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I can't believe you guys didn't mention this, but when you 100% island flyover you actually get your own private island that hosts your own little house with a flag displaying your Mii. It's these little touches of character and detail that keep this absolute masterpiece as one of my all time favorite games to this day.
this is both exciting and upsetting news because as a kid I played island flyover so much that I think I’m like five landmarks away from being 100% but I CAN’T FIND THE LAST FIVE EVEN AS AN ADULT
There was a 3DS game, Pilotwings Resort, which was basically a fleshed-out full game version of the island flyover. I don't think it quite matched the magic of the original but it was still fun
It isn't exactly the same but in wii fit plus you can unlock free cycling with no time limit. You can't get to wedge island but you get phenomenal ground-level views of the island with a lot of paths to explore.
As a child, that was my DREAM. I drew pictures of my Mii walking around the resort, having parties in the buildings, swimming in the ocean, I willed with all my heart for Wii to make a version like that.
Okay but WHY IS EVERYBODY SLEEPING ON WAKEBOARDING!!!! Having a nice cruise while trying to get the highest score possible while avoiding obstacles was such a vibe!
Fun fact, my family got a Wii in the later years of its life, and it came with both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort disks included for free (and also the motion+ and jacket). So there definitely was a group that grew up with Resort as a pack in, even if that group isn't as large as those who had Wii Sports as their pack in exclusively.
When you guys showed the opening to wii sports resort i legit cried. Tears were rolling down my face. I don't think i'll ever feel again what i felt that christmas back in 2009
I grew up on Sports Resort rather than Sports. I had Sports as well, but Sports Resort was my life as a kid. Good to see this game getting more recognition :)
dude same! we got the wii when resort came out, so i never knew anything else until years later. it is still so much fun, i’m so glad they got to share that childlike joy lol
God this game was so good. Island flyover was just so relaxing, the game let you advance at your own pace and really celebrated your personal achievement. You always felt like you were getting better at whatever game you played and made sure to make you feel accomplished, no matter how little or big of a personal achievement you made
This game is truly incredible. I remember flying around so much. This game is truly incredible. And nostalgic... The only thing ever missing from the game was bring able to walk around on the island, but at least we do have flying. I did find a game with lots of worlds and minigames and it does have open worlds, it's also a great game kind of like Sports Resort (not better than Sports Resort, but probably near equal) it's called Go Vacation and I think it's either from the Wii or Wii U but it's available on switch, too. Wii Sports Resort... So legendary. Playing it without dusting off the old Wii that somehow still works would be the best. The nostalgia. Flying in the airplane. Hours and hours and hours and hours, it never gets old.
Dude this takes me back to the greatest era of my life. The wii to me represented family, fun, and being myself with the people I love. Wii sports resort was a go to, and I rly wish I could get those days back again.
being a late 2000s kid was the best. i’ll never forget playing on the wii with friends and losing against my parents. wii sports resort will forever be my favorite game
real as hell ‼️ while it's not my fave game, i have sm amazing memories playing it w my family & friends. ill always love it :') we still have it too which im so glad for
Dang I liked the part where the dog caught the frisbee and then he did a little flip. I thought it was just going to be boring like real life dog frisbee shows, but this, this was a master piece. This simple but effective communication tool brings out the depth of a childhood game. The frisbee and dog can be metaphors for a lot of things in life. Plus I liked the part where he does a flip after he catches it.
While this is a nice comment, I'm afraid you left out an important facet. See, I played Wii sports resort as a kid, and I've only ever done this two or three times, but when you make it so that the dog catches the frisbee in the purple zone (which is a bit difficult considering the purple zone is in the very center of the three zones and is significantly smaller than the others), it will proceed to do a simple trick to show it's excitement. Namely, it will do a flip. TLDR The dog flips
What's really fun about it was... and you might not have noticed this detail, it's really detailed... the dog, it does a flip. And that's good, because, normal dogs, they don't do flips. But Frisbee Dog does. It's cool that the game devs thought of something like that.
