History YMMV / ConkersBadFurDay

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Most people agree that the Panther King and Professor Von Kriplespac are too enjoyable of characters to really be detested. Even Don Weaso is enjoyable. The Great Mighty Poo is outright impossible to hate since he has the game's most memorable boss fight. The catfish, who are only important during the "Bat's Tower" chapter, are viewed as detestable for making Conker go on a life threatening quest while only intending to reward him one dollar for his troubles. Most people agree that Conker has every right to just take the whole money while taking satisfaction in their deaths at the jaws of the dogfish.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Most people agree that the Panther King and Professor Von Kriplespac are too enjoyable of characters to really be detested. Even Don Weaso is enjoyable. The catfish, who are only important during the "Bat's Tower" chapter, are viewed as detestable for making Conker go on a life threatening quest while only intending to reward him one dollar for his troubles. Most people agree that Conker has every right to just take the whole money while taking satisfaction in their deaths at the jaws of the dogfish.

** The Nintendo 64 was often criticized as a "kiddy console" with ''[[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Bad Fur Day]]'' being the exception that proved the rule. So when a remake was planned for the more mature Xbox dubbed ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen Conker: Live and Uncut]]'', people expected to see Conker's foul mouthed antics in all their uncensored glory. Cue ExecutiveMeddling and the game being re-titled ''Conker: Live & Reloaded''. The final product was an even more censored version of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo64}} N64]] original. Some fans certainly enjoyed the irony.

** In the context of the Nintendo 64 and the other platformers Rare made for it, Conker was quite a shock, as many of the console's games were family-friendly and targeted at kids, which was something that [[SubvertedKidsShow Conker turned right on its head]]. In contrast, UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, especially the Xbox, were much more targeted at older audiences, making the game less subversive in that context, and largely factored into the poor reception of the game's Xbox remake. Furthermore, the game's heavy use of VulgarHumor makes it an embodiment of AnimatedShockComedy, which was very unique at the time and factored into its CultClassic status, but works with this style of humor aren't so scarce anymore.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Regarded by many to be the best looking Nintendo 64 game out there. Featuring dynamic shadowing, coloured lighting, large areas with a long draw distance (of which, many of the prerendered backgrounds end up being actual 3D areas for your to explore later in the game!), no distance fog, detailed facial animations, lip syncing, and individually rendered fingers on some characters. The graphics in this game are so good that it could pass off as a very early UsefulNotes/{{Sega Dreamcast}} or UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 2}} title. The ''Live and Reloaded'' remake is even prettier.

** During “Uga Buga” Did Berri genuinely not recognize Conker [[ClarkKenting when he was wearing his caveman hat?]] Or did she recognize Conker and only told Don Weaso she didn’t in order get back at Conker for [[DisproportionateRetribution blowing off their date]]? If the latter, why did Berri call Conker her boyfriend at the start of “Heist”? Did Berri forgive Conker after having some time to cool off, was a FreudianSlip she saw no point in covering up, [[PragmaticVillainy or did she see Conker as too valuable of an asset for their robbery to risk upsetting him?]]

** Conker's obsession with money becomes rather funny in light of the game's poor sales.

* SequelDisplacement: This game displaced ''Conker's Pocket Tales''. A lack of advertising and having a completely different tone from its successor made it easy to miss and many fans both old and new are unaware of its existence.

** Don Weaso beating the shit of Frankie, one of his subordinates, has no bearing whatsoever in the plot, being just a shout out to ''Film/TheUntouchables''.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** This game was one of the first to spend a good portion of its run time parodying and mocking (then) popular culture, with lots of movie and television send-ups. Nowadays, so many video games have focused on parody, sometimes parodying the exact same works as this game, that it might not seem so special anymore.
** In the context of the Nintendo 64 and the other platformers Rare made for it, Conker was quite a shock, as many of the console's games were family-friendly and targeted at kids, which was something that [[SubvertedKidsShow Conker turned right on its head]]. In contrast, UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, especially the Xbox, were much more targeted at older audiences, making the game less subversive in that context, and largely factored into the poor reception of the game's Xbox remake. Furthermore, the game's heavy use of VulgarHumor makes it an embodiment of AnimatedShockComedy, which was very unique at the time and factored into its CultClassic status, but works with this style of humor aren't so scarce anymore.
** By modern standards, the voice acting is likely to be criticized for its low sound quality and how [[{{DescendedCreator}} the game's director]] does [[ActingForTwo most of the voices]] as opposed to a professional actor with an obvious end result. However, in 2001, it was pretty impressive for ''any'' game (especially on N64, where storage space on cartridges was at a premium, unlike the Playstation) to be fully voiced, particularly a CollectAThonPlatformer with attempts at wit and humor to boot, no matter the quality. The voice samples are better in the remake, without the compressed sound quality.

** Which version is better the N64 or Xbox version? Fans of the original will point to the more creative multiplayer and less censored campaign. Fans of the remake however feel that the revamped Multiplayer is unfairly given flack and that the additional censorship is small potatoes compared to the improvements to control and difficulty balancing.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Most people agree that the Panther King and Professor Von Kriplespac are to enjoyable of characters to really be detested. Even Don Weaso is enjoyable. The catfish, who are only important during the "Bat's Tower" chapter, are viewed as detestable for making Conker go on a life threatening quest while only intending to reward him one dollar for his troubles. Most people agree that Conker has every right to just take the whole money while taking satisfaction in their deaths at the jaws of the dogfish.

** During “Uga Buga” Did Berri genuinely not recognize Conker [[ClarkKenting when he was wearing his caveman hat?]] Or did she recognize Conker and only told Don Weaso she didn’t in order get back at Conker for [[DisproportionateRetribution blowing off their date]]? If the latter, why did Berri call Conker her boyfriend at the start of “Heist”? Did Berri forgive Conker after having some time to cool off, was a FreudianSlip she saw no point in covering up, [[PragmaticVilliany or did she see Conker as too valuable of an asset for their robbery to risk upsetting him?]]

** Did Berri genuinely not recognize Conker [[ClarkKenting when he was wearing his caveman hat?]] Or did she recognize Conker and only told Don Weaso she didn’t in order get back at Conker for [[DisproportionateRetribution blowing off their date]]?

** Did Berri genuinely not recognize Conker [[ClarkKenting when he was wearing his caveman hat?]] Or did she recognize Conker and only told Don Weaso she didn’t in order get back at Conker for ([[DramaticallyMissingThePoint supposedly]]) standing her up?