History YMMV / ConkersBadFurDay

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some fans have been mind boggling on why Von Kriplespac had to be the one to tell the Panther King that they needed a red squirrel. Did the professor figure that he needed the red squirrel for his table? Or did he only say that as a [[SnipeHunt distraction]] from what he was REALLY working on: [[spoiler: waiting for his experiment implanted within the Panther King's belly to burst out and kill him?]]

** Famously, the box features an extra-large "M" ESRB rating (as seen on the main page)... except not. That version of the box was never actually printed; the image floating around online is a mockup leaked by Nintendo of Canada before the game's release. All copies of the game ultimately had a regular-sized "M" on the box, as seen on Website/{{Wikipedia}}. However, the PAL version does indeed feature an extra-large "M15+" rating.

** By modern standards, the voice acting is likely to be criticized for its low sound quality and how [[{{DescendedCreator}} the game's director]] does [[{{TalkingToHimself}} 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.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40kUDgV3xQI The reprise of "Conker the King"]] that plays at the very end. The chimes and heart-wrenching violins are incredibly haunting, and drive home the DownerEnding.
** '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4JaBSEL-Sk Rock Solid.]]''''' Many [=YouTube=] comments express bewilderment that such a cool rave song was even ''possible'' using N64 hardware.

** The latter half of the Spooky chapter, where Conker has to find three keys in a mansion full of zombies and bats, and bring them to the front door. While carrying the key he can't jump or use his shotgun, and he loses the key if he falls or gets attacked.

* VindicatedByHistory. Downplayed with ''Live and Reloaded''. At the time of release it was controversial with fans and widely criticized for its censoring of profanity despite being on a console targeting an older demographic compared to the Nintendo 64, with this one change overshadowing most other things about it. While this aspect is still seen as a point of criticism, many now argue the remake has aged much better than the original game overall with much better controls, visuals, and framerate, not to mention the censoring can make some scenes funnier depending on who you ask. It's to the point that while you'll still often see people suggesting the original game for newcomers, it's become much more common to see people arguing for ''Live and Reloaded'' in the last few years thanks to its improvements.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The story in the remake received no new content beyond its updated visuals (and certain select things changed in the beginning Hangover chapter, slightly more enemies in certain chapters like patrolling spike imps in random locations and added possessed dolls in the Barn Boys and Spooky Chapters). Lampshaded by the Gargoyle after doing a NoSell to getting hit by Conker's Frying Pan, explains that the programmers changed the tutorial area a little bit to trick gamers into thinking the rest of the game would be different.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The story in the remake received no new content beyond its updated visuals (and certain select things changed in the beginning Hangover chapter, slightly more enemies in certain chapters like patrolling spike imps in random locations and added possessed dolls in the Barn Boys and Spooky Chapters).

* AnimationAgeGhetto: This was a factor in the game's commercial failure. Rare was reportedly worried that it would be mistaken for a kids' game because it looked so cute and "cartoonish". So they limited advertisement for it to nighttime TV and adult magazines. This backfired, and the game sold badly due to InvisibleAdvertising. Many retailers had similar concerns about the title and refused to sell it, further contributing to its poor sales.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The game is filled with those, usually when it tries to ShoutOut another work:

* CriticalBacklash: Over time, more people have defended the Xbox remake, feeling that it has been unfairly judged on the simple basis of it having higher censorship, while ignoring the many improvements the game brings to control, visuals, and audio.

* CultClassic: While the game got solid critical reviews, the game was a big sales flop for Rare due to a variety of factors. Despite this, the game gradually built up a solid reputation among gamers over time due to its creativity and very unique tone for a Nintendo game, and is now considered a legitimate classic, enough to not only get an Xbox remake, but even get some mainstream attention again via a prominent and well done port in ''Rare Replay''. Conker himself even gained a prominent playable role in Microsoft's ''VideoGame/ProjectSpark'' because of the original game's popularity.

** 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 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 ominously 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.

** The Sunflower from Barn Boys. Two Guesses why.

** The Xbox port, ''Conker: Live and Reloaded'', beefs up the graphics considerably, rescores all of the music into a higher quality format, and includes almost all the voice samples from the original game without compression. Unfortunately, the tradeoff is that all of the swearing was censored (in the original game, only the harshest swears like "Fuck" were censored) and is impossible to turn off, and it threw out the original multiplayer modes for a new one that isn't considered nearly as fun.
** The Rare Replay port is a straight port of the original game, completely uncensored and with almost no changes made save for some slightly awkward edits (removing the entire game intro due to the Nintendo 64 logo joke, replacing "Nintendo Presents" with "Microsoft Studios Presents" in the opening cutscene, and changing the button prompts while the original button prompts are still mentioned by Conker in-game). And while the graphics aren't updated, they do look crisper than they do on the original Nintendo 64 hardware. Also worth noting is that the game has fewer framerate issues than it originally did.

