@@Ashadar_Resouley Not really, while it would be nice if that's how it worked, the resort would get more profit from being based off of Wii Sports than Nintendo would. It'd kinda be like if you opened up a fast food place, called it McDonald's, and had the exact same menu and look as the real Mcdonald's, and then when you inevitably get sued or whatever by McDonald's your only defense is "Well I was basically giving them free advertising so really they should be paying me." If that was how it worked everything would be named after all the big companies and said companies would go bankrupt from all the people they'd have to pay.
@@noonespecial7730 🤦♂ First off what type of world do you live in where someone makes a fast food joint calls it mcdonald's and has the exact same menu and mcdonald's doesn't sue them for everything they have. Second most people who go to these types of places don't really give a damn about video games like at all really so if nintendo isn't paying them to put up all the branding then even if they didn't pay nintendo to use their branding it still wouldn't be worth the time effort or money to put it all up, most of the guest likely wont even know what an wii is unless they have kids, the only way the resort makes money off having the branding is if nintendo paid them to put it up other wise they're just losing money by putting it up and there wouldn't be a reason to put it up.
@@Ashadar_Resouley You're just repeating my point back to me? My point *is* that we are in the world where McDonalds would sue you. In your original comment, you said that they would/should be getting paid for "advertisement" when they were making a resort *specifically* based on the Nintendo game. (which would be the equivalent of saying the restaurant wouldn't get sued because they were "advertising" for McDonalds.) So either, 1: They wouldn't put any branding up, in which case this whole conversation is pointless. 2: They *do* put branding up and market it as a replica, in which case they would have to pay for the copyright from Nintendo, or 3: Nintendo builds it and therefore wouldn't have to pay for the copyright since they already own it, which would once again make this whole thing pointless. The original comment that sparked this discussion is based on the idea that it's option 2 and therefore they would be the ones paying for the copyright.
Imagine trying to sleep at this resort and having to wake up night after night to the sound of fireworks because people just won’t stop doing 3-point contests.
there are these two assholes where i live a man and a woman early to mid 20s (saw them for the first time last night) who have been setting off fireworks in the middle of the night for the past six to seven years usually between 7 pm and 2 am, not every night but very often
To be fair, this is what it would cost IRL, but we don't know how much it would cost in the Miiverse because, if nothing else, there's a chance it's its own country, so the prices and laws would probably be different. So there might be some hope for your Mii
There are a few things which may slightly alter the cost of the resort if any 1. I always thought that Wuhu Island was its own country meaning they could potentially be using cheap labour, this seems unlikely that they would do that though. 2. Since they are likely not belonging to another country they don't _NEED_ to follow all the regulations that regard skydiving and being a pilot. The licences wouldn't be able to be used elsewhere though probably. 3. The dogs wander around and follow anyone who goes near them meaning they are free! I'm guessing they are owned by someone but they aren't ever put on leashes.
Plus you're taking, like, a whole month of vacation off work so you can go through both skydiving and flight school as well as actually do all the activities.
Eggman Land from Sonic Unleashed and Dr. Eggman's interstellar amusement park from Sonic colors would be cool to stay at if they weren't built at the expense of the planet and it's inhabitants and weren't specifically built to kill a speedy blue hedgehog.
Really fun breakdown of the hypothetical cost. I'm afraid I would not be able to attend, but I've always loved Wii Sports Resort and Wuhu Island. The island is so charming and racing through it in Mario Kart was so fun! Super fun video
Goombanna Buffett 😂 Imagine getting a firework show every time you hit a 3 pointer haha now that’s lavi! Not sure if it counts as a video game resort but, I would love to vacation in Delfino Plaza from Mario Sunshine! I know there’s a hotel, I wonder how much that would cost.
and all this doesn't include the repairs and damages's that will incur due to the many plane and jetski crashes. not to mention the medical costs with all the bowling balls hitting the shins of the spectators, concussions during sword duels, biking off cliffs, stray arrows, etc.
