quickly and remove the $25 SmileBASIC 4 from the Nintendo eShop swiftly.

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