For a time I really I liked doing jet ski free roam because I found out you could find whales around in random areas. Often times u could see them breaching out of the water or a tail flip and I was determined to do my darnedest to get as close to one as possible when it did. Maybe the coolest part was the fact that the whale would still be there once you reached the spot you saw it, a massive figure swimming just under the surface of the water and your jet ski, always left little me in awe. It was such a neat detail.
this game was a key facet of my childhood. I loved it so much - especially how the island feels so complete. actually got a bit teary eyed at the end there - I'm so grateful I got to have that experience when I was little
I spent hours as a kid just cycling around Wuhu Island in Wii Fit Plus, and even more flying around it in Resort. It's crazy how much nostalgia I get just from seeing that aerial view of the island.
NO FRICKIN KIDDING! I've spent hundreds of hours running in fit (but mostly) & flying in resort. Wii Sports Resort is the one of the best Wii games, top 3.
my favorite thing to do on wii sports resort (as in i loved it more than any of the Actual games/sports) was actually the _practice_ for canoeing. there was a mother duck in the lake with a herd of ducklings and if you find her, all the babies swim away to different spots. you have to paddle around the lake and get all the lil duckies' attention so they follow you, and you bring them back to their mama 🥹 it was so fun i would just do that for like an hour at a time by myself (✨️only child things✨️) 😭
thats exactly what i would do, i would never play the actual canoeing game, i would just wander around the lake, look at the scenery, and get a bunch of ducklings to follow me around
the ending really got me. it’s true, the family gaming dynamic has really been downplayed and lost. i would love to go back to playing video games with my family at christmas and thanksgiving.
Wii Sports Resort seriously deserved more love. Island Flyover and Swordfighting were definitely the game's highlights. Speaking of destinations like 11:08, there's also a cave where if you go into it at night, you can hear an eerie version of the main theme, and it's one of my favourite spots in Island Flyover.
Wii sports resort was my entire life for 3 years, I'm so glad to see it given the love it deserves. the music and graphics are so nostalgic, I think of it so fondly
Wii Sports Resort holds such a special place in my heart. I've been playing it mostly my whole life and I still love it to this day, it's the best in the Wii Sports series by far in my opinion. Wuhu Island is the best part in my opinion. I've never felt a feeling of home and joy with any other video game location and seeing it return in other games is always so special, even if it's been a while since that happened. Island Flyover really is the thing that _made_ Wuhu Island.
have you ever played pilotwings resort for the 3ds!!!! i've had it since its release and it's a whole game that's _just_ the plane stuff and it's still wuhu island. my motor skills aren't great so it was much easier for me to play on a DS than with a wiimote and imo it has all the charm of its predecessor, with the bonus of being on a Portable console (and in 3D when that novelty was fresh, as finnicky as it was back then). highly recommend if you've never played it.
@@littolcreachure I remember seeing that game as a playable demo at a target way back when it came out. I thought it was amazing they made another game with wuhu island as a kid
This was my second favorite Wii game. My favorite was Go Vacation, which was like an open world version of this game combined with the We Ski gameplay. And it had 4 resorts on the island with completely different environments and vehicles. It's an insanely underrated game and when you do well, you get your own private house in a private neighborhood that you can decorate and visit whenever you want. My sister and I played it for countless hours and neither of us are really even gamers
Definitely agree. Very strong message that Nintendo echoed through their marketing. Ironically, because how different the gaming climate was in 2005/2006, the parents who the message was intended for probably never saw this speech💀
Ah yes. The flippin dog, flying the airplane and trying to shoot everything on the island, the sword duel. Truly the best John Wick prequel I could think of.
To this day, even if I don't play it unless it's a particularly nostalgic day, Wii Sports Resort is still one of my favorite games of all time. This was beautiful, guys.
We dust off the Wii at some point every year. It's nice to see Dad and Grandma enjoying the resort and cheering us on at bowling even though they've passed on.