* MainstreamObscurity: The original Nintendo 64 release only sold about thirty thousand units; even with an [=XBox=] rerelease and being bundled in ''Rare Replay'', still not many people have actually played this game. It's definitely a game which owes most of its notoriety to video game folklore - for its controversial content (especially for the console it was on), and for being the last game in Rare's legendary golden age before being sold to Microsoft.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: An inevitable consequence of packing the game with so many pop culture references and parodies - ''Film/TheMatrix'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', even a nod to ''Film/EyesWideShut'' - is this game just screams "late nineties". The "gross-out cartoon" styling, reminiscent of early-season ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', also somewhat dates the work by today's standards.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: An inevitable consequence of packing your game with so many pop culture references - ''Film/TheMatrix'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', even a nod to ''Film/EyesWideShut'', this game just screams "late nineties". The "gross-out cartoon" styling, reminiscent of early-season ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', also somewhat dates the work by today's standards.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: An inevitable consequence of packing your game with so many pop culture references - ''Film/TheMatrix'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', even a nod to ''Film/EyesWideShut'', this game just screams "late nineties". The "gross-out cartoon" styling, reminiscent of early-season ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark", also somewhat dates the work by today's standards.

* MainstreamObscurity: Many gamers recognize the Great Mighty Poo song, even though the game itself only sold about thirty thousand units.

** The Sunflower from Barn Boys. [[GagBoobs Two Guesses]] why.

** The final level of the game recreates the famous Bank vault scene from ''Film/TheMatrix'' with Conker dressed as Neo and Berri dressed as Trinity. [[spoiler:Berri's death in this game would unwittingly predict Trinty's fate in ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' down to Trinity dying in her lover's arms.]]

* SequelDisplacement: This game displaced ''Conker's Pocket Tales''. To this day fans are still surprised a game came before this one.

* HypeBacklash: As the game became more accessible through Rare Replay, the gameplay has come across more scrutiny; many criticizing how much the game shifts genres and how clumsily it uses these genres, not to mention its multiple difficulty spikes. The hoverboard sections are particular seen as both of these problems rearing their ugly heads. The story has also received criticism for its RandomEventsPlot that has trouble maintaining an identity, and it no longer has the novelty of being a crude game on a Nintendo platform (which itself stopped being a novelty after the days of the Nintendo 64). Some have also said that, by today's comedic standards, the game's humour is just plain juvenile and offensive rather than shockingly funny.

* HypeBacklash: As the game became more accessible through Rare Replay, the gameplay has come across more scrutiny, the story has received criticism for its RandomEventsPlot and having trouble maintaining an identity with it, and no longer has the novelty of being a crude game on a Nintendo platform (which itself stopped being a novelty after the days of the Nintendo 64). Some are also saying that, by today's comedic standards, the game's humour is just plain juvenile and offensive rather than shockingly funny.

* SequelDisplacement: This game displaced ''Conker's Pocket Tales''.

* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: No one's really complaining about the single player campaign, but the original game also includes a bunch of surprisingly fun multiplayer modes that are all available right out of the starting gate, and they are considered just as fun, if not ''more'' fun than the main game, and being an N64 game, it supports four players off the bat, but they can also be played alone with reasonably intelligent AI opponents. In fact, when ''Live & Reloaded'' only included one of the modes and threw out the rest, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks it was considered a deal breaker for many fans of the original game]].

** How well does the game's style of humour hold up? Some argue that, in today's more sensitive and nuanced comedy climate, the mostly tasteless humour comes across as unfunny and mean spirited. Others, however, have argued that the game's comedic style remains witty and subversive, and that it's unfairly falling victim to today's [[PoliticalOvercorrectness stricter standards of political correctness.]]

* CriticalBacklash: Over time, more people have defended the Xbox remake, feeling that it has been unfairly judged on the simple basis of it having higher censorship, while ignoring the many improvements the game brings to control, visuals, and audio.

* SignatureScene:
** The intro, referencing ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
** Conker getting drunk and [[UrineTrouble pissing all over the Fire Imps]].
** Even people who haven't played the game know about the fight with the Great Mighty Poo.
** The rave going on inside of Rock Solid.
** The beginning of "It's War", referencing ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''.

** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdd4rBlsj2o The Great Mighty Poo's Theme song]], come sing along everyone!
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21N06eEE9SQ&fmt=18 Enter the Vertex]] is pretty great as well.

** And, of course, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWh7crjCWlM Windy]] and all of its variations.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yUcY9fceec Bats aka Batula's Manor theme]], heard during the phase where Conker has to [[PuzzleBoss defeat Count Batula by overfeeding him.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: For ''Live & Reloaded'', the Great Mighty Poo's singing was re-recorded to sound more consistent.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: The game has a staggering amount of attention to detail in it with an insane amount of different animations for Conker that are subtle enough that you could easily miss them (e.g. his expression and walk cycle slightly changing when he gets wet, context sensitive idle animations that only happen at very specific times such as when the tickling bees are following you, his arms reaching out when you're near money, etc). In the director's commentary for the game, the developers mentioned that many would consider these additions pointless and a waste of time, but they made them anyway as they knew that the people who would notice them would appreciate them.