ESRB Mature rating
A mature-rated platformer that warns players of its adult content.
Conker is a series of platform video games created and produced by Rare. It chronicles the events of Conker the Squirrel, an anthropomorphic red squirrel that made his debut as a playable character in Diddy Kong Racing.
Quick Facts
- Rating
- ESRB M (Mature 17+)
- Content descriptors
- Animated Blood and Gore
- Animated Violence
- Animated Sexual Themes
- Strong Language
- Use of Alcohol and Tobacco
- Role
- Defines the game's target audience and content boundaries
- First appears
- Conker's Bad Fur Day (2000, Nintendo 64)
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64, Xbox (as Conker: Live & Reloaded, 2005)
- Significance
- One of the first platformers to receive an M rating, challenging industry norms
Lore & Background
While debuting as a family-friendly series, starting with Conker's Pocket Tales, it has shifted focus to mature audiences with the development and release of Conker's Bad Fur Day; during development, the game was modified to incorporate graphic violence, strong language, offensive humor, and other mature content. These changes resulted in the title receiving a Mature rating from the ESRB, accompanied by a content advisory displayed on the packaging and the title screen after the game loads to caution unsuspecting viewers who might otherwise mistake it for a platformer intended for a younger audience.
Reader's Guide
The ESRB Mature rating was assigned to Conker's Bad Fur Day due to its graphic violence, strong language, offensive humor, and other mature content. The game's packaging and title screen display a content advisory to warn players.
Did You Know?
- Conker's Bad Fur Day was originally developed as a family-friendly game called Twelve Tales: Conker 64 before being retooled with mature content.
- A graphically improved remake of Conker's Bad Fur Day, Conker: Live & Reloaded, was released on June 21, 2005 in North America for the original Xbox.
- Conker's Bad Fur Day was included in the Rare Replay compilation for Xbox One.
- Conker's Other Bad Day, a planned direct sequel, was cancelled in 2001, before Microsoft acquired Rare in 2002.
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