Conker's Bad Fur Day

Conker's Bad Fur Day is a 2001 platform game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the Conker series, after Conker's Pocket Tales (1999). The game follows Conker, a greedy, hard-drinking red squirrel who must return home to his girlfriend, Berri, after an evening of heavily drinking at the local pub. Most of the game requires the player to complete a linear sequence of challenges that involve jumping over obstacles, solving puzzles, and fighting enemies. In the multiplayer mode, up to four players can compete against each other in seven different game types. Although visually similar to Rare's previous games, such as Banjo-Kazooie (1998), Donkey Kong 64 (1999), and Banjo-Tooie (2000), Conker's Bad Fur Day was designed for mature audiences and features graphic violence, alcohol and tobacco use, profanity, dark humour, toilet humour, fourth wall breaks, and pop culture references. Development lasted four years, with concepts originating during the development of Killer Instinct Gold in 1996. The game, intended for a family audience, was initially titled Twelve Tales: Conker 64 and was set for release in late 1998, but by the time it received criticism for its child-friendly tone and resemblance to Banjo-Kazooie during E3 1998, the game was transformed into an adult-oriented version. Conker's Bad Fur Day was released in North America on 5 March 2001, and in Europe on 6 April 2001, following an advertising campaign that targeted male college students. It received critical acclaim, with praise directed at its humor, sound, visuals, and gameplay. However, the game sold well below expectations due to limited advertising and a release towards the end of the Nintendo 64's life cycle, but has since developed a cult following. A remake, Conker: Live & Reloaded, was released for the Xbox in 2005, while the original version was included as part of the Rare Replay compilation for Xbox One in 2015.

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Developer

Rare Ltd.

Publisher

Nintendo, THQ

First release

March 5, 2001

Series

Conker

Cover

Official thumbnail

Record ID

Q841712