Evercade Nexus Handheld Announced, Includes Enhanced Banjo-Kazooie Games

Blaze Entertainment has revealed a new Evercade gaming handheld device, the Evercade Nexus. Billed as the successor to its Evercade EXP-R handheld, preorders for the Nexus will go live on April 1, with the unit being priced at $200 ahead of its shipping date in October 2026. A Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack cartridge is included in the bundle.

Compared to the Evercade EXP-R, the Nexus features several substantial upgrades like a larger 5.89-inch IPS display, twin analog sticks, wireless headphone support, and EverSync for local multiplayer. This feature will allow players to share a game wirelessly with other Evercade Nexus consoles, and is similar to the single-cart local multiplayer of the Nintendo 3DS handheld.

Designed to play 32 and 64-bit games, the device can also switch to TATE Mode with the push of a button, shifting the screen into a portrait mode that works well with vertically orientated arcade games. The Nexus has a battery life of up to five hours, and it can download content faster thanks to Wi-Fi 6 functionality. For anyone who already owns an Evercade console, the Nexus will be backward compatible with over 80 Evercade cartridges from the officially licensed retro collection libraries.