JAPAN GAMING & ENTERTAINMENT 
A speedrunner has posted on X about a new glitch in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that shortens boss fights. According to the report, a bottle’s contents let you beat Ganondorf without the special arrow he normally requires.
New Ocarina of Time Glitch Uses a Bottle to Cut Boss Fights Short
According to an October 11 report, using a bottle’s contents just as a boss’s hitbox is about to vanish overwrites the damage value. In the Ganondorf fight, you hit him with one projectile the moment a magic ball connects, then immediately use a bottled bug, and the game registers it as a hit from the special arrow. Another boss reportedly goes down in one hit with a routine that uses a bottled fairy. The report says the glitch works on the Nintendo 64 version and on Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Classics.
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AUTOMATON (October 14, 2026) / Speedrunner’s post on X (October 11, 2026)
PICO PARK Developer Asks Switch 2 Players Not to Buy the Original for Now
According to an October 13 announcement from developer TECOPARK, playing the original Nintendo Switch version of the co-op puzzler PICO PARK online on Nintendo Switch 2 leaves the game stuck on a white screen in the second stage of the first world. PICO PARK 2 doesn’t show the problem. As of October 14, the cause was still under investigation, and TECOPARK was asking players to hold off on buying the original on Switch 2 until it is resolved. It was also asking Nintendo about temporarily suspending distribution on the Nintendo eShop.
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AUTOMATON (October 14, 2026) / AUTOMATON WEST (accessed October 14, 2026) / Steam “PICO PARK” (accessed October 14, 2026) / PICO PARK official X account (accessed October 14, 2026)
WAZATO: Sabotage or Mistake? Hides a Spy Among Four Co-op Players
Nichicoma LLC has opened the Steam store page for its 4-player online co-op party game WAZATO: Sabotage or Mistake? No release date has been announced. Four players take on minigames such as carrying luggage and guarding a pudding, but one of them is the Spy, who tries to make the team fail on purpose. After each minigame, players vote on who looks suspicious, and after up to five rounds, the showdown moves to an arena. The other three, the Crew, win by defeating the Spy. The Spy wins by surviving 120 seconds or defeating the entire Crew. It supports English, including voice.
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4Gamer.net (October 14, 2026) / Steam “WAZATO: Sabotage or Mistake?” (accessed October 14, 2026)
Pokémon Sleep Halloween Event Offers Up to Triple Candy
Pokémon Sleep, the game you play by tracking your sleep, runs Halloween 2026 — Double Candy Research for seven days, from October 26 to November 1 (each day resets at 4 a.m.). The Candy you get from your first sleep research each day doubles through October 30 and triples on October 31 and November 1. Ghost-type helper Pokémon bring one extra ingredient, and their main skill trigger rate is 1.25x higher. Misdreavus and Mismagius make their Pokémon Sleep debut, and Eevee (Halloween) and Pikachu (Halloween) appear more often.
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Pokémon Sleep official site “Halloween 2026 — Double Candy Research” (accessed October 14, 2026) / Dengeki Online (October 14, 2026)
1999TOKOYO Building, a Horror Game About Sneaking Into Coworkers’ Rooms, Gets a Chapter 1 Demo
1999TOKOYO Building is a horror adventure created by TOKOYO Estate and published by Kodansha. A demo covering Chapter 1 and offering about two hours of play is out on Steam, and the full game launches November 9. It is set in an indoor amusement park in 1999, where Akira, a boy who has lost his memory, picks locks to get into coworkers’ private rooms, looking for secrets and a way out. You search each room in point-and-click fashion, and some dialogue choices end the game on the spot. It supports English.
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Game*Spark (October 14, 2026) / AUTOMATON (October 14, 2026) / Steam “1999TOKOYO Building” (accessed October 14, 2026)