I cannot tell you how quickly I RAN to this video as soon as I saw it in my Subscriptions box - this is catered specifically to me. You have no idea how desperately I wanted a life sim game set on Wuhu Island. If you ever decide to do this again, I'd honestly love a bit of a different spin: maybe Luigi's Mansion (or the hotel from the third one) for a Halloween special? 👀
Such a fun question! Also, incredibly awesome details. Great work AV! I'd try out the 3 point contest at whatever resort would have me, guaranteed that they'll run out of fireworks lol
To be fair, I'm pretty sure Wuhu Island is its own country. They might just say "fuck it" and make it all cost the price of a Wii game, and then you get full access for life.
First of all, on the question of "where else should I stay?", my first thought waa Luigi's Mansion. It seems to have a lot of amenities, it might be interesting. But in regards to your video, while I loved it, I think you're underestimating the price on Speed Slice. While most of the objects being sliced are potentially cheap items that would have been thrown out anyway, one of the items is a fully working electronic scoreboard from the Jetski game. That's gotta be a few hundred dollars by itself.
I'll take the top of the line all the way package, please! And I'll pay for my imaginary vaca with my imaginary money! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the hats!!! 🥰😅👍
I live in SoCal, and a mall near where i grew up had a pet store that would let you walk a dog around the mall. I know my dad had to leave his ID so we wouldn’t steal the dog, but i don’t think it cost anything…? I was pretty young though so i should ask him lol
Good video! Man, that is Expensive. If this even counts (no worries if you can’t do it!) I’d like to know how much staying at the celestial resort (At it’s former glory. No dust.. hopefully no platforming) from Celeste would be.
Love the video, you did a perfect job of calculating the price of Wuhu Island. The accurate details and fast-paced calculations throughout the video adds to the awesomeness, and I also love your hat too! Keep it up :)
I think I've missed several of your newer videos. Congrats by the way! I think the last time I watched your channel you had fewer subscribers to me but now you're on a huge rise. You're doing great!
honestly, if i ever found myself just like unnecessarily wealthy, you could absolutely catch me taking a yearly trip the wii sports resort. hell, if i had enough money, id MAKE it irl. i think it’d be sick as heck. but now that i think about it…. the attorney fees from daily liability cases and lawsuits would eat through the budget pretty fast….
I... HAVE to wonder, like... how does this compare to, say, a week at Disney? Or something like that? Cuz... Idk. Somehow I was almost exoecting to hit 6 figs? I really won't know what things cost.
I don't care how much it costs, I would do anything to go if it was real. If i remember correctly, there's also a small village of native Islanders who live there, which you can see during the island flyover. Those houses have got to be expensive.
i adore videos like these, it may be a small critique though when using money, it helps to know which currency youre using (USD in this case), since for me, 1 USD = 1.78 AUD, which would make my numbers look way different! awesome video ❤
as an actual small time fireworks sales person you can get big stuff for 20.99 all the way up 99.99(canadian) depending on how many shots you want. that even includes multiple effects and multi shot finales
What I wonder is what the cost of living is like for the residents of the island, and what career opportunities are available in the Wuhu Island community other than hospitality and tourism
Right up until the final moments I was thinking this was a clever tax write-off scheme for a great holiday 😏 I really should have remembered that Anna is too busy working on these to make time for said holiday 😅
@@goombanna kind of like work, but where you don't actually make any progress and just have to think about how nothing is getting done while you do other things.
$28,000 seems kinda cheap for such a luxury experience. Still expensive enough most people would need a loan. But the type of people that would actually go probably aren't needing a loan and could afford a higher price. Say $50,000 or $100,000. Those people that have a new car every week (because their kid crashes it into people every week).
Hmmm, if the Swordplay Showdown is VR, then how do we know the ENTIRE OF WUHU ISLAND isn't VR. Think about it, it makes perfect sense, why would a resort make a guest go through pilot and skydiving training just to be able to do the activities, and why would you spend thousands of dollars on fireworks just for some people playing basketball. And also during the Island Flyover, there are balloons everywhere, which respawn on every attempt so they would have to buy SOOO many balloons and pay someone to actually set the balloons up which is very impractical. Someone else pointed out how dogfighting being a thing doesn't make much sense, but the whole resort being VR would perfectly explain that and the ludicrous amount of money required, turning it into only $50 per sport.