I’m so happy you gave island flyover it’s flowers. It’s always been my favorite game mode and I feel the exact same way you guys do. It’s like indescribable the feeling it gives you. Underrated sport
I totally understand what you mean about the sports having specific locations around the island. There's a real sense of place which brings immersion and plausibility to the activities. You don't feel like you're just playing some silly arcade game, rather you are pretending to be on holiday in a beautiful resort.
I absolutely adored Wii Sports Resort as a kid. The Wii was my first introduction to video games as a child, and it was a great console to play with my parents who also weren’t gaming people. Everything you said about Island flyover is so true. And my dad and I would do cycling races against each other all the time. And I too would flip my shit when I couldn’t get canoeing to work. 11/10 childhood game.
Genuinely didn’t expect to cry a little at the end of this video, I think you encapsulated the childlike fun and excitement so well. I feel like I was transported to being a kid again in summer, sweating while playing this game but loving every second of it. Thanks Burback bros x
This video reminded me of all the wonderful times I had playing Wii Sports Resort when I was 8. I loved the challenge of perfecting every swordsplay course, beating every table tennis opponent, and flying over the island, discovering every location and feeling like I was the only person who knew that you could fly into the volcano. Now that I'm in college, I look back on these moments fondly, and I sincerely thank you for reminding me of some of my favorite childhood moments
I’m so happy that you made this, island flyover will forever have a special place in my heart just trying to get to 100% didn’t expect to get as emotional as I did but the feeling of playing on the wii with friends or family will never be recreated from being a rock star on rock band/guitar hero then being transported to a resort
I love Wii Resort. There was a way to add your dog as an npc and when you played certain games they would join you (and sometimes help you like in the segway balloon game). I forgot this feature when I picked it up a few years ago and was greeted by my old dog. It was a sweet little moment that stuck with me
@@paleiosaurfr dude my mom and i restarted wii fit in early quarantine days and it had my childhood cat saved still and i was like wow i am here to do yoga but i love this and am going to cry
I still regularly play my wii. When I left for uni I would regularly play when home with my school friends, and now I’ve fully moved out I brought the wii and still enjoy playing the games with my current housemates 😊
The thing that hits home the most is the generational sentiment and nostalgia towards playing the Wii that comes through in these videos. Just pure magic, it was the best gift I ever received as a kid.
This makes me want to: -place my controller on a flat surface -take a break -press a and b at the same time -stay hydrated -fly my plane into a volcano
Man, island flyover is unmatched. Trying to get as many i points as you could in one go was so fun, so many of them were so well hidden. I remember the whale watchers one being a favorite, plus the two in the volcano. All the unlockables added so much, especially the two seater plane, which would randomly pick a mii to put in the back seat. You could make mii’s of your pets through wii fit and so sometimes my dog was in the back seat, other times it was my grandma, or my neighbor, or a freak of nature pig person I made. Also, the only place I remember that you couldn’t go on your plane was through the waterfall behind the castle, but other than that, anywhere you could find you could fly your plane, through street tunnels and really narrow caves under the island and all around inside and out the volcano. It was almost completely limitless. And I haven’t even mentioned the MUSIC! Top tier game, especially as a young kid. Now I need to go find my wii.
My university housemates and I spend hours playing this game multiple times a week. It’s a nostalgic blast from the past and still incredibly fun. Thanks for the video on this icon of entertainment
Enjoy it! We all graduated and moved away in the past two years, but in college I got a few of my frat brothers hooked on the Golf and Frisbee Golf mode of all sports. We spent way too many nights trying to set a new course record, think we got better than -20 for 18 holes a few times 😆 makes me so happy to hear that other people are getting to have a similar experience, I really do miss it
I do like how they made a return to Wuhu island for Wii Fit, with events set there and you could even use your pet in games. Wuhu also appears in some mario kart tracks, event maps and probably in a few more games. Island flyover was one of my favourite modes, and probably influenced my career path since I am now studying to become a pilot, and honestly, who wouldn't want to fly a seaplane.
