Wii Sports: The Game for Everybody

we stream playthroughs here - / eddyburback
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[@Burback]

this is written by tony and I just have to say, eddy's singing was great in the intro! this is definitely tony btw - tony

[@Li-00]

I think i am in love with your brother's voice, mr. _tony_ .

[@andrewhatch164]

Tell eddy he should audition for the metropolitan opera

[@breanna5763]

Wow that’s so nice of you tony!

[@michaelmira-lopez1660]

It's Eddy 10 pin behind this comment, you can't fool me 😂 I'm a child of Burback

[@harrisonwhaley7872]

Sure thing Eddy Nine-Pins

[@houston-coley]

I miss 2008. The nuclear family consisted of two parents, two kids, and one copy of Wii Sports.

[@austiniscoolduh]

@jaredjams4267 yet the average person was still living better during that than they are now... :thinking: Back when a person working full time could afford their own apartment... Good times...

[@Evan_Stark]

@jaredjams4267 Yeah because the economy is really great right now lol

[@snufftherooster93]

I was 15 in 2008, so it was.. Me, my 2 sisters, my mum, and my alcoholic A-HOLE stepdad. Good times. Sad times.

[@JudahMantell]

I remember as a kid, whenever someone new came to the house, the first course of action was to make them a Mii. Even if we didn't play anything, it was just important to us to keep a living guestbook of Miis.

[@Mitreme]

yes omg it was so exciting

[@lexthequeer]

so true, always dramatic and satisfying deleting someone’s mii when you had some intense teen friendship drama too lmfao

[@bear4993]

Yes!

[@m.k4447]

So true! I remember being in my cousins' house and having them making Miis of my siblings and I before we played Wii Sports for 5 hours straight. Fun times

[@gayghostprince]

SO TRUE

[@officialblimp]

i love how we all universally have a “freak mii”

[@deluxejay69]

i had a coconut man and a burger man

[@watcherofyoutube9678]

I had one guy that was just an eyeball

[@yannickgrignon2473]

We had a few - one was named Normal Joe, I remember

[@ReverendTed]

I'd downloaded tons of character Miis - Yoda, Mr T, Spock, Chuck Norris, Abe Lincoln, etc, so that was always fun to see them show up on teams or in the crowds.

[@jaidenamccarroll]

I have like 50 Miis and like 45% of them have messed up faces 30% are famous people or something like that and 25% are people in my family and friends.

[@EddyBurback]

guys you don’t have to call me mr. perfect game, eddy will do just fine!!!

[@thedestroyasystem]

Best content bois 10/10

[@tobiasbyrnes8523]

Exactly best gamer around

[@andrewhatch164]

I was under the impression we called you screebledeep but ok I will call you eddy

[@makeyouagif]

Okay Eddy 9-pins

[@Rockergage]

Eddy “don’t have to call me Mr. Perfect Game” Burback congrats!

[@Ani]

holy shit, i don't know if it was the build up to it or something else but I did not expect THAT MUCH nostalgia from the wii sports title screen music. god damn

[@eybros]

I agree so much

[@runed0s86]

You probably have a computer good enough to run Dolphin... A full wii emulator. You even get the homescreen and even mod it!

[@hadinasrallah8928]

That matt section actually made me cry. The sheer depth matts knowing eyes… he KNOWS that you two will Face off one day but he’s proud to go down by your hands

[@kaboomkp]

I like to imagine it where Matt is like Apollo Creed and the player is Rocky. Before the game, you and Matt had a boxing rivalry but squashed it to train together - and then the last match with Matt is like the end of Rocky III where they have a behind-closed-doors sparring match I just watched all the Rocky movies if you couldn't tell lmao

[@SirDJMaster23]

@@kaboomkplove this also, i always wanted to actually see the rest of their behind the scenes sparring match.

[@katherineelizabeth7177]

Anxiously awaiting the part 2 on Sports Resort. That game is beloved in my heart. Fruit archery, nose diving the volcano, the absolute unhinged fervor my cousin & I would work ourselves into in the bike races. Best game of all time I miss it so much

[@sirfrosted3374]

Going into the volcano was so cool

[@crimson_auror]

Yes!!! Need this video asap

[@you_were_the_chosen_one]

The Fencing games, particularly duels, were so awesome.

[@soarimg]

And 100 pin bowling

[@harleyme3163]

we fit works about as well as a vic20 look it up if you've never seen one.

[@brandonnorvell5369]

The Wii is so nostalgic for me. When I was a kid I saved up for MONTHS trying to buy a Wii for myself and then that year when Christmas came my grandpa surprised me with one for Christmas so then I had all that money I had saved up to buy games and extra controllers for my new Wii. Definitely one of the best Christmases ever.