Idk if ur still looking for suggestions but “what smash ultimate charcagers have canonically taken a life’ would be a fun video and also one that Ridley would qualify for
Pretty sure the private pilot license would not give you permssion to take on an active mid air dogfight with other planes. Unless were doing some "this is a private island nation and so were secretly adding you to our military for your stay here" sorr of thing. Sounds like a Jurrasic Park move
I'm guessing the resort went out of business after they realized that so few people could actually afford to stay there, and that's why it doesn't appear anymore :p
Return Challenge: So, Greg has an infinite number of ping pong balls, right? So would an infinite amount of Ping Pong balls technically cost infinite money?
honestly less then 30 grand seems pretty cheap when you take into account the people who go to these types of places are the rich money bag types who likely spend that much on any random given day shopping without even realizing how much they spent because their just that rich
I imagine that this resort is for professional athletes and their only competing in that sport and most people are just guests at this resort which is a venue space with some exceptions
Alright, so I know this is a stupid rabbit trail, but I ran the numbers for how much this would cost per minute, assuming a weeklong stay. There's about 10k minutes in a week (10,080 to be exact) so we're looking at roughly $2.75 per minute. Lets assume you spend 1/3 of the time asleep for 8 hours of sleep a night and that comes out to about $4 a minute. Return trips would run you about $1.43 per minute. Positively insane cost, but then again, Disney charged about $2 per minute for their stupid star wars hotel experience (thanks Jenny Nicholson!) which was just a themed hotel with some minigames and guided experiences and part of a day in Star Wars Land. So if you have that much cash just lying around, it might be a pretty good bang for your buck!
Showdown its not VR, its AR. You use the same real sword that you use in the duel fighting virtual enemies across the island in a way to train and get to know the island at the same time. Do you really thing they would use VR to place you in where you already are.
Wait renting a dog isn't a thing like ever? Like yes I don't think renting a dog where it's just a dog is a thing, but I thought dogs were able to be rented by proxy? Like you hire a dog handler who has emotional support dogs or show dogs etc. Either way yikes that price tag, still probably cheaper than Disney/s. Video games truly are the greatest for letting us live the big holiday experience without the big holiday price tag.
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You forgot to add the cost of the Wii and Nintendo branding of the resort, which would increase the total price by 30% or something
A good point 😩
really that would be nintendo paying for that stuff since it's marketing
@@Ashadar_Resouley Not really, while it would be nice if that's how it worked, the resort would get more profit from being based off of Wii Sports than Nintendo would. It'd kinda be like if you opened up a fast food place, called it McDonald's, and had the exact same menu and look as the real Mcdonald's, and then when you inevitably get sued or whatever by McDonald's your only defense is "Well I was basically giving them free advertising so really they should be paying me." If that was how it worked everything would be named after all the big companies and said companies would go bankrupt from all the people they'd have to pay.
@@noonespecial7730 🤦♂ First off what type of world do you live in where someone makes a fast food joint calls it mcdonald's and has the exact same menu and mcdonald's doesn't sue them for everything they have. Second most people who go to these types of places don't really give a damn about video games like at all really so if nintendo isn't paying them to put up all the branding then even if they didn't pay nintendo to use their branding it still wouldn't be worth the time effort or money to put it all up, most of the guest likely wont even know what an wii is unless they have kids, the only way the resort makes money off having the branding is if nintendo paid them to put it up other wise they're just losing money by putting it up and there wouldn't be a reason to put it up.
@@Ashadar_Resouley You're just repeating my point back to me? My point *is* that we are in the world where McDonalds would sue you. In your original comment, you said that they would/should be getting paid for "advertisement" when they were making a resort *specifically* based on the Nintendo game. (which would be the equivalent of saying the restaurant wouldn't get sued because they were "advertising" for McDonalds.)
So either, 1: They wouldn't put any branding up, in which case this whole conversation is pointless. 2: They *do* put branding up and market it as a replica, in which case they would have to pay for the copyright from Nintendo, or 3: Nintendo builds it and therefore wouldn't have to pay for the copyright since they already own it, which would once again make this whole thing pointless. The original comment that sparked this discussion is based on the idea that it's option 2 and therefore they would be the ones paying for the copyright.
