Evercade Nexus arrives Oct. 30 at $199.99 with Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on one cartridge

The Evercade Nexus lands on Oct. 30 for $199.99, with Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on a cartridge in the box. Here’s what you get, how it compares with the EXP-R and where the limited editions stand.

When does the Evercade Nexus come out?

Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. Blaze Entertainment revealed the Nexus on March 31, opened pre-orders on April 1 and locked the Oct. 30 date on Aug. 6, when it also dated the Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack and announced The DOOM Collection cartridge for the same day. Blaze named Amazon, Best Buy and GameStop in the US, Argos in the UK and other retailers across Canada and Europe as sellers.

How much is the Evercade Nexus?

The standard Nexus comes in black with the Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack, a USB-C to USB-A cable and a quick start guide. The 64 Edition, a 2,000-unit Funstock exclusive styled after the 3D consoles of the 1990s, has sold out. The DOOM Edition, a 3,000-unit Funstock exclusive, has sold out too. It came with a DOOM-themed console, a big-box copy of The DOOM Collection, a hard carry case, a comic, a keyring, a poster and a numbered certificate.

Evercade Nexus specs

The screen is the biggest on any Evercade handheld, up from 4.3 inches on the EXP-R, and the twin sticks finally give 64-bit games proper camera control. A textured rear grip helps on long sessions, and the light-up RGB logo is customizable. Charging runs over USB-C at 5V 2A, but the box has no wall adapter.

Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack in the box

Every Nexus includes Home Console Cartridge No. 53, with Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on one cartridge. Blaze built native Evercade versions with Rare, and they bring widescreen support, a reworked camera with twin-stick control, save states, Replay and Retro control schemes, improved menus and display options tuned for each Evercade device. A music player with previously unreleased tracks and a cheat menu round out the extras.

The cartridge also goes on sale on its own on Oct. 30 for $29.99, alongside The DOOM Collection, which packs DOOM, DOOM II, six official mission packs, among them John Romero’s SIGIL and SIGIL II, and a Deathmatch pack for the same price.

EverSync, TATE mode and cartridges

EverSync is the Nexus exclusive: one player inserts a cartridge and shares the game wirelessly with a second Nexus, and both play on their own screens, with no internet connection needed. TATE mode rotates vertical arcade shooters 90 degrees at the press of a button, so you hold the console upright, and turbo fire is on board for high-score runs.

The Nexus plays the full Evercade library of more than 80 cartridges and 700+ games, from Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain to TAITO, NEOGEO and Activision collections, and cartridges start at $29.99 in the US. For another handheld arriving this season, our AYN Odin 3 Portal page covers AYN’s new Android device, which ships in early November, and our Steam Deck 2 page tracks Valve’s unannounced next PC handheld.

Blaze posted the Nexus day-one patch, version 5.0.5, on Oct. 29 and recommends installing it before first play. It adds FLEARUN as the Nexus Game of the Month and updates the Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack and The DOOM Collection to version 1.1, which gives the Banjo games a New Game+ mode.

This page is updated as soon as the Evercade Nexus goes on sale on Oct. 30.