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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:A look at WhatCouldHaveBeen for Conker.]] |
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4 | ''Twelve Tales: Conker 64'' is an unreleased Platform/Nintendo64 platformer by Creator/{{Rare}}. It was ultimately retooled into ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''. |
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6 | Originally titled ''Conker's Quest'', the game starred a FunnyAnimal squirrel named Conker. Conker and his girlfriend Berri travel through a brightly-coloured world collecting a hundred house-warming gifts that were stolen by the Hoodlums. There were numerous different levels, including a wild western-level, a gladiator arena level, and a jungle level. |
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8 | While the game was praised for its promising nature, several critics bemoaned Rare doing ''another'' cute platformer. They had previously released ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' on the console. ''Twelve Tales: Conker 64'' would be their fourth and final collectathon for the Nintendo 64, though it had been in production alongside the original ''Banjo-Kazooie''. In response to the criticism, Rare did something unheard of: Mid-development, they overhauled their cute kids game into a ''very'' adult title. |
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10 | ''Conker's Bad Fur Day'' kept the cute character designs, but aged up Conker into a drunk, cynical adult. Full of violence, cursing, and ToiletHumour, ''Conker's Bad Fur Day'' ended up becoming one of the most infamous games ever due to the SubvertedKidsShow theme. |
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12 | However, that's not to say Conker's younger incarnation never made it past development of ''Twelve Tales''. Conker appeared as an EarlyBirdCameo in ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' and he also appeared in the Platform/GameBoyColor title ''VideoGame/ConkersPocketTales''. According to promotional material for ''Conker's Bad Fur Day: Live and Reloaded'', both ''Twelve Tales'' and ''Pocket Tales'' canonically took place when Conker was a kid. |
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14 | !!''Twelve Tales: Conker 64'' provides examples of: |
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16 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: |
17 | ** Conker is a bright orange squirrel. |
18 | ** Berri is a pastel pink chipmunk. |
19 | ** One of the bosses is a purple cat. |
20 | * FurryConfusion: Conker is an abnormally large, talking squirrel who wears clothes. He co-exists amongst normal rabbits and other wildlife. |
21 | * FurryFemaleMane: Berri mainly differs from Conker by having a brown ponytail. |
22 | * KidHero: Conker and Berri are both children who go on an adventure to get back several stolen gifts. |
23 | * LighterAndSofter: In comparison with the dark humor of ''Conker's Bad Fur Day''. |
24 | * PuppyLove: Despite their young ages, Conker and Berri are a couple. |
25 | * RunningOnAllFours: Conker is normally bipedal, but he runs on all-fours while wading through water or sprinting. |
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