by Cody
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February 11th, 2012, 4:33 pm » Short link
I first found out this game's existence through my now-best friend Remel back in 5th grade (2001-2002). I thought the game was too mature for me (I only saw the box, which had Conker holding a beer) and pretty much forgot it existed... and then 2006/2007 came along. I heard the game was great from various forums I was attending at the time, so in March 2007 I asked Remel if I could borrow the cartridge to play through the game. He said sure, biked to my house (a 20 second ride at best) and handed the cartridge to me. I ended up playing through maybe the first 20 minutes of the game and basically deemed it "boring," I guess. He ended up letting me keep the cartridge, and I didn't touch it for years.
Then in late December 2011, Remel invited me to go to Vegas with him and his family, an honor I was willing to seize. Ended up being loads of fun. Sometime during a few days' stay the subject of Conker's Bad Fur Day ended up coming to the surface, and I told Remel I haven't beat the game yet but would soon.
And then early last month, I replaythrough Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie... then I wanted to replay DK64 but decided to do Conker's Bad Fur Day first. I owed it to myself to play through the game, and was determined to do it without breaks. Still haven't had the time for DK64, but that's ok, because...
I absolutely loved Conker's Bad Fur Day as a whole. I thought some parts were tedious / boring, but the last 4 chapters more than made up for the 2 I didn't like (the catfish one and the poo chapter). Everything from Uga Buga onward was AMAZING. My favorite segment of the game was probably the lava-surfing mini-game where you have to whack the thieves with your pan. Must've gotten at least 15 Game Overs, haha!
Remel's been in the army for about a year now (the Vegas trip was during his 2 week break) whenever we hang out in the future I'll be sure to tell him I played through the game.