I'm so glad they highlighted the island flyover. I'd come over to my cousin's house after school and exclusively play that part over and over again because of how relaxing it was
Wii sports resort is so underrated dude. I remember playing island flyover all the time during the different times of day, it was so cool. It felt like an actual place, and was such an improvement on an already great game in Wii sports. Not only was it fun to explore the map and learn about the island, I also loved randomly cutting the engine and either pretending I was gonna crash or actually crashing 😭
That's too damn relatable. Even more so if you flew straight up to the point where it eventually cut your engine off and you dive bombed straight down into the island
This game is so nostalgic for me, definitely one of the games I played most as a child. So weird to think about how old this game is now and how old I’ve become
15:38 This hit hard man, because I spent so many weekends being the first person in the house awake, and I would always eat breakfast and go play Wii Sports Resort in the living room and have some vivid memories tryharding against Miis in basketball
This video made me oddly emotional. I remember playing Wii with my parents and teaching my grandmother how to swordfight, and this brought back a lot of positive memories. Thank you for making it.
I’m gonna play a wild card, but I actually never played Sports or Sports Resort - I was a Wii Fit Plus fanatic. I absolutely loved the mini games like the jogging and cycling that took place on the island. Especially the flag-finding cycling game without a time limit - teenage me would bike around the island for literally an hour and see all the points of interest. So it’s fascinating to see the flyover game that highlights all the familiar locations!
this game was the only one my family ever played together, and watching this makes me miss those times. my parents are now divorced and i’m finishing college, so the nostalgia is really hitting me. missing those wuhu island times bro.
I was 4 in 2009 but I remember Wii Sports Resort so distinctly, I played it until our Wii broke down in 2020. I know the geography of Maka Wuhu like the back of my hand. This game has such a special place in my heart.
I am genuinely speaking when I say Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Party were extremely important in shaping my taste in games for the future. This video was great, thank you boys for bringing back the memories. ❤
That speech from Reggie was honestly pretty prophetic, even goosebump-raising in hindsight. Like...he nailed it. The Wii delivered exactly what he hoped it would.
I’m so happy that others enjoyed it as much as I did. I can’t possibly communicate how excited I was when my aunt randomly showed up and had TWO motion plus modules
This game is so special to me. My cousins and I played it SO much. Especially the plane game, we used to take turns to play and all just sit around and watch the others and get excited when we found a new info spot! I fully agree with all points about it feeling so nice to realise this whole island has its own history etc. Absolutely lovely game mode!!
It’s so strange how you hit every nail on the head so perfectly in this video, you played cycling and realised “damn they actually made a load of this island” and it blew my tiny little mind, then you play Island flyover and it’s that same feeling on steroids, the crazy fun sword fights and that damn vibe 👌🏻 will never forget discovering the second island only to realise it was where the golf happened
So incredibly nostalgic. I remember me and my family playing the marching band and tennis games. A fond memory was my grandpa playing the bowling game. He LOVED it. And would sometimes ask to have it set up so he could play again. RIP grandpa. And thanks Wii Resort for the great memories.
A big part of why this game hit so hard for me was because we didn't own a wii but my aunt and uncle do. Every midsummer when we go there is already incredible and the vibe of Resort perfectly matches it.
island flyover saved my life during quarantine. i spent HOURS unlocking every single landmark on that island and it was the only thing that kept me sane
I DESPERATELY want a fully explorable, open world Wuhu Island. I always loved island flyover mode as a kid, but I always wanted to just… walk around on foot, or ride around on the bike wherever I wanted. It always has been and always will be one of my biggest fantasies.
Not the last few minutes making me emotional. I remember so fondly playing Wii Sports Resort when I was 8 with my siblings on the weekends. It was just such a simpler time back then and I miss it so much. Thank you for the trip down memory lane, boys
I wasn’t gonna leave a comment like this but seeing so many people share their stories here has compelled me to share mine. I always used to play the Wii with my dad. Wii Sports Resort was one of my fav games to play with him because of the warm and inviting atmosphere of Wuhu Island, on top of some of the already fun gameplay from Wii sports. he died suddenly last year, and the end of this video unexpectedly made me cry. I hadn’t realized how much this game, and the Wii itself, reminded me of him until you drove home how this was, in many ways, the first game console for the family. it’s comforting to know that so many of us have such a soft spot for the game despite it’s perhaps lack of commercial success. there’s a feeling to Wii Sports Resort that other games just can’t replicate and its legacy is going to outlast so many others
You guys NAILED it this video, me and my brother spent hours when we were younger playing this. During covid I kept my eyes peeled until I found a guy selling his wii and resort JUST so happened to be apart of the games that came with. You guys got it down to a T with island flyover and the Sword games!