Imagine trying to sleep at this resort and having to wake up night after night to the sound of fireworks because people just won’t stop doing 3-point contests.
Sorry
there are these two assholes where i live a man and a woman early to mid 20s (saw them for the first time last night) who have been setting off fireworks in the middle of the night for the past six to seven years usually between 7 pm and 2 am, not every night but very often
I would literally go insane
All I learned from this video is that there is a class of planes I don’t need a license for. I can menace the skies as I was always destined to!
I've made a horrible mistake...
This changes my enjoyment of Wii Sports Resort knowing my player character is the 'rich asshole throwing piles of money into a furnace' version of me.
If ya can't live out your rich asshole fantasy in video games, where CAN ya? 😁
Maybe your virtual self just won some ridiculous contest.
To be fair, this is what it would cost IRL, but we don't know how much it would cost in the Miiverse because, if nothing else, there's a chance it's its own country, so the prices and laws would probably be different. So there might be some hope for your Mii
There are a few things which may slightly alter the cost of the resort if any
1. I always thought that Wuhu Island was its own country meaning they could potentially be using cheap labour, this seems unlikely that they would do that though.
2. Since they are likely not belonging to another country they don't _NEED_ to follow all the regulations that regard skydiving and being a pilot. The licences wouldn't be able to be used elsewhere though probably.
3. The dogs wander around and follow anyone who goes near them meaning they are free! I'm guessing they are owned by someone but they aren't ever put on leashes.
hahahaha that hat is ridiculous! i had to look closely because i was convinced that was just a small rug u made hat-shaped
rich people really have different lives than the rest of us
Plus you're taking, like, a whole month of vacation off work so you can go through both skydiving and flight school as well as actually do all the activities.
Yeah but if you can afford this, you definitely have a job with paid time off.
w-why am i so stressed out after watching that? 😂
Eggman Land from Sonic Unleashed and Dr. Eggman's interstellar amusement park from Sonic colors would be cool to stay at if they weren't built at the expense of the planet and it's inhabitants and weren't specifically built to kill a speedy blue hedgehog.
i like this video because of its Eat the Rich undercurrent. prolly not what u intended, but that's how it made me feel
Really fun breakdown of the hypothetical cost. I'm afraid I would not be able to attend, but I've always loved Wii Sports Resort and Wuhu Island. The island is so charming and racing through it in Mario Kart was so fun! Super fun video
Goombanna Buffett 😂 Imagine getting a firework show every time you hit a 3 pointer haha now that’s lavi! Not sure if it counts as a video game resort but, I would love to vacation in Delfino Plaza from Mario Sunshine! I know there’s a hotel, I wonder how much that would cost.
If the Deflino Plaza theme isn't playing 24/7 over the loudspeakers, I don't want it
@@goombanna 😂 yes! Just like in the game
and all this doesn't include the repairs and damages's that will incur due to the many plane and jetski crashes. not to mention the medical costs with all the bowling balls hitting the shins of the spectators, concussions during sword duels, biking off cliffs, stray arrows, etc.
13:14 tbh the go vacation resort cause not only does it have way more games but they also just give you a whole azz villa
I cannot tell you how quickly I RAN to this video as soon as I saw it in my Subscriptions box - this is catered specifically to me. You have no idea how desperately I wanted a life sim game set on Wuhu Island. If you ever decide to do this again, I'd honestly love a bit of a different spin: maybe Luigi's Mansion (or the hotel from the third one) for a Halloween special? 👀
If it wasn't haunted, I would stay at the hotel in Luigi's Mansion 3........if that counts as a resort
Why are The Dogs so ominous....
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Such a fun question! Also, incredibly awesome details. Great work AV! I'd try out the 3 point contest at whatever resort would have me, guaranteed that they'll run out of fireworks lol
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To be fair, I'm pretty sure Wuhu Island is its own country. They might just say "fuck it" and make it all cost the price of a Wii game, and then you get full access for life.
First of all, on the question of "where else should I stay?", my first thought waa Luigi's Mansion. It seems to have a lot of amenities, it might be interesting.