[@rulasmania]

That’s beautiful man

[@jamescullen5590]

The year the Wii came out was the best Christmas of my life. We got not just one but TWO wiis we traded one in and got so many games.

[@noralewis5390]

Many senior and nursing homes have wii bowling events to this day. I still remember going to a team building thing at work 10+ years ago - instead of a ropes course we did wii bowling.

[@meghansullivan6812]

awwwww wow

[@MrFredstt]

That's so cool. Made a bunch of good memories no doubt

[@burymeinjhenny918]

That’s so awesome

[@emmerald]

i work at an assisted living facility, and some of our residents really love wii bowling!! my favorite resident, marge, calls it "w 2" bowling because she sees the ii in "wii" as roman numerals lol

[@pancake2700]

my grandma is in a retirement community and they have wii bowling leagues with fun names. i don't think they even bother with any of the other sports lol even tho i feel like golf could be popular with that crowd too

[@JBuhr]

I'd say this is the best one yet! The homage to Matt was pure gold.

[@skyguytomas9615]

The music choice made it for me.

[@Mia-zk6rz]

the mentor to opponent Matt arch really brought a tear to my eyes, very emotional and moving

[@heroinshooter1991]

why did “matt forgive me” actually break my heart oh my god 😭😭

[@alexisjared8080]

The fact that I remember the exact meal my mom brought home the night she brought it home as a surprise…this shit absolutely rocked my world

[@burymeinjhenny918]

What was the meal?

[@harleyme3163]

I told mother about it anfd went in 50/50... now pretty much my whole family went out and bought one and there mostly older people LOL... bet ya Nintendo wasn'st happy about its security though... replace OS with windows Opera, boom copy dirrectly from wii to external Hdd..... play games off hdd... lol I only did it on my wii sports so mother could play it easier lol.... others had the entire bungle of games on it :-\

[@madamebin1914]

Weird to think there's a generation of kids now who never played Wii sports

[@jessafra]

even weirder when you think they only know the wii music from memes

[@selahanany5645]

Impossible...

[@EldritchCow]

W h a t ?

[@JonatasAdoM]

Don't let anyone know, but I don't know if I ever played a Mario game and I'm from the previous generation.

[@burymeinjhenny918]

@@jessafra truuuuue

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Let's be honest, if the Wii Sports theme music doesn't play as the credits for the end of the world, it's not gonna be a perfect ending. I want it played at my funeral. Because no matter how hard life gets, this song will always be happy af

[@Jarethenator]

When you realize that Wii Sports has a boss fight with a developed character that has an arc that includes the player's hero's journey.

[@mirai63]

Matt being the last boss is like the climatic betrayal in anime where the main character has to face off in a final battle against his mentor that's been training him the entire series

[@theeggsorcist9722]

As a kid I never had a Wii of my own. So whenever I was at a friend's place, I got my ass handed to me in every single game of Wii sports, but I never felt like I wasn't having fun. That's the beauty of this game for me, the fun comes from being with mates, regardless of winning or losing. - Great video as always

[@MrFredstt]

So true man. A great lesson to be learned in life

[@Natalie-101]

My wii console broke a few months into quarantine and I can safely say it was the saddest thing to happen in 2020. Haven't played a single wii game since. My life is worse now Update July 2022: MY BIRTHDAY WAS THIS MONTH AND I ASKED FOR A WII CONSOLE AND GOT IT A FEW DAYS AGO! Been having so much fun playing all our old games, including wii sports and sports resort ofc. It's a bit sad to not have all my friends and family's miis, or impressive records we set saved, but I'm stil glad to have it! I even had a friend come over yesterday just to play wii with me like we were kids again. My life is better now. If any of you want to come play some wii with me just let me know! My mom will drop you off if your mom picks you up

[@Aidan_ODonnell]

Shoutout Tony, his presenting has already improved and the content just keeps getting better and better with ever video! Eddy you’re cool too I GUESS 🙄

[@aidanyelsma7762]

Hi Aidan

[@liamd7035]

Slapjack*

[@aidansherry17]

Hi Aidans

[@aidanyelsma7762]

@@aidansherry17 at least we all spell it the right way.

[@ELMsAnightmare]

The best part of baseball is when you pause the game the remote yells "time out!"

[@Jodd_purrz]

The boys are back in town for another nostalgia trip. Wii sports is still one of the best group party games

[@eybros]

It is truly one of the the best games on the Wii, and it was awesome.

