It seems to be reoccuring that this channel will listen to its audience about multiple things, usually to clear out an upsetting topic, or returning to the classic formula. Here are the following examples:
- An early example is SMG4's second comment regarding the backlash to "Tubbie TV":
- Well looking at all the replies I believe that a lot of you are traumatized or thought the vid was plain stupid plus I've been using Gnostic a bit too much which I understand lol, here is what I promise to you guys. I'll revert back to sm64 and avoid using gmod as the main thing. Hehe so sorry D: can you guys pls forgive me?
- During the early days of Meggy's addition to the main cast, one of the main complaints regarding her was how she seemingly had no flaws and was perfect at everything, especially compared to the rest of the cast. Since then, SMG4 has taken steps to make Meggy more relatable by giving her noticeable flaws such as her utter inability to cook, her pathological fear of anime, and most notably her impatience and Trigger-Happy nature (seen most clearly in "Final Fantasy Mario" and "Mario and the Bob Mansion"), as well as showing her actually losing, such as in "The Mario Carnival" and "Super Challenge 64".
- Quite a few concerning the shafting of older characters:
- A common complaint from older fans in 2017-18 was that while the newer characters from Fishy Boopkins onward were unique and cool, they still took a lot of screentime away from older characters. "Mario And...The Well" and "A Day In The Life Of Everyone" are both episodes devoted to showing many of the older and shafted characters, showing that SMG4 hasn't forgotten them.
- Another complaint that some fans had was Peach became Out of Focus and barely appeared in the bloopers following Meggy becoming the most prominent female character. "Stupid Mario 3D World" brings Peach back to prominence, even having her Lampshade her long absence.
- Among the many characters fans felt had been shafted, Swagmaster and Chris were among the most heavily requested to be brought back from 2018-2019. "Mario's Prison Escape" and the Anime Arc merge the Guards N' Retards series with the main SMG4 series and give Chris and Swagmaster major supporting roles from there on.
- The 10th anniversary movie addresses and finally provides an explanation for one of the most common questions classic fans had: What happened to the Mario recolors? They were all gradually kidnapped over the years by Zero in his hunt for Mario, explaining their gradual disappearances. Many of them proceed to reappear for the movie, with FM and X in particular getting supporting roles alongside the main cast. When they're all freed at the end, they establish their own In-Universe town, Bloopersville, providing Worldbuilding and showing that while most of them likely won't appear again, they haven't been forgotten.
- During Saiko's early appearances, she was criticized partially for her voice lines, with many finding them too annoying and repetitive. This was rectified with her gradually gaining a wider selection of voice clips that everyone agrees makes her Voice Grunting far more bearable than it was.
- If you thought Waluigi got off too easy for all the destruction he caused during his arc, the next Arc Villain, Bob, wasn't so Easily Forgiven, and had to work on setting things right. This is taken to an even bigger extent with the villains of most future arcs, who aren't given a chance at redemption like the first two and are given heavy comeuppance instead. It helps that most of the later villains are generally more unlikable than Waluigi and Bob and usually meant to be seen as evil to begin with.
- At the end of the first part of their two-part special, "Treasure Hunt with the Bois", SMG4 and Kevin rush in to assure fans that it's not going to be an arc, stating that they're experimenting with making two-parter shorts rather than overarching plots. Considering one of the main complaints of the The Anime Arc was how long it was, it's not hard to see why.
- "The Big Bad Bully" and "Untitled Mario Video" were uploaded in early October of 2019, when the annual War of the Fat Italians is normally released, leaving fans wondering if SMG4 and Kevin had forgotten about it. The latter video was flooded with comments either asking when the war would be or suggesting challenges for it. Two days later, the WotFI announcement was posted.
- In direct response to "The Fan Written Episode" being seen as an inferior Subscriber special compared to the fan collabs by some, Luke and Kevin announced
a collab to celebrate the end of 2020. In their words, "we heard you loud and clear". - Melony unlocking the powers of the Fierce Diety Mask during the 10th anniversary special was seen as this after Luke and Kevin claimed prior that she didn't get any of the mask's powers.
