I can tell you which sprite Nintendo wishes they could permanently redo: the Princess Peach sprite at the end of SMB1. It's one of the few character sprites they significantly redrew for the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, but it was too late. Now they're stuck with Princess "Eyyyyy."
When you need a vacation without people pestering you with asking when you are gonna be back, just say you retired and then just show up one day when you are ready to work again.
Quite the surprise, but a welcome one. ✌️💖 Also, my eldest cousin used to be TERRIFIED of E.T. when he was a little boy. He kept moving the E.T. toy in his room to the closet, since he hated it so much...but because my aunt hadn't caught on for a while, she'd constantly return it to his bed without him realizing what was happening. Dude was convinced that the toy was alive or cursed, for the longest time...
5:20 - re: Revenge vs Return, I think there’s two versions (at the very least) of the story out there; one is that Lucas changed his mind because he decided revenge wasn’t a very Jedi thing to do, and the other is that it was announced as Revenge so as to catch out merchandise counterfeiters so that they’d make all this fake merch with Revenge on it, only to not be able to shift it because the real name was Return. I don’t know which, if either version is the truth, but I can believe that Lucas (err, George, not FF Lucas) has claimed both with a straight face at different times, given he’s made contradictory claims about Star Wars before.
I always had nightmares as a child from E.T. from 5 to 12 i had almost daily nightmares of him screaming and running at me and id always wake up with my heart beating like a drum. I even had a nigtmare within a nightmare of him once. I eventually got over it by beating the shit out of him in one dream and would always hunt him down whenever he appeared in another dream afterwards. I always cheered those government guys in E.T to capture and dissect him when i saw the film afterwards.
It's the best early birthday present ever, the return of Fact Fiend from its hiatus so everyone involved could recharge and do some other things in the mean time.
It's good to see the channel back. Truly fact fiend is one of my top ten channels, I've watched it all through high school and it started my crippling addiction to useless tidbits of knowledge. Seeing it back solely to promote other projects is on brand and I'm glad to bear whiteness to it's return.
FUCKING AWESOME!!! I've missed you guys a lot. You should've seen my reaction as soon as I saw the thumbnail on my subscription feed! Welcome back! Please make more content and keep being yourself, it's endearing.
Lucas went ham on the digital changes. A lot of which, unforgivable. But, Spielberg changes mentioned in this video seems justifiable. If I was Spielberg, I would want people the chance to see scenes I had to cut. It's the perfect use for CGI to help compliment practical effects, as hastily some stuff looks. Happy to see fact fiend back in this format ❤️
FactFiend is back! YEAH BABY! I am so happy now. Seriously so many of the TH-camrs I love have recently stepped down and to see one come back… it’s very welcome.
bro when i got the notification i legit almost cried, fact fiend is like that one small coffee shop not alot of people knows about that you turn into a routine to visit to wind down and eat some food at, and when it closed down it felt like an entire portion of your every day was just gone. I respected your decision wholly but oh my god it's nice to see these videos again
Dont mind the new format , honestly love the green light in place of the green screen. Ngl it definitely makes it feel like the next season or a sequel series lol. The needlessly more futuristic step up type shit that always happens lol
im glad that youre doing some Fact Fiend videos again, even if they arent comming out every week maby even only once a month or once a year, it will allways be a joy to watch them!
Maklunky was something that Lucas added for his planned 3D release of the trilogy, which got canned when he sold to Disney. By all accounts they didn’t even know about the change until people started commenting on it, as it was simply the file that Lucasfilm had with the rest as the current versions
Im very happy with a limited capacity. I was very surprised to just see the name in the notifications but also had given the lore to my sister who was in the restroom and neeeded to know what i felt at the moment.
If you're watching this, give Lucas a follow - www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends
We missed you
If you want to see the original STAR WARS, I can lend you the RCA "CED" release!
I missed this so much
I haven't watched the podcast yet! But I'll be watching it on my gaming pc set up to find out if it killed the gaming industry or not!
Yay you're back here's hoping you'll stay awhile
Factfiend has somehow returned.
we are so mutha fuggin' back!!!
Karl:
UNLIMITED ARTICLES
TH-cam is the source of many channels some consider to be unnatural.
I am all of the facts
They fly now🤷🏻
The channel WON'T die! Maybe channel is vampire!
Elite joke
Channel fly... Is vampire.
Yeeeeees!!!!!
For the briefest moment, upon seeing thr title, I thought this meant he wanted the FBI to film the movie.
Me too!