But in regards to your video, while I loved it, I think you're underestimating the price on Speed Slice. While most of the objects being sliced are potentially cheap items that would have been thrown out anyway, one of the items is a fully working electronic scoreboard from the Jetski game. That's gotta be a few hundred dollars by itself.
Also, you got me with the backup hat. 😂 I need to stop underestimating your preparedness.
2:31 She's even calling Ocho Rios "Ochi", she definitely did her research 👁️
Jokes on you, I did the entire resort for $60 back on my Wii.
I'll take the top of the line all the way package, please! And I'll pay for my imaginary vaca with my imaginary money! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the hats!!! 🥰😅👍
I like the way you think 😋
@@goombanna Ditto! ❤
I live in SoCal, and a mall near where i grew up had a pet store that would let you walk a dog around the mall. I know my dad had to leave his ID so we wouldn’t steal the dog, but i don’t think it cost anything…? I was pretty young though so i should ask him lol
The look is excellent. Tye effort to the video, superb
I like when people other than me put lots of time into making something about a video game that I wouldn't have known I'd care about a few seconds ago
It turns out the game with the bundled gadget to plug into the Wii Remote was a spectacular bargain.
How about isle delphino? That was supposed to be a vacation for Mario, right?
Good video! Man, that is Expensive. If this even counts (no worries if you can’t do it!) I’d like to know how much staying at the celestial resort (At it’s former glory. No dust.. hopefully no platforming) from Celeste would be.
Well, that's a bit out of my budget, I'd better stick to playing the game.
Less bruises honestly! 😁
@@goombanna Maybe the way you play it!
Love the video, you did a perfect job of calculating the price of Wuhu Island. The accurate details and fast-paced calculations throughout the video adds to the awesomeness, and I also love your hat too!
Keep it up :)
Worth it. Great video!
This game is the closest thing I can afford to a vacation.
I think I've missed several of your newer videos. Congrats by the way! I think the last time I watched your channel you had fewer subscribers to me but now you're on a huge rise. You're doing great!
Goombanna time!
So when is the deep dive into the real story behind the island dogs gonna drop?
How many smash characters have gotten to relax on a nice vacation?
honestly, if i ever found myself just like unnecessarily wealthy, you could absolutely catch me taking a yearly trip the wii sports resort. hell, if i had enough money, id MAKE it irl. i think it’d be sick as heck. but now that i think about it…. the attorney fees from daily liability cases and lawsuits would eat through the budget pretty fast….
What about the new Mario Party Jamboree island resort. That looks like fun
I... HAVE to wonder, like... how does this compare to, say, a week at Disney? Or something like that? Cuz... Idk. Somehow I was almost exoecting to hit 6 figs? I really won't know what things cost.
I don't care how much it costs, I would do anything to go if it was real. If i remember correctly, there's also a small village of native Islanders who live there, which you can see during the island flyover. Those houses have got to be expensive.
With those prices I’ll take my chances at camping at Crystal Lake
i adore videos like these, it may be a small critique though when using money, it helps to know which currency youre using (USD in this case), since for me, 1 USD = 1.78 AUD, which would make my numbers look way different! awesome video ❤
Honestly the pilot licenses being inclueed would be the biggest selling point for me. I could use it for when I travel to the Pilot Wings island
as an actual small time fireworks sales person you can get big stuff for 20.99 all the way up 99.99(canadian) depending on how many shots you want. that even includes multiple effects and multi shot finales
and if you're just looking for a single big shot we sell them at 7.99 canadian before taxes
What I wonder is what the cost of living is like for the residents of the island, and what career opportunities are available in the Wuhu Island community other than hospitality and tourism
I can't imagine a world where I would want to watch two people swordfight for hours at a resort...wait. I've been to Medieval Times, nevermind
Love your content
Right up until the final moments I was thinking this was a clever tax write-off scheme for a great holiday 😏
I really should have remembered that Anna is too busy working on these to make time for said holiday 😅
What's a holiday? 🙃 Is it like work??
@@goombanna kind of like work, but where you don't actually make any progress and just have to think about how nothing is getting done while you do other things.
@@wrongtown Ahhhh, trying to fall asleep :)
$28,000 seems kinda cheap for such a luxury experience. Still expensive enough most people would need a loan.
