Like many of you, I haveFallouton the brain right now.The Amazon Prime TV showis much better than it has any right to be, and has single-handedly helped thrust the franchise back into the spotlight. I’m only three episodes in so far, but the hooks have already taken hold and my consoles are now filled with everything from New Vegas to 76.
I booted up Fallout 76 and found my old save overwhelming after four years of absence, so I closed that bugger down and opted for something more comfortable. This is where Fallout 3 and New Vegas come in, both of which are playable on the Xbox Series X at 4K/60fps. The pair have aged quite significantly since their original releases, but there is still something magical about them. It’s partly nostalgia, but this era of Fallout understands how much fun it is to be given complete freedom in a sprawling post-apocalyptic world.
There was a leak last year which suggestedremasters for Fallout 3 and Oblivion are in the works right now, so there’s a good chance both emerge later this year.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas Are RPG Classics, And For Good Reason
Fallout 3 was my first game of its kind. I flirted with Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, but stepping out of Vault 101 was the first time in video games I felt like I was free to go truly anywhere. Upon bidding farewell to my childhood home, I embraced the mystery of it all and took the constant unknown in my stride, knowing there would be equal challenge and reward regardless of the road I ended up walking. Every location I discovered rewarded me with experience points to earn, raiders to fight, and decayed buildings filled with loot to pilfer. Before I even took on my first quest, Fallout 3 was unlike any other game I’d ever played before.
New Vegas is much the same. While there is no vault to emerge from in the early hours, with the player instead taking on the role of a nameless courier left for dead in the dirt, once each tutorial quest is cleared you’re free to do anything and everything. How you eventually reach the titular lights of New Vegas is entirely up to you. The game doesn’t care. In fact, it assures you that messing around and finding out is the perfect way to enjoy everything it has to offer.
After spending a couple of hours with both over the weekend, I’m committed to playthroughs for the first time in a decade, but part of me wishes they came in a different form. I want them on Nintendo Switch so I can take them anywhere. A few of you are now typing away in our non-existent comments section saying that I should pick up a Steam Deck and play them that way,but I’m just not about that life.
We’ve already seen many classics not dissimilar to Fallout 3 and New Vegas arrive on Nintendo’s platform, we know it can handle a game like this, and they’d more than likely sell millions of copies. It’s honestly a no-brainer.
It’s Time To Give Fallout 3 And New Vegas A Nintendo Twist
Remember when Skyrim came to Nintendo Switch? It was a major event, treated like a new game despite being a port of a game which came out several years ago. It even featured in the console’s reveal trailer, like Nintendo was saying, ‘look, we finally have a console which can run games like Skyrim, and you can even play it on planes, how sick is that?’.
And to its credit, the version that eventually came out played great, looked decent, and even came with a few cool bonuses in the form of Zelda-themed cosmetics and amiibo support. I know they are even older, but imagine if the same happened to Fallout 3 and New Vegas.
They could be flagship events for the Nintendo Switch 2, or a last hurrah for the current hardware’s line-up, complete with amiibo support and a few cute bonuses. It’d be the first time a whole new audience got their hands on two bona fide classics, while those who have played through them countless times already will still be eager to give them a go.
Fallout is hot right now, so why not keep it going with ports of two of the greatest games ever made to one of the best consoles ever made? It just seems right, and I’ll be there day one. Mostly to see the Vault Dweller in Zelda cosplay, but also because these games rule.
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Fallout 3 takes place in a ruined area around Washington D.C. two hundred years after the Great War. In a game met with critical acclaim, you must traverse this wasteland looking for your father, while solving the mystery of his disappearance.