The end of this video actually made me cry because it reminded me of how now that me and my brother are adults and have moved out that I'll never have those moments playing with my family in the living room just laughing and enjoying the time together. There's always times we'll visit each other, sure, but it won't feel anything like Christmas morning playing the Wii all together for the first time
This game was so definitive to my childhood. It took all of us to convince my mom to get a Wii and by then Resort was out. Given the probably hundreds of hours we spent on flyover alone, how the heck did I never think to translate that Morse code!!?!
The best part of this video as the actual connection and memories that they shared, it was so much more than a game to them and I can relate with my brothers. Destroying them in Sword Fight was one of my fav pastimes
i think you guys do some really good skits together, i think they do often feel like skits which keeps the tone lighter, but i love the dysfunctional brothers direction.
I really didn't expect anyone to make a video about how good and fun Wii Sports Resort in, especially in the current year. Even though the Wii is starting to become old, almost 18 years since it came out, it still has some great games like this one. I've always liked the Island Flyover minigame, I always replayed it so I could explore as much as I could. Really glad I haven't sold my Wii or given it to anyone, just feels nice to be able to have it here still after such a long time. Personally, I'm always gonna thank the Wii and the games in there for the fun that it gave me, even to this day.
I wanna talk about the end of the video. It's so true how the Wii got families together. I was 7 and the first gaming console I saved up for was the Wii. This took forever since I only got like $5-$6 for an allowance a week. I'm pretty sure my parents helped pay for the other half, but it was still my purchase. The first night we got it was family game night, and we played Wii Sports. My mom couldn't complete the last golf hole and we laughed so hard. It led to so many fun moments. I remember Guitar Hero World Tour leading to full on band sessions with me on guitar, dad on drums and my sister singing. I got a Tiger Woods Golf game and played tournaments with my dad. Man...it was fun. And Wii Sports Resort was a game that got my sister and I to play together every so often, even as our interests drifted apart. I still find myself coming back to that game every now and then, cause I NEVER GOT ALL THE ISLAND LOCATIONS IN FLYOVER People can say what they want about the Wii, and especially the WiiU, but that console brought everyone together, not just gamers.
The Wii brought my family closer together, I'll never forget the fun and excitement we had making our miis and playing all the games in Wii sports, seeing each other's miis in the different games gave a sense of fun like no other
This video made me so emotional, especially since they seemed to love the same specific games that I loved. I was born in 2002, which was the perfect age to grow up with the Wii, and this game might be the one I have the most nostalgia for. I'm SO GLAD someone else recognizes just how fun Island Flyover was. I remember being 8 or 9 and having 79/80 I points discovered, and having to log onto GameFaqs to find the last one. Sometimes I would just start it up and fly around, even if I wasn't on the hunt for anything, because flying around an island that felt like a second home was just so theraputic. You joked about deleting your dad's mii when your parents get divorced, but unironically my dad took the wii in my parent's divorce because it was technically his, and I miss games like this every single day. This video makes me wanna steal it back somehow lmao. Thank you guys for this trip down memory lane!
I'm still so sad that they didnt give Wuhu Island a makeover and an own game like Go vacation. Where you could run through the world and then go to special places where you could do sports. I always wished they would have done that to Wuhu Island. Especially after you could explore so much more of it in Wii fit. I would have loved to just run around that island and explore it. But that plane had my heart, I can remeber ducking down when you try to get through a tunnel and the morse from the lighthouse. That gamemode was so much fun. I miss the good old days where I just walked into our living room to play. At least our wii still gets used at partys, because their minigames and Partygames are amazing.