Welcome back. I don't care if you only make these when you feel like it. Just happy to see you guys again
Same. If they just want to make 1 video every time they are like " ok let's just make one" I'd be all for it
If you want more of them they post every week on Wiki Weekends
This sentiment exactly!
I'm 100% down for new Fact Fiend videos on the schedule of "Whenever he feels like it."
12 days later it arrived in my feed, man I missed listening to FF at work. But yeah will always be a nice surprise!
Fact fiend showed up randomly in my algorithm a few hours before this dropped.
The prophecy is real
I've never been so happy to see somebody go back on a decision this fast.
I can tell you which sprite Nintendo wishes they could permanently redo: the Princess Peach sprite at the end of SMB1. It's one of the few character sprites they significantly redrew for the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, but it was too late. Now they're stuck with Princess "Eyyyyy."
Somehow fact fiend returned
You have left a hole in your absence, fucking great to have you back
The boys are back in town🗣️
When you need a vacation without people pestering you with asking when you are gonna be back, just say you retired and then just show up one day when you are ready to work again.
This is a bright spot in a very dark year. Don't care how long it lasts, glad to see you again.
Thank you for the masterful return. I feel like an old friend has come home from a long journey.
"eh, didn't stick" instantly made me hit the thumbs up
I’ve been waiting for factfiend to return!
I’ll never forget the night I got trashed on a gallon of beer and listened to hours of back logged videos.
Five minutes of a twenty minute video about E.T. was about Star Wars. God damn I never realized how much I missed Fact Fiend.
Quite the surprise, but a welcome one. ✌️💖
Also, my eldest cousin used to be TERRIFIED of E.T. when he was a little boy. He kept moving the E.T. toy in his room to the closet, since he hated it so much...but because my aunt hadn't caught on for a while, she'd constantly return it to his bed without him realizing what was happening. Dude was convinced that the toy was alive or cursed, for the longest time...
I wasn't expecting this, what a pleasent suprise, welcome back!
Oh, I… I thought you were *RETIRED*
“My *RETIREMENT* was… greatly exaggerated”.
So happy. No words. Except these.
Welcome back for a while or more. The way youve run your life and management has always inspiring
5:20 - re: Revenge vs Return, I think there’s two versions (at the very least) of the story out there; one is that Lucas changed his mind because he decided revenge wasn’t a very Jedi thing to do, and the other is that it was announced as Revenge so as to catch out merchandise counterfeiters so that they’d make all this fake merch with Revenge on it, only to not be able to shift it because the real name was Return. I don’t know which, if either version is the truth, but I can believe that Lucas (err, George, not FF Lucas) has claimed both with a straight face at different times, given he’s made contradictory claims about Star Wars before.
OMG IM SO SO SO HAPPY😭 I MISSED YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!
They have a second channel doing the same thing now just longer 😂
You better check out wiki weekends/days/whatevers
good on you using your platform to help your friends! Love to see creators uplift others like that
Mate, welcome back. Upload at your leisure and I will watch when they upload.
I knew I stayed subscribed for a reason! Welcome back!!!
I always had nightmares as a child from E.T. from 5 to 12 i had almost daily nightmares of him screaming and running at me and id always wake up with my heart beating like a drum. I even had a nigtmare within a nightmare of him once. I eventually got over it by beating the shit out of him in one dream and would always hunt him down whenever he appeared in another dream afterwards. I always cheered those government guys in E.T to capture and dissect him when i saw the film afterwards.
It's the best early birthday present ever, the return of Fact Fiend from its hiatus so everyone involved could recharge and do some other things in the mean time.
A surprise, but a welcome one, to be sure.
Welcome back y'all.
My wife and I have a 3 VHS set of the original un-edited / un-enhanced versions of Star Wars. AND we still have a working VHS player.
the original vhs had editing as well, there is no pure star wars
My day got brighter! Welcome back, Karl!
i came back to rewatch stuff after 7 months and youre back, how is this the most fact fiend thing ever
i love the southpark joke where they replace the guns in saving private ryan with walkie talkies
Holy shit, I thought you left youtube forever, welcome back!
He hasn't left youtube he has gone to a new channel though
I thought this was an old video. The moment I heard your opening I got so happy
I heard recently that, "Art is never finished, it's just abandoned"
*screams while opening TH-cam this morning* - “we’re back baby!!!”
They're so back!!!!
It's good to see the channel back. Truly fact fiend is one of my top ten channels, I've watched it all through high school and it started my crippling addiction to useless tidbits of knowledge. Seeing it back solely to promote other projects is on brand and I'm glad to bear whiteness to it's return.