[@AlekVS]

There used to be a man I knew from an assisted living home who played Wii bowling every day with a group and he was crazy good. He bowled a perfect game one day and posted a screenshot of his score on the wall. He was getting perfect games so consistently that he wrote the date of the games next to his perfect game post. Unfortunately he passed away but damn what great memories trying to beat him (I never did)

[@Zeitios]

Definitely one of the best games ever made. Amazing how nostalgic the music is for so many people

[@bluethelucario6194]

Something I feel very few people talk about is the CPU Miis’ personalities. They each seem like their own little person and I love it so much!

[@JakeCuster]

Ol’ Tony Pro and Eddy 9 Pins back at it again with another banger of a video

[@treeigh]

Prony

[@Ostbuggen]

12:17 As someone who recently spent a decent time getting to 2000 rating in baseball (and genuinely considers that an achievement), I think it is the best of the sports because of its difficulty. The need for restraint when batting (to draw walks and avoid groundouts) and for strategy when pitching (which mii hits which types of balls, when to risk a splitter) means it's still a challenge. I guess we have flipped opinions between baseball and boxing because I never found that fun.

[@inky2412]

I had no idea Eddy was such a talented singer! I will remember his performance for the rest of my life, 10/10

[@MenacingBanjo]

4:30 this moment was so funny "You know I hate it when you pretend to agree with me..." lol!!

[@Luuuluuuu]

i was literally crying after the matt training compilation

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Gamers: I fear no man, but that thing... Matt: Hello there Gamers: *It scares me* I know everyone talks about the Wii Sports title screen theme, but the whole soundtrack is a banger. The moment you hear a song from that soundtrack, you immediately know where it's from. The fact the Wii Sports soundtrack in general can be used to describe a generation says A LOT. The Wii may not be perfect, but boy did it change gaming

[@paufernandezboj5517]

Thanks to The Wii The gaming industry is famous than never for right or for worse

[@justice9818]

the miis were a critical part of my childhood. i remember coming home one day from elementary school and making my crush a mii just so i would be prepared if they ever came over.

[@ZavierG1]

I remember doing wii bowling competitions at my school during field. There was nothing more humiliating than talking a big game and then getting a 7 10 split on your first throw

[@Matt3683683]

What's field? Like recess?

[@ZavierG1]

@@Matt3683683 *field-day.

[@MrFredstt]

Wait am I just now finding out that field day was a national thing? Dude all this time I thought it was only my school that ever did that lmao

[@clickthoughts5248]

Tony and Eddy Ninepins really knocked it outta the park with this one

[@rj3thatsme]

Wow Eddy bowled a perfect game, that's pretty cool

[@nathanpinter4208]

Why does this seem like a school project that Tony and Eddy worked on in High School. And now they’re finally releasing it all these years later.

[@colleen5807]

I remember my sisters and I saving up all of our money and our parents finally taking us to buy a Wii its been 12 years and we still use it, its such a great console 😭

[@MrFredstt]

The Wii will never die! I used to play with my cousin and we both still have a Wii and will play whenever we visit

[@brendanfinnegan3615]

I have a really deep and fond memory of wii sports resort, my little sister was level 2000 in the sword fighting, she was obsessed with it and I’ll always look back at that memory fondly

[@tictactony225]

Eddy and Tony I love to see that you're flourishing with this content. Please don't stop!

[@eamonnomae1772]

ABSOLUTELY yes to the idea of covering wii resort in the future!! As someone who got a wii slightly later than many people I knew, Wii Sports Resort was much more formative in my experience of the console than the original, and it went....crazy hard. I literally remember enjoying pretty much every sport on the game, with a special praise for Basketball, Swordplay and Island Flyover. It was challenging, the core mechanics were soo solid and I found that it offered much more variety than Wii Sports. I spent the entire Christmas period of 2009/10 just totally immersed in that game; it's genuinely one of my happiest video game memories.

[@NoahClevinger]

Wii Sports is such a masterpiece. One of my favorite games from my childhood!

[@erthrise8974]

Wii Fencing is single handled my the most rage inducing thing I’ve ever experienced

[@Darkfederik7]

This rocks, you have a great chemistry and your delivery is spot on, also really great in tandem with the editing

[@cosmosisrose]

I wonder why their chemistry is so good 🤔❓

[@gigi2956]

2:13 can we just appreciate the fact that Eddy made up entire lyrics for this song??

[@NintendoHero]

Wii Sports is legit one of my favorite games of all time. The gameplay is simple and tons of fun, the music slaps hard, and it just has so much personality. You guys totally nailed it with this vid, the jokes were hilarious and you captured the magic of Wii Sports. Also I'm glad I'm not the only one who found baseball annoying at higher levels. I think this might be your best video yet, great job!