But the type of people that would actually go probably aren't needing a loan and could afford a higher price. Say $50,000 or $100,000. Those people that have a new car every week (because their kid crashes it into people every week).
Hmmm, if the Swordplay Showdown is VR, then how do we know the ENTIRE OF WUHU ISLAND isn't VR. Think about it, it makes perfect sense, why would a resort make a guest go through pilot and skydiving training just to be able to do the activities, and why would you spend thousands of dollars on fireworks just for some people playing basketball. And also during the Island Flyover, there are balloons everywhere, which respawn on every attempt so they would have to buy SOOO many balloons and pay someone to actually set the balloons up which is very impractical. Someone else pointed out how dogfighting being a thing doesn't make much sense, but the whole resort being VR would perfectly explain that and the ludicrous amount of money required, turning it into only $50 per sport.
Idk if ur still looking for suggestions but “what smash ultimate charcagers have canonically taken a life’ would be a fun video and also one that Ridley would qualify for
Imagine if there was a resort that allows guests to fly a plane down the mouth of an active volcano
Pretty sure the private pilot license would not give you permssion to take on an active mid air dogfight with other planes. Unless were doing some "this is a private island nation and so were secretly adding you to our military for your stay here" sorr of thing. Sounds like a Jurrasic Park move
Wuhu Island is an independent nation and thus does not fall under the jurisdiction of the geneva conventions. Civilian soldiers are a-okay!
I'm pretty sure something like that's in the waiver you sign when you go to Disney World, so I wouldn't be surprised 🙃😝
I'm guessing the resort went out of business after they realized that so few people could actually afford to stay there, and that's why it doesn't appear anymore :p
Return Challenge: So, Greg has an infinite number of ping pong balls, right? So would an infinite amount of Ping Pong balls technically cost infinite money?
That may be expensive, but at least you come home from vacation with a pilot's license!
The dogs...THE DOGS!!!
honestly less then 30 grand seems pretty cheap when you take into account the people who go to these types of places are the rich money bag types who likely spend that much on any random given day shopping without even realizing how much they spent because their just that rich
I imagine that this resort is for professional athletes and their only competing in that sport and most people are just guests at this resort which is a venue space with some exceptions
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The dogs….
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How much to stay at the dead island resorts, before the zombies of course
I’m gonna start a betting scheme on who wins in swordfighting to recoup any losses
Alright, so I know this is a stupid rabbit trail, but I ran the numbers for how much this would cost per minute, assuming a weeklong stay. There's about 10k minutes in a week (10,080 to be exact) so we're looking at roughly $2.75 per minute. Lets assume you spend 1/3 of the time asleep for 8 hours of sleep a night and that comes out to about $4 a minute. Return trips would run you about $1.43 per minute. Positively insane cost, but then again, Disney charged about $2 per minute for their stupid star wars hotel experience (thanks Jenny Nicholson!) which was just a themed hotel with some minigames and guided experiences and part of a day in Star Wars Land. So if you have that much cash just lying around, it might be a pretty good bang for your buck!
9:13 and then my dog showed up
I’m in love with this woman
So for a $20 game you can have a $27,382 experience. What a deal.
Showdown its not VR, its AR. You use the same real sword that you use in the duel fighting virtual enemies across the island in a way to train and get to know the island at the same time. Do you really thing they would use VR to place you in where you already are.
Judging by how mii's look, I'm guessing two legs and two arms (Minus the hands)
wait the miis have arms and legs in this game my joke is ruined TT
I still like it :)
Weirdly enough, it's less than I thought. Not by much though
Love me some theoreticals
Guess you gotta be guccii to stay at the resort of wii
The Dogs™
You forgot the Nintendo tax
just make wii sports resort VR
I would love to go but im broke
Wait renting a dog isn't a thing like ever? Like yes I don't think renting a dog where it's just a dog is a thing, but I thought dogs were able to be rented by proxy? Like you hire a dog handler who has emotional support dogs or show dogs etc.
Either way yikes that price tag, still probably cheaper than Disney/s. Video games truly are the greatest for letting us live the big holiday experience without the big holiday price tag.
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