Summary
- Nintendo Switch Online adds M-rated games including Perfect Dark and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter to the Expansion Pack tier.
- This opens the door for other M-rated games to be added in the future.
- Conker's Bad Fur Day would be an especially exciting M-rated addition to the lineup.
Nintendo has finally added M-rated games to the Nintendo Switch Online service, and that means Conker's Bad Fur Day could potentially join the lineup at some point. At the latest Nintendo Direct event, Nintendo surprise-dropped four new additions to the Switch Online lineup, specifically those signed up for the service's Expansion Pack tier.
The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack tier gets subscribers access to all the titles available through the base Switch Online subscription, plus games from the Sega Genesis, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo 64. The latest additions to the service were Metroid: Zero Mission, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Four Swords, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, and Perfect Dark. Notably, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Perfect Dark are M-rated games, prompting Nintendo to make a separate, M-rated section for the Expansion Pack.
Now that Nintendo has added M-rated games to Switch Online, it opens the door to the possibility of other M-rated titles to join the lineup as well. There weren't many M-rated games released for the Nintendo 64 over the course of the console's lifespan, but one of the most notable was Rare's Conker's Bad Fur Day. Starring an alcoholic, foul-mouthed squirrel, Conker's Bad Fur Day is a parody of the 3D platformer genre and various movies that were popular at the time of its release. The game was critically-acclaimed and is often pointed to as one of the Nintendo 64's best, so it would be great to see it eventually make its way to the Switch Online Expansion Pack.
List of M-Rated Switch Online Games
- Perfect Dark (Nintendo 64)
- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (Nintendo 64)
Conker's Bad Fur Day hasn't been added to the Switch Online Expansion Pack, but the game is playable on modern Xbox consoles through Rare Replay.
With M-rated games now on the Switch Online Expansion Pack, one major hurdle is cleared for Conker's Bad Fur Day to one day join the lineup. The other hurdle may potentially be cleared without too much trouble as well. As it so happens, Conker's Bad Fur Day is owned by Microsoft, and has been ever since the company acquired developer Rare. In most situations, this would make it next to impossible for Conker to come to a non-Microsoft platform, but Xbox and Nintendo have a solid working relationship, and in fact, multiple Rare games are already on the service.
Indeed, Perfect Dark was developed by Rare, and it's one of the first M-rated games to join the Switch Online Expansion Pack lineup. So, if a deal is worked out between Nintendo and Xbox, like with the other Rare-developed games on Switch Online, there's really no reason why Conker's Bad Fur Day couldn't follow in Perfect Dark's footsteps. Besides Conker's Bad Fur Day, it would be great to see other missing Rare games added to Switch Online as well, as Banjo-Tooie, Diddy Kong Racing, Donkey Kong 64, and Mickey's Speedway USA have yet to make their debuts either.
Conker's Bad Fur Day
- Released
- March 5, 2001
WHERE TO PLAY
Conker's Bad Fur Day was developed by Rare and was released in 2001, a time when mascot platformers were flooding the market. As such, when people saw the front cover of Conker's Bad Fur Day in stores, they assumed it would just be another wholesome platform game.
However, Conker's Bad Fur day is a hilarious satire of platform games that is full of adult humor and innuendo.
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ due to Animated Violence, Mature Sexual Themes, Strong Language
- Developer(s)
- Rare
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo 64, PC, Xbox (Original), Xbox One
- Genre(s)
- Platformer
- How Long To Beat
- 10 Hours