FUCKING AWESOME!!! I've missed you guys a lot. You should've seen my reaction as soon as I saw the thumbnail on my subscription feed!
Welcome back! Please make more content and keep being yourself, it's endearing.
YESSSSS MORE FACT FIEND! MY GRADES RELY ON YOUR VIDEOS
I'm glad this video is up. I didn't know wiki weekend was it's own channel
Thanks for coming back fact fiend crew!
Bigger twist than cinnamon
I'm glad you're back, and I hope it's fun for you all again. Good luck.
The first few seconds of the episode ust put the biggest smile on my face. Glad you guys are back but dont over work yourselves!
Lucas went ham on the digital changes. A lot of which, unforgivable. But, Spielberg changes mentioned in this video seems justifiable.
If I was Spielberg, I would want people the chance to see scenes I had to cut. It's the perfect use for CGI to help compliment practical effects, as hastily some stuff looks.
Happy to see fact fiend back in this format ❤️
Hell yeah
FactFiend is back! YEAH BABY!
I am so happy now. Seriously so many of the TH-camrs I love have recently stepped down and to see one come back… it’s very welcome.
bro when i got the notification i legit almost cried, fact fiend is like that one small coffee shop not alot of people knows about that you turn into a routine to visit to wind down and eat some food at, and when it closed down it felt like an entire portion of your every day was just gone. I respected your decision wholly but oh my god it's nice to see these videos again
Dont mind the new format , honestly love the green light in place of the green screen. Ngl it definitely makes it feel like the next season or a sequel series lol. The needlessly more futuristic step up type shit that always happens lol
A part of me KNEW to keep subscribed.
I remember buying actions figures that said Revenge of the Jedi covered by stickers saying Return at the time so long, long ago.
I couldn’t believe my eyes 😅was watching a doctor who commentary video, saw this and said… yes….
Love to see/hear you guys again!
Fans: "I-I thought you were dead!"
Karl: "My death was greatly exaggerated."
Glad you guys are back in one form or another
im glad that youre doing some Fact Fiend videos again, even if they arent comming out every week maby even only once a month or once a year, it will allways be a joy to watch them!
So damn happy to have you back.
For a second I thought that music at the end was from NES Zelda and not Star Wars.
The man is back 😊
Just started rewashing, and damn near dropped my phone when I daw you guys were back , hyped
Welp, time to re-binge the last month or so I bloody missed!
Now old pal greenie mcscreen needs to come back
I missed theses so much. It's so good to see you again. Lol
Fuuuuuck yeah welcome back!
Never been happier to see a Smallwood.
It's great to have you back!
Hell yeah. This is back and promoting other stuff. Super awesome
Aye glad your back i was so surprised when i saw new videos but it is a happy one.
Well, thank you so much for doing this and welcome back!
Im glad that you had a good vacation!
Im so glad to see you back, I still follow the other channels and such, but Fact Fiend was always my fav
Bro I thought you guys threw in the towel I'm so glad your back pls never leave us again
Glad to see yall back
YAY MORE FACT FIEND PLEASE!!! I miss these videos SO much
Hold up…. New factfiend video?
Somehow my bad day has gotten much better.
The man, the myth, the wood, Karl Smallwood has returned!
YAAAAAAAAY!
Let’s GO!!!!🎉
Bless, thank you for the return. Internet is better for it.
Maklunky was something that Lucas added for his planned 3D release of the trilogy, which got canned when he sold to Disney.
By all accounts they didn’t even know about the change until people started commenting on it, as it was simply the file that Lucasfilm had with the rest as the current versions
I am thrilled to see you back.
Fact fiend didn't need to go away, it just needed a vacation
Im so happy to see yall back oh my goodness best supprise of my summer so far
Great. The Return of the Fiend
Im very happy with a limited capacity. I was very surprised to just see the name in the notifications but also had given the lore to my sister who was in the restroom and neeeded to know what i felt at the moment.
There is a saying in art... Art is never finished, only abandoned. Steven Spealburg and George Lucus both never abandond a project in their lives.
Wasn't expecting this much Harrison Ford in this ET video
Took me three whole months to learn you guys came back lol
WE'RE SO BACK
It's alive! Welcome back gentleman and lady.
Welcome back guys, good to see you again!
HELL YES KARL’S BACK
thank you so much! Please take care of yourself, don’t get too burnt out, and keep kicking butt you magnificent human ❤
Really enjoyed this
Yesss!!! They're back!!!
HOW did I miss this, FUCK YES
Heck yea!!, thanks for returning.