History YMMV / ConkersBadFurDay

** 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 Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}. However, the PAL version does indeed feature an extra-large "M15+" rating.

** [[https://youtu.be/HuIQsMgaYMg "The Old Chap"]], being filled to the brim with whimsy and mayhem, and being one of the only songs carried over from ''VideoGame/TwelveTalesConker64''.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Some gullible parents bought the game for their kids on the assumption that it was another cutesy Rareware platformer due to the squirrel on the cover, despite Rareware's attempts to make it clear in advertising that it was not a game for children. The very first screen you see on booting up the game warns you about this too. The remake makes it justified due to its censored dialogue. It doesn't help that this game ''was'' going to be another wholesome Rare platformer, ''VideoGame/TwelveTalesConker64'' (with the previous WorkingTitle of ''Conker's Quest'') having been promoted several times in ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' and other publications during its pre-retool development, so people who stopped following its development after Rare went radio-silient on it may have come back later upon its release and discovered to their shock that what was going to be cutesy game about a squirrel now throws in every kind of "adult" humor in the book. People who didn't follow its development cycle closely but did play ''VideoGame/ConkersPocketTales'', which was released before the decision to retool ''Twelve Tales'' into ''BFD'', got a similar shock.

* TaintedByThePreview: A fair number of folks, especially children, who were looking forward to ''VideoGame/TwelveTalesConker64'' or didn't follow its development cycle closely but did play ''VideoGame/ConkersPocketTales'', were upset when the game ended up being composted into ''Bad Fur Day'', whether it was because of their MoralGuardian parents who refused to buy a game that they had been looking forward to for so long, or simply felt that the injection of "adult" humor was totally unnecessary and did not appeal to them at all.

* TaintedByThePreview: A fair number of folks, especially children, who were looking forward to ''VideoGame/TwelveTalesConker64'' were upset when the game ended up being composted into ''Bad Fur Day'', whether it was because of their MoralGuardian parents who refused to buy a game that they had been looking forward to for so long, or simply felt that the injection of "adult" humor was totally unnecessary and did not appeal to them at all. It didn't help that ''VideoGame/ConkersPocketTales'' was released in the meantime, and that features Conker prior to his DarkerAndEdgier retool, so his ''Bad Fur Day'' incarnation ended up being seen as a massive disservice to his character for ''Pocket Tales'' fans.

* TaintedByThePreview: A fair number of folks, especially children, who were looking forward to ''VideoGame/TwelveTalesConker64'' were upset when the game ended up being composted into ''Bad Fur Day'', whether it was because of their MoralGuardian parents who refused to buy a game that they had been looking forward to for so long, or simply felt that the injection of "adult" humor was totally unnecessary and did not appeal to them at all. It didn't help that ''VideoGame/ConkersPocketTales'' was released in the meantime, and that features Conker prior to his DarkerAndEdgier retool, so his ''Bad Fur Day'' incarnation ended up being seen as CharacterDerailment for ''Pocket Tales'' fans.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Some gullible parents bought the game for their kids on the assumption that it was another cutesy Rareware platformer due to the squirrel on the cover, despite Rareware's attempts to make it clear in advertising that it was not a game for children. The very first screen you see on booting up the game warns you about this too. The remake makes it justified due to its censored dialogue. It doesn't help that this game ''was'' going to be another wholesome Rare platformer, ''VideoGame/TwelveTalesConker64'' (with the previous WorkingTitle of ''Conker's Quest'') having been promoted several times in ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' and other publications during its pre-retool development, so people who stopped following its development after Rare went radio-silient on it may have come back later upon its release and discovered to their shock that what was going to be cutesy game about a squirrel now throws in every kind of "adult" humor in the book.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Some gullible parents bought the game for their kids on the assumption that it was another cutesy Rareware platformer due to the squirrel on the cover, despite Rareware's attempts to make it clear in advertising that it was not a game for children. The very first screen you see on booting up the game warns you about this too. The remake makes it justified due to its censored dialogue. It doesn't help that this game ''was'' going to be another wholesome Rare platformer, ''VideoGame/TwelveTalesConker64'' (with the previous title of ''Conker's Quest'') having been promoted several times in ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' and other publications during its pre-retool development, so people who stopped following its development after Rare went radio-silient on it may have come back later upon its release and discovered to their shock that what was going to be cutesy game about a squirrel now throws in every kind of "adult" humor in the book.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Some gullible parents bought the game for their kids on the assumption that it was another cutesy Rareware platformer due to the squirrel on the cover, despite Rareware's attempts to make it clear in advertising that it was not a game for children. The very first screen you see on booting up the game warns you about this too. The remake makes it justified due to its censored dialogue.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_wC-aPhJU8&fmt=18 The Great Mighty Poo's Theme song]], come sing along everyone!

