The Evercade Handheld's First Collection Of Retro-Style Indie Games Has Been Revealed

Yippee...? If nothing else, theres always Log Jammers and the suggestive nature it brings.

System looks fugly dog!

Is there an actual image of this device yet? Because it seems like there are nothing but 3D models.

Still have no interest in this console especially as they have not showed someone actually holding the console, its all 3D renders.
Is it a console only available on Second Life??

Ah, nice, that's the info i want to get when i visit EvercadeLife.

Actually, i'm not opposed to NL reporting about things like this every now and then, but this is like the fifth artice about the Evercade, and there are plenty of Switch games you haven't reviewed and some recent Switch game announcements you haven't reported on.

Is there a release date for this system yet? Is there any photos of it physically being used?

I’m not really on par, but I do know my indies. I don’t know any of this list :/

Logjammers seems a copy of the SNK game.

Good to see smaller games get onto a system like this, but i still think the system looks awful.

im totally into this system, they really seem like they are pushing very hard to get as much content as possible

Wow thanks NL, for covering this system that has nothing to do with Nintendo, for the fifth time I guess...

There's a butt load of Switch accessories you haven't covered yet, but I'm sure this evercade thing deserves all the attention?

@EmirParkreiner This so much. It isn't related to Nintendo in the slightest so why are they covering it?

@MagnaRoader @EmirParkreiner @Folkloner No body forces you to click on the article. For those of us that have an interest in retro stuff, it is interesting to see how Atari, Namco, Interplay, and Data East are licensing their back-catalogue.

Plus, this is of note in that it is selling cheap and if it gets the right indie support can undercut Nintendo's console which gets mostly old games and Indies from third parties.

@Bunkerneath no. in second life you will be in astral realm. you will go the frequency where your mindstate belongs. If you're negative person you will be placed at same level headed people. A positive persons energy is different and will be at higher dimension where he rests. You can still play your games, but of course you have to search in your soul and replay it in your head. Your soul saves everything from each live. You can relive everything and nothing will be lost. So don't worry

I’ve heard there’s going to be an Evercade Mini...

@Alucard83 I was talking about Second Life the online game (not sure if its still around as it was from the mid to late 2000s) where you can buy and sell things and chat, not the afterlife

@Darknyht At no point did anybody bring up "force" so i've no clue why you think that's a salient point.

It's amazing how often people will bring that up as a rebuttal to other commenters that take issue with the relevancy of content, as if that somehow negates their argument.

The internet is a large place, there's plenty of other places that cover retro content - or perhaps NLife Media could branch out and create another sister site to cater for such content.

Lastly, if you're going to allow such tangentially related content on a site that has a specific remit, then some of us feel that's a slippery slope. The whole industry is connected so i guess you could literally cover 'anything' by that logic. The line has to be drawn somewhere, and some of us feel its being moved ever further.

As others have said above, there are plenty of games and accessories that are 'out' on or 'exist' for the Switch that could be the focus of NLife's output [ instead of the Evercade ] that would be of greater relevancy and interest to those that desire the sites content to remain 'distinctly' Nintendo.

Nintendo Life will do as they want to, it's a free digital wild west out here, but that doesn't preclude the rest of us having a say either.

This is actually a cool concept and it would be a viable concept. But the switch just makes this device obsolete

The handheld looks good but I'm not comfortable with the menu button locating just below the d-pad there. For one it could accidentally interrupt gameplay for example if I'm playing a fighting game, my thumb could easily hit the menu button by accident when performing a move thus interrupting my game session. Hopefully they fix that with the final design.

Just buy a Revo K101 or mod a PSP/Vita.

@Folkloner the point was that you don’t have to read the article if the topic doesn’t interest you. Obviously enough people are interested that it is worth this site’s time to cover it. If your only comment on the article is to complain about the article, then why not do something else entirely?

I mean if you are that passionate about switch accessories, the start covering them in the forums (or your own YouTube page). But why is it NintendoLife’s responsibility to purchase 99 identical switch stands to tell you they work just like they advertise?

The D-pad and buttons look like blisters waiting to happen
on my fingers and thumb like the first ps1 controller.

This system needs humble bundle carts.

@Folkloner Yeah well said I always got annoyed when someone launches into attacks on anyone who complains about anything. It comes off as someone trying to force complacency.

@MagnaRoader Yeah I mean it is one thing to talk about things that are off topic, but it seems like this site has really been trying to hype up this handheld for some reason. I don't get it as it seems to have a rather dismal selection of games and nobody has even seen any real life images of the thing.

@JayJ hey don't post negativity towards this abysmal handheld, some people in the comments section can't stand hate against it!

Looking promising this one )

@Darknyht totally agree

@MagnaRoader Yeah I don't get why some people are so sensitive about criticism. I mean I get how it can become toxic when uncalled for but this is one of those situations where there are valid reasons for criticism. This site could do a better job when it comes to Switch coverage, and seeing as how this is a site dedicated to Nintendo that comes off as a valid observation. As for this handheld it is not only unrelated to anything Nintendo but it is just some concept that will most likely hardly appeal to anyone. I am sure there are more dedicated sites than this for discussing it anyways.

It honestly comes off as though NL is being paid to promote this device. I assume in Whopper coupons but none the less, gotta eat right?

It’s becoming very clear that NL is not independent at all. We, the gamers who click on the site are not paying them their wages. So somebody is.
NL has always been great but recent reviews and repairs saddens me because they are clearly not being written from an independent point of view but rather as an advertisement.

@jarvismp Sadly that is the state of most media in 2019.

I bought PetitComputer4 for Switch from the Japanese eShop.
I've got all the indie games I need, there, thanks.

Most Nintendo fans are retro game fans. Keep up with these kind of posts.

@ricardosteve Not really, the site works on advertising and clicks. Everyone that simply clicks on the article to announce their dislike is just sending a signal that they will get clicks (money) for continuing to behave that way. So if you stop clicking, they stop getting positive feedback. Likewise, if people actually did click on articles about switch accessories there would be no end of reviews of them.