Ooit in de jaren negentig was de developer Rare de grootste player voor Nintendo en dropte de ene klassieker na de ander op de Super Nintendo (SNES), want de Donkey Kong Country serie en de Killer Instinct games zijn dan ook nooit meer geëvenaard. Zeker als je nu realiseer dat dit ooit zo controversiële bedrijf nu Kinect Sport titels maakt en veel gamers als ik nog altijd hopen op een Killer Instinct 3. Any way, één game die Rare maakte was Conker's Bad Fur Day, een game over een eekhoorn die een kater had en liep te schijten en te pissen. Deze titel koste niet alleen bijna twee honderd gulden, maar was een grote nachtmerrie voor Nintendo die altijd familie vriendelijke titels uit brengt.

Nu had website Gamikia.com een interview met Chris Seavo, de grote man achter de zojuist genoemde games, en deze verteld over de roerige jaren negentig en dat een game als Conker's Bad Fur Day in deze tijd nooit gemaakt had geworden. Sterker er is nogal wat content gesneuveld, zoals grappen over de KKK.

Did you thought, at some point of the development, about to change the game to make it more "family friendly" and get the promotional support of Nintendo? Did anyone in Rare of Nintendo asked you to do that?

Would i ever have toned down the content of Conker...? Hmm, let me see... Never... Never ever ever... EVER (okay, except for when I had too for 'legal' reasons..hrumph!!). The very idea of diluting anything i've worked on goes against every thing i learnt working at Rare. Stuff in Bad Fur Day did get censored, whole cutscenes in fact, but on reflection i could see how some people might be offended. Pokemon had to come out, and i was annoyed about that one because it was quite a funny cutscene. Gone forever now. Pretty much 99.9% of the game remained however.

Oh yeah, there was a joke at the expense of the KKK, which had to come out too. Hmm, never did understand why Nintendo were apprehensive about offending a group of curiously dressed racists, odd !! ... Anyway, I always considered Conker's Bad Fur Day less about giving offence, more a morale tale with an important underlying message: 'If in doubt, stay in bed'. I'm joking by the way, I was trying to offend as many people as possible.

Also the 'Never.. Never, never ever, etc' answer might in some ways go to explain why i'm now a 'free agent', incidentally.... This is just a theory, a guess even, but i'm thinking a parody about Nazi Teddy Bears in womens underwear, a cigar with eyes and a tub of lemon curd (probably with eyes), wouldn't be in the 'Safe Zone' for a derivative sports based game....'Come in Number 5, your time is up !!!

The game is full of fun details, such as jokes and film references. It's impressive to see how many crazy ideas you put in Conker. Looking back, 10 years later, is there something you would have liked to add, remove or change?

The original game i wouldn't change at all. Not a sausage... It all came together very nicely and i'm glad i had the opportunity to help make something that lots of people remember with fondness.