* FanonDiscontinuity: For a majority of fans, ''Conker's Pocket Tales'' never happened.

* 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, hence the IdiotPlot actually being a necessity?]]

* IdiotPlot: The whole Panther King storyline. It took a ''scientist'' to figure out that there was a leg missing from the king's table, and even then, the only replacement for the missing leg the Professor considered theoretically viable was a squirrel. Specifically, a red one. And all of this happened because they couldn't bother to use the duct tape or something else like a piece of wood as a leverage, or even just get a new table altogether.

** 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 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.

** 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 Conker turned right on its head. UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, especially 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* NauseaFuel: The entire "Sloprano" chapter; its whole gimmick is taking ToiletHumor [[UpToEleven to its utmost extreme]]. Besides being set around and inside a mountain covered to the brink with crap, one puzzle involves swimming through a room flooded with cow manure (which you made by tricking a trio of cows into drinking prune juice) and pushing a giant ball made by a dung beetle into a switch to access Bats Tower. And then there's its boss, The Great Mighty Poo, one of the most revolting abominations ever conceived for a video game -- it's a giant mountain of singing poop that eats sweet corn and throws chunks of itself at you!

** Rodent is one thanks to his cute look and the fact that in a world full of assholes, idiots, and morally dubious people, he’s actually a sweet guy.

* 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 Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}.

* IdiotPlot: The whole Panther King storyline. It took a ''scientist'' to figure out that there was a leg missing from the king's table, and even then, the only replacement for the missing leg the Professor considered theoretically viable was a squirrel. Specifically, a red one.

* FridgeHorror: It didn't matter if Conker took the wrong turn or successfully made it back home; everything would [[MortonsFork still be the]] [[InSpiteOfNail same outcome]]. Had he made it home, the Panther King would still send his guards to find a red squirrel to replace his table leg, and by scouring the whole land, they'd eventually find Conker's house and inevitably try to bring him back to the Panther King. Even if ''that'' didn't happen, Berri would still end up being kidnapped by the Rockmen, and Conker, loving her as he does, would try to save her, eventually leading him to doing business with Don Weaso and [[spoiler:Berri's eventual death]].

* FridgeHorror: It didn't matter if Conker took the wrong turn or successfully made it back home; everything would [[MortonsFork still be the same outcome]]. Had he made it home, the Panther King would still send his guards to find a red squirrel to replace his table leg, and by scouring the whole land, they'd eventually find Conker's house and inevitably try to bring him back to the Panther King. Even if ''that'' didn't happen, Berri would still end up being kidnapped by the Rockmen, and Conker, loving her as he does, would try to save her, eventually leading him to doing business with Don Weaso and [[spoiler:Berri's eventual death]].

** Some might argue that Conker himself crossed this by killing Bloopie the Baby Dinosaur. While the game [[ButThouMust forces you to do this to proceed]], Conker shows no remorse for this action.

* 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 very unique tone and creativity 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.

* IdiotPlot: The whole Panther King storyline. It took a ''scientist'' to figure out that there was a leg missing from the king's table, and even then, the only replacement for the missing leg the Professor considered theoretically viable was a '''squirrel'''. Specifically, a '''''[[red:red]]''''' one.

** '''''[[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.