Evercade Nexus Revealed

Blaze Entertainment’s next handheld is the Evercade Nexus, a $199.99 retro console due in October 2026 with a Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie cartridge in the box. (evercade.co.uk) Blaze announced the system on March 31 and opened preorders on April 1 through Amazon, Funstock and other Evercade retailers in Europe and the United States. The standard model is priced at £169.99, $199.99 and €199.99. (evercade.co.uk) The hardware adds a 5.89-inch IPS screen, dual analogue sticks, wireless headphone support and a new local multiplayer feature called EverSync. Blaze says the screen is the largest yet on an Evercade handheld. (evercade.co.uk) Evercade sells itself on physical cartridges in a market where most retro game libraries are sold as downloads or subscriptions. Blaze says more than 80 cartridges and more than 700 games released since the platform’s 2020 launch will work on the Nexus. (evercade.co.uk) The Banjo-Kazooie pack is the bigger signal in this launch. Rare’s two Nintendo 64-era platform games are being sold here as a new Evercade physical release, giving Blaze a recognizable set of 64-bit titles to push a handheld built around analogue controls and a larger screen. (evercade.co.uk) Blaze is also selling a separate Evercade Nexus 64 Edition through Funstock in a run of 2,000 units. That version costs £189.99, $229.99 and €229.99, and adds a themed hard-shell case, screen protectors, a poster and a numbered certificate. (evercade.co.uk) Retail listings and coverage published after the announcement show preorders went live immediately and frame the Nexus as Evercade’s premium handheld tier. GameSpot said United States preorders were available through Best Buy with the same October 2026 release window. (gamespot.com) The Nexus extends a strategy Blaze has used since 2020: sell retro collections as boxed cartridges with manuals, then make each new device play the same library. This time, the company is pairing that format with one of the best-known 3D platform series in the catalog to anchor the launch. (evercade.co.uk, evercade.co.uk)