Q4 collision map: Oct 22 and Nov 4 as side poles

This issue’s big three already own their pages. The collision short does something thinner and more useful: it pins two side poles that bookend the early strip — Nintendo Switch Sports Resort on October 22, 2026, and Lightyear Frontier 1.0 on November 4, 2026 — so the Forever / Ocarina / GTA VI cluster has observable neighbors without a hype reel.

Pole A — October 22: Switch Sports Resort

Nintendo’s US store lists Nintendo Switch Sports Resort for October 22, 2026 (“Releases 10/22/26”) as a Switch 2 exclusive. Store copy names 12 motion-control sports, Sportsmate / Mii framing, and Joy-Con 2 crumbs such as mouse controls for Skateboarding, plus Power Cruising and Prop Plane tilt — Nintendo’s wording only.

Online concurrent player counts stay UNKNOWN: the store says details about how many people can play together online will be provided in the future. Do not invent them.

Pole B — November 4: Lightyear Frontier 1.0 (PC)

FRAME BREAK’s studio post dated 29 September 2026 locks 1.0 for 4 November / November 4; the same-day Steam Community Announcement mirrors the date. This pole is PC (Steam) from those primaries. Xbox Series / Microsoft Store claims remain secondary until an Xbox/Microsoft primary — we do not assert dual-platform certainty here.

Systems continuity from the FRAME BREAK list, not cozy-farm pad: story finale; Sandswept Highlands and Hollow Marsh; farming / automation / mech customization overhauls; Tool upgrades such as Seed Shooter Minigun and Skyblazer Transform Mode; existing saves carry over.

Same calendar day as Forever — different product, different publisher stack. Label both.

How to read the strip

Observable dates only: Oct 22 Sports Resort → Nov 4 Forever and Lightyear 1.0 → Nov 5 Ocarina → Nov 19 GTA VI. Adjacency is the map. Forecasts, day-one concurrency, and year-only titles (The Duskbloods stays off this strip) are not.

If a pole moves, its publisher moves it first.