- Starting in "Meggy's Bootcamp", Meggy began getting a notorious reputation for her Wangst behavior, which got lampshaded in many episodes and started getting rectified in Sunset Paradise. Upon returning from Port Aurora, she was shown to be finally moving back towards the positive, spunky attitude of her earlier characterization, leaving many happy that she was finally getting out of wangst territory.
- The beginning of "If Mario Was In... Anime" addresses many complaints concerning Axol's flanderization. In addition, the ending sees Inkweaver finally getting fixed, quelling a complaint that the pen getting broken in "The Internet Graveyard" took away one of the big things that made Axol interesting and unique.
- While the event itself remains controversial, Axol's death seems to go out of its way to avoid the caveats the previous permanent deaths (such as Desti's) fell under. It's the death of a mainliner, addressing the criticism that true deaths only happened to minor characters, is established as the only way to stop the Big Bad from winning in the moment and the body disintegrates after, answering the questions of whether it could feasibly be justified in the world of SMG4 and why it can't simply be undone.
- Following the massive fandom divide over Kaizo's finished design, SMG4 confirmed ahead of time through the original Instagram post revealing his finished concept art that he would be tweaked to better fit into the series.
- After the upload of "The Meme Games 2022", SMG4 addressed concerns that The Meme Games were potentially replacing WOTFI by confirming it wasn't.
- Paul Stylianou, better known as MediExcalibur2012, one of SMG4's editors, has been observing fan feedback and reactions and finding ways to incorporate them into future videos. After seeing the fandom's opinions on Mario and Meggy's friendship, for example, he adlibbed a scene in "The Cursed Tapes" where Mario catches her. This went over very well with fans, and he would continue to add moments that establish that Mario and Meggy are indeed close friends.
- To say that Fishy Boopkins’ Lawsuit Arc redesign was controversial would be an understatement. After a new design was teased with the intro for "Mario Plays Cat Mario but every time he dies the walls close in" showing a brand new design for Boopkins among the other character heads, the video announcing the movie "It's Gotta Be Perfect" not only officially reveals Boopkin's new redesign, which leans closer to the original Spike design than before, but also reveals slight upgrades for the designs of SMG4, SMG3, and even Meggy (the second time her human design has been tweaked, having previously been upgraded after returning from Sunset Paradise). Bob, whose Lawsuit Arc redesign was the least controversial of the bunch, is pointedly announced as being left as is.
- Overall, the entire first quarter of 2023 is this. After massively divisive episodes in 2022, 2023 has been producing episodes mostly well-received by the fandom, with several complaints about 2022 being addressed. Tari and Bowser are both given episodes with them as the focuses in "Mario Goes to Ohio" and "Mario Steals the Constitution" respectively after they were Out of Focus last season (Though justified in Tari's case as the final season of Meta Runner was airing, and it was always longstanding policy for her to take a backseat when her own show aired) and the massively divisive Lawsuit Arc redesigns would get redesigned themselves, which many fans think is for the better. Additionally, Tari herself would finally get a redesign of her own to better fit the rest of the cast, after spending most of the year as the only remaining mainstay without one and would also become one of the main focuses in the middle of the season, yet again due to her Out of Focus status last season.
- In a way, the announcement of "War of the Fat Italians 2023" addresses the controversial inclusion of characters other than SMG4 and Mario, which was criticized as defeating the purpose of the title (that Mario went to "war" with a recolor of himself). The trailer for "WotFI 2023" implies the challenge will be strictly between Mario and SMGs 3 and 4 – while the Meme Guardians are no longer Mario recolors due to the events of the previous year's WotFI, it at least keeps the "fat" part of the title relevant, given they're both still designed with a similar build to the plumber himself. Sure enough, the episode really is just SMGs 3 and 4 against Mario and Marty (a cardboard Fat Italian). While most of the rest of the primary cast appear, their parts in the episode are minor at best.
