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Oct 22, 2026 2:07 PM

Pre-Order: Evercade Nexus + Banjo Kazooie Double Pack & Data East Arcade 2

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Best Buy has for Pre-Order: Evercade Nexus Retro Handheld + Banjo Kazooie Double Pack & Data East Arcade 2 Cartridges on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member mrtechieman for sharing this deal.
  • Note: This is a Pre-Order with a release date of 10/30/2026.
Details:
  • Evercade Nexus is the new premium retro gaming console designed for the Evercade ecosystem and support for 32 and 64-bit games!
  • A larger, sleek retro handheld design with textured grips, dual analogue joysticks and a big high-resolution screen.
  • Includes the brand new physical cartridge featuring the 64-bit greats Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie from Rare, as well as a Free Data East Cartridge for pre-order customers!

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  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $29.99 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $229.98.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.

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Best Buy has for Pre-Order: Evercade Nexus Retro Handheld + Banjo Kazooie Double Pack & Data East Arcade 2 Cartridges on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member mrtechieman for sharing this deal.
  • Note: This is a Pre-Order with a release date of 10/30/2026.
Details:
  • Evercade Nexus is the new premium retro gaming console designed for the Evercade ecosystem and support for 32 and 64-bit games!
  • A larger, sleek retro handheld design with textured grips, dual analogue joysticks and a big high-resolution screen.
  • Includes the brand new physical cartridge featuring the 64-bit greats Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie from Rare, as well as a Free Data East Cartridge for pre-order customers!

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $29.99 lower than the next best comparable online prices starting from $229.98.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.

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mrtechieman
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Basically this requires zero configuration to work well. You put the cartridge in, and play. Plus in the case of the Banjo games, they were re-worked by Rare to play well in a 16x9 aspect ratio and at 60FPS. Everything is licensed (legal), you keep the physical copy of the game that does not require online access (but can be patched online if need be), and the support from Blaze Entertainment seems pretty solid. I own an Odin 3, Retroid Pocket 5, RG 35XX Pro and a couple others, but the ease of use for N64 games and probably others coming down the pike was worth it for me to buy into this ecosystem. Plus I want to support what Evercade is doing when you've got the likes of Sony saying physical media is done.
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While this is cool, it's kind of pricey in this day and age of these retro handhelds. Sure, its physical and no fuss cartridge, but it almost feels like an inconvenience to have to have a physical backlog now and at a not so friendly entry price
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Evercade is great. Got the original years ago and everything just works. One of my old UX designers ended up recommending some changes to them and they ended up hiring him on the side to do work on their UI. Makes me want to support the product more, knowing someone that worked on it. Hah.
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Oct 22, 2026 6:38 PM
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paulk11087Oct 22, 2026 6:38 PM
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While this is cool, it's kind of pricey in this day and age of these retro handhelds. Sure, its physical and no fuss cartridge, but it almost feels like an inconvenience to have to have a physical backlog now and at a not so friendly entry price
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Oct 22, 2026 9:40 PM
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emceephiOct 22, 2026 9:40 PM
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There are a lot of better emulator handhelds out there. Look up Retroid, anbernic, Ayn, many more.
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Oct 22, 2026 9:42 PM
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SeriousMeerkat7340Oct 22, 2026 9:42 PM
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Quote from paulk11087 View quoted comment :
While this is cool, it's kind of pricey in this day and age of these retro handhelds. Sure, its physical and no fuss cartridge, but it almost feels like an inconvenience to have to have a physical backlog now and at a not so friendly entry price
I agree. The Nintendo 64 launched in 1996 for $199, offering cutting edge technology at the time. Now, 30 years later, we're paying the same price to play games from that era. The processing power needed costs a fraction of what it did back then. I understand inflation and licensing, but you'd think three decades of technological advancement would make retro gaming significantly cheaper.
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Oct 23, 2026 3:14 AM
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mrmochiOct 23, 2026 3:14 AM
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Can someone explain to me why this is better than a retroid pocket six
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Oct 23, 2026 6:57 AM
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Quote from SeriousMeerkat7340 View quoted comment :
I agree. The Nintendo 64 launched in 1996 for $199, offering cutting edge technology at the time. Now, 30 years later, we're paying the same price to play games from that era. The processing power needed costs a fraction of what it did back then. I understand inflation and licensing, but you'd think three decades of technological advancement would make retro gaming significantly cheaper.
That's right, $199 was worth exactly the same in 1996 as it is today.
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Quote from mrmochi View quoted comment :
Can someone explain to me why this is better than a retroid pocket six
Basically this requires zero configuration to work well. You put the cartridge in, and play. Plus in the case of the Banjo games, they were re-worked by Rare to play well in a 16x9 aspect ratio and at 60FPS. Everything is licensed (legal), you keep the physical copy of the game that does not require online access (but can be patched online if need be), and the support from Blaze Entertainment seems pretty solid. I own an Odin 3, Retroid Pocket 5, RG 35XX Pro and a couple others, but the ease of use for N64 games and probably others coming down the pike was worth it for me to buy into this ecosystem. Plus I want to support what Evercade is doing when you've got the likes of Sony saying physical media is done.
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Oct 24, 2026 12:29 AM
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Eluder99Oct 24, 2026 12:29 AM
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Quote from mrtechieman View quoted comment :
Basically this requires zero configuration to work well. You put the cartridge in, and play. Plus in the case of the Banjo games, they were re-worked by Rare to play well in a 16x9 aspect ratio and at 60FPS. Everything is licensed (legal), you keep the physical copy of the game that does not require online access (but can be patched online if need be), and the support from Blaze Entertainment seems pretty solid. I own an Odin 3, Retroid Pocket 5, RG 35XX Pro and a couple others, but the ease of use for N64 games and probably others coming down the pike was worth it for me to buy into this ecosystem. Plus I want to support what Evercade is doing when you've got the likes of Sony saying physical media is done.
Evercade is great. Got the original years ago and everything just works. One of my old UX designers ended up recommending some changes to them and they ended up hiring him on the side to do work on their UI. Makes me want to support the product more, knowing someone that worked on it. Hah.

