Conker's Bad Fur Day

Overview

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.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Conker's Bad Fur Day FULL GAME Longplay (N64 - XBOX One), ★WishingTikal★. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure

Developer

Rare

Publisher

THQ, Rare

Series

Conker

Platforms

Nintendo 64

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

Yes

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

ACB

M

ESRB

M

Release dates

Editions

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Space and patches

Update patchNo patch

DLC

No DLC. Nintendo 64 games had no downloadable content.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

No online features; every mode works today. The cartridge runs on any Nintendo 64, and the game is part of Rare Replay on Xbox.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	Nintendo 64	92	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
IGN	9.9	10
GameSpot	9.3	10
GamePro	20	20
Official Nintendo Magazine	93	100
N64 Magazine	89	100
Hyper	85	100
Edge	7	10
AllGame	4	5
Next Generation	3	5

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Developer	Rare
Publisher	Rare (North America), THQ (Europe)
Director	Chris Seavor
Designer	Chris Seavor
Artist	Don Murphy
Writers	Robin Beanland, Chris Seavor
Composer	Robin Beanland

Notes for collectors

• Made for adults, with crude humour, swearing and film parodies, and rated M. It looks like Rare's other Nintendo 64 platformers.
• Nintendo of America left it out of Nintendo Power, and KB Toys refused to stock it.
• Came out in March 2001, late in the Nintendo 64's life, and sold well below expectations before building a cult following.
• Remade for the original Xbox as Conker: Live and Reloaded in 2005. The Nintendo 64 original is in Rare Replay on Xbox One.

Credits

Publisher

THQ, Rare

Developer

Rare

Director

Chris Seavor

Released

2001-03-05

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 11.2 hours