[@reedthegr8andpowerfullm797]

I have never been more jealous of someone then when my dad bowled a perfect game in Wii Sports Bowling.

[@laneschmidt8037]

Man, Eddy really hit them notes. I think he just needs one more tragic detail in his backstory and he can get on American Idol

[@bluematamata]

I was not expecting to feel so much nostalgia but suddenly I began to miss the time I was 9 and was sharing one Wii system with my 6 other family members in one small ass apartment we all lived in and all of us somehow making it work.

[@hanthonyc]

Tony and Eddy sound so similar- at first I kept thinking, "Wow, Eddy must have a pretty bad cold... In only half the commentary...."

[@meghansullivan6812]

i totally didnt realize it was the two of them at first

[@WTF1035]

Man, this made me remember the jealousy I felt towards my dad when he reached pro in bowling AND box. Good times

[@shaxxmeer]

tony opening up the wii menu after eddy opened up wii sports was so fecking accurate this is the best synergy i have ever seen

[@winslow8779]

These deep dives into video games from my childhood has become one of my favorite things to watch; it feels like getting to sit down with my own brother to talk about the things we took very, very seriously as kids. Love this so much.

[@gnalkhere]

Wii Sports has been an odd benchmark for aesthetics for me, like I've made a list on Letterboxd called Evil Wii Sports where the locations of the films are really nice and placid and peaceful but the plot is chaotic or terrifying i.e. Midsommar, and I'll watch something or listen to something, or see something and my mind will immediately go "I'm getting strong Wii Sports vibes from this"

[@burymeinjhenny918]

Hahahaha

[@Kellena]

This video was so good, and I'm really excited for the wii sports resort video! I played that way more than the regular wii sports (bc my sister scratched the disk, the loser that she is), and I can't imagine how many hours I spent on just the island flyover game itself. Nothing more challenging than trying to fly into the volcano without wrecking the plane.

[@sks220]

had no idea switch sports was dropping and now I'm super excited, wii sports and wii sports resort were mine and my friends favorite games to play when we were kids.

[@iamhistorygeek]

The beginning of this video gave me goosebumps and took me back to a time when all I cared about was one thing. My sister and I were gifted a Nintendo Wii the Christmas after it initially dropped. To this day, I remember unwrapping all of my other gifts, and began crying while my sister opened one of her beloved wishlist gifts. Then, low and behold, a midsized rectangular shaped box appeared before me. INSTANTLY I KNEW WHAT IT WAS WITHOUT A FREAKIN DOUBT. My sister and I unwrapped with much glee.. and the tears turned into joy. I will NEVER forget 12/25/2006.

[@KieranCrown]

That skit with Matt had me in tears 😂

[@sunnysanjo]

12:11 my favorite editing gag. I was expecting a rimshot but it transitioned perfectly to the baseball song 👏👏

[@jimmygotcorn3160]

Eddy Burback would be nothing without his perfect Wii bowling score

[@ddjsoyenby]

it's the only thing that matters.

[@andyn46]

Twitter verification be damned

[@damonguzman]

I really enjoy the concept of a KZbin channel run by two people that participate in each video. It's unique and I subscribed!

[@cannibalskitchen8421]

This had great heart, but I feel the central thesis that "the Wii would be nothing without Wii Sports" went insufficiently substantiated. B-. See me after class.

[@EmoCatXP]

The miis staring at you when you miss the ball is hilarious i forgot how that made me feel years ago 😂😂

[@onelusciouslad7841]

This was great Tony, thank you for the cow pictures at the end, I appreciate them, they were very cute.

[@lilliwirtz4055]

this has been my favorite video of yours to watch so far :)) i loved the style and the banter between you two, made it super entertaining. keep up the awesome content :)

[@slickificationful]

Please dear god do a wii sports resort video i would love to see that especially after how good you guys did this video!!!

[@imsomewhatcertain1024]

I’m a bookworm, so I’ve never been the biggest video game guy. However, I absolutely adore Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. It was and still is a great way to unwind if I’m not reading or watching KZbin.

[@yellowmarshmellowgang]

i never knew my whole life you could angle the shots in tennis until watching this , thank you

[@pcarls713]

Definitely the best Burbank video so far, the boxing montage with Matt had me crying 😂

[@Beefusan]

I remember waiting in line with a group of friends at a Walmart for about 6 hours to get a Wii on release. We were the last three in line. We watched the South Park episode of Cartman getting a Wii on someone's laptop while in line.

[@treetreem]

I worked for a senior service agency ten years ago and helped run a Wii bowling league at a nursing home. The residents LOVED it.