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Oct 24, 2026 1:28 AM
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This is kind of neat but the specs are very low end for $200

Screen 5.89″ 840×512 IPS high resolution screen with 500+ nit brightness
Processor Quad Core 1.5Ghz
Memory 512mb DDR RAM
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Oct 24, 2026 1:47 AM
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BuickDad81Oct 24, 2026 1:47 AM
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All these digital slaves will never understand the appeal of Evercade or Modretro. Some of us want to actually own our old games, and not have to rely on crappy emulators. If you don't like this type of thing, don't buy it. There are tons of us who will.
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fireballsOct 24, 2026 2:08 AM
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Quote from BuickDad81 View quoted comment :
All these digital slaves will never understand the appeal of Evercade or Modretro. Some of us want to actually own our old games, and not have to rely on crappy emulators. If you don't like this type of thing, don't buy it. There are tons of us who will.
Evercade is a emulator though. They are just able to better monetarize the emulator because they sell you the game on carts.
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Oct 24, 2026 2:12 AM
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boourns84Oct 24, 2026 2:12 AM
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Quote from mrmochi View quoted comment :
Can someone explain to me why this is better than a retroid pocket six
I don't think you could but there's people who don't believe in roms
Oct 24, 2026 2:13 AM
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boourns84Oct 24, 2026 2:13 AM
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Quote from BuickDad81 View quoted comment :
All these digital slaves will never understand the appeal of Evercade or Modretro. Some of us want to actually own our old games, and not have to rely on crappy emulators. If you don't like this type of thing, don't buy it. There are tons of us who will.
Bro ski I've been playing emulators since 1998 and I can honestly say since about 2003 they have been perfect
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Oct 24, 2026 5:41 AM
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jiggydancerOct 24, 2026 5:41 AM
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Isn't this kinda shit for the price?
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Oct 24, 2026 5:53 AM
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DocBrewskieOct 24, 2026 5:53 AM
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I have the vsr and love it. If you're an old head, the carts really take you back.

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Oct 24, 2026 6:40 AM
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mrmochiOct 24, 2026 6:40 AM
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Quote from BuickDad81 View quoted comment :
All these digital slaves will never understand the appeal of Evercade or Modretro. Some of us want to actually own our old games, and not have to rely on crappy emulators. If you don't like this type of thing, don't buy it. There are tons of us who will.
You do realize this is an emulator right? rofl

Evercade cartridges contain the games and tailored emulation packages, with settings already optimized by Blaze rather than leaving users to tweak cores and shaders.


The only thing you're getting is some minor tweaks which do not matter at all.
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