After releasing smaller variations of its handhelds, Evercade has introduced a brand new moveable console known as the Nexus that includes a big 5.89-inch display screen. That’s bigger than the 4.3-inch display screen on Evercade’s earlier handheld, the EXP-R. The Nexus’ show additionally delivers a small bump in decision from 800×480 pixels to 840×512, and a change from a 4:3 side ratio to 16:9. The hand-held will probably be accessible for preorder beginning on April 1st for $199.99, and is anticipated to ship in October 2026.
As with earlier variations of Evercade’s handhelds, together with its Tremendous Pocket lineup, the Nexus doesn’t have an app retailer, gained’t play ROMs, and isn’t appropriate with unique sport carts or media from corporations like Nintendo and Sega. It as an alternative works with a set of proprietary cartridges from Evercade that every characteristic a number of titles. The corporate says over 700 officially-licensed retro video games are actually accessible by way of a library of over 80 cartridges. The Nexus will include a cartridge that includes enhanced variations of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie that can reap the benefits of the brand new 16:9 show.
Different upgrades on the Nexus embrace twin analog thumb sticks, help for wi-fi headphones, a quad-core 1.5Ghz processor, and a bigger 5,000mAh battery good for over 5 hours of gameplay. Evercade can be introducing a brand new wi-fi multiplayer characteristic known as EverSync that lets gamers briefly share video games with different Nexus handhelds so just one cartridge is required.