[@sakiiholic1478]

Were they competitive? Lol.

[@treetreem]

@@sakiiholic1478 some of them were!

[@sillystuffilike]

Every couple of months I reliably come back to playing Wii sports with my friends

[@BM30]

Great video man! When my family got our Wii in the late 2000’s we loved Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resorts. The Wii was truly the perfect system for families and Wii Sports being packed in with it was one of Nintendo’s best decisions.

[@carlywelch4935]

2 seconds in & i already agree with everything that was said in the entire video

[@brandonsaulphoto]

About threw up with how hard I was laughing to Eddy singing along with the Wii theme. Great video boys.

[@BeanyBabey]

Thank you, boys, for documenting such a major part of history

[@ArmorT94]

The whole vibe of these boys' videos can be described by a single Always Sunny quote; "Don't say stage freeze, just do it."

[@adamharris3212]

Now we need a Wii Sports resort video. It’s probably my favorite game on the Wii.

[@burymeinjhenny918]

Agreed

[@beeeeeeeeeeee2323]

I ADORED wii sport and Wii sports resort! I would play alone for literal HOURS in our basement! My parents actually only bought the Wii for the Wii fit thing. But my cousins and sister still love to play games like Wii sports and Wii sports resorts, guitar hero, etc. We would love to play bowling, and would purposely throw balls backwards, just to see the characters jump and spin. We would also love to see which characters we could recognize in the backgrounds. I have so many fond memories of playing on the Wii. Loved this nostalgic video! 💚

[@deluxejay69]

0:14 wow Anderson Cooper sure looks better now than he did back in 2006

[@Zero-0N3]

“None of the sports in the game are very complex, but all of them have a depth that you only see when you’re trying to get better at it.” The fun part is that this is exactly how sports in real life function, and the fact that Wii Sports was able to capture this is pretty awesome design.

[@_Moe]

That part with Matt had me crying with laughter. Also sadness. Very sad.

[@scully139]

my dad and I have had a wii bowling rivalry since we got a wii when i was a kid. We still play from time to time to this day and it just doesn't get old

[@volts420]

I still play this game with my friends and family. And it's easy to emulate and play with my online friends.

[@estrellacasias]

Nothing killed my self esteem more then when you took a photo and it created a mii for you. Made me wanna douse myself in gasoline and light a match

[@Reksrat]

I didn't even realize how crazy Wii-mania was until years later. My mom had got us one and said it took her dozens of trips to GameStops to even find one in stock so I looked into it.

[@justinvibber4150]

These get better every time they're posted. Love it.

[@Alexrg12345]

I loved that bowling mini game, especially once I found out you can knock down all 91 pins at the end by perfectly rolling your ball down the right bumper, if you make it all the way down it presses a button and all the pins fall.

[@Sm0k3turt]

Just found this channel and I love both of you making more vague video essays like this. It’s perfect.

[@mrsolecrab]

This is by far the funniest Burback video, I was dying of laughter

[@squillz8310]

I think my love for Aviation came from the flying minigame in Wii Sports Resort. Also, Golf and Bowling were my favorites in the original.

[@PerpetualCamel]

I actually cried laughing at Eddy's Wii Sports lyrics

[@xenosbreed]

You guys work so well together, the dynamic is entertaining, fun, and flows so well

[@lostboi2271]

Very based video title by the Burback Bois, Wii Sports as well as Wii Fit Plus is how I was able to convince my parents to buy our households very first game console. While I did spend a lot of time with those two over the years if you were to count total hours played I probably spent the most time with Donkey Kong: Country Returns 😁

[@Tra5h_boat6368]

Welcome to Watchmojo. Today, we’re counting down our list for the top 10 anime betrayals. Number 1: Matt, Wii Sports

[@Motions.in.Lemonaid]

My parents still have the one from my tween years and play it with my kids. Wii sports is always a blast.

[@Bumblebeerocks23]

I can’t ever think of bowling in any context without thinking of “Who do you think you are I am?!” And I was so glad Eddy added it 😂😂

[@DoNotLookDown]

I remember getting the Red Wii in 2010. I played that shit all day. And Wii sports was a gigantic reason for that. Bowling was insane. I would've bought that shit by itself. Then a few years later it disappeared . My family has a theory that my brother sold it for weed money. But that's just an absolutely baseless rumor my mom and I started. Good times.

[@dee8722]

I don't know why the "its just a fun little hop" bit go me so much but I cant stop grinning. This channel never fails to make me smile and laugh 😄

[@adamirshaid7637]

As almost everyone else did while we were growing up, the wii was my life and if Nintendo switch sports is a true recreation then I feel like I might have no choice but to get one.