I think there's (was?) room for Conker to have been the cuddly creature he was intended to be (and already had a game being) as well as a unique vulgar character to parody the furry animal platformer genre.
It's ironic that Conker got so drastically changed because of Banjo-Kazooie, which only became a platformer because the BK team copied what the Conker team was doing.
It's ironic that Conker got so drastically changed because of Banjo-Kazooie, which only became a platformer because the BK team copied what the Conker team was doing.