They already did, except it's 5 minutesJust wait until the content creators do the exact same talking about a single picture for 10 minutes
Winter 2023 DLC Speculation
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Giftshop -> Christmass Gifts -> Santa Claus -> Lapland -> Tundra Pack 
Where I'm from, Santa is from Greenland
I did thought it was a cultural thing. There you go. I thought Lapland wasn't a real place for so long because of its association with Santa.
Regardless Greenland works as well
According to the current trend, we hope to reach 500 pages before the live broadcast begins.
For me, at least, the restaurants were actually nicely implemented. The size is manageable/reasonable, at least. My only "gripes" are that I wish the wall opposite the counter could be made null and that we had more options for tables. But other than that... I like the implementation.
I'm hopeful for #1 though I think it may actually wind up being some sort of middle-ground that doesn't fall into anything we've discussed yet. Hah. The one thing that makes me think it may actually be more customizable than people are thinking is the placement of those balloon holders outside the building itself...
10/10 Roster
From the photo, I can see hats, balloons, plushies, toy box sets, umbrellas and mugs. I really hope that we get things like plastic animal toys too, as well as posters, postcards, keyrings, water bottles and magnets. This would be a great range of gift shop items in my opinion.
Iâve also chosen a few animals from the base game and one from each DLC that I hope we see a plushie of:
⢠Lion (confirmed)
⢠Tiger (generic Tiger)
⢠Giant Panda
⢠African Elephant
⢠Ring Tailed Lemur
⢠Pygmy Hippopotamus (generic Hippo)
⢠Polar Bear
⢠Red Eyed Frog (confirmed)
⢠Koala
⢠King Penguin
⢠Proboscis Monkey
⢠Meerkat
⢠California Sea Lion
⢠European Badger
⢠Capybara
⢠Axolotl (wild and leucistic colour morphs)
⢠Striped Skunk
⢠Red Necked Wallaby
⢠Brown Throated Sloth
⢠African Crested Porcupine
⢠North Island Kiwi
My assumption would be that if you have the DLC, youâll get the plushie in game. It would give people more incentive to buy the DLC, to complete the âplushieâ set.
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Yes letâs do this
Iâm hoping we will get some new hats varietyâs . I find it odd when someone is wearing a rhino hat in a zoo that doesnât have rhinos, therefore I can pick hats of animals I have in specific zoos.
Maybe we will see children holding their plushies while walking around the zoo.
Oo backpacks could be a thing.
Maybe the gift shops will function like this: you can have shelves, highlighted areas that make up the gift shop that guests will browse and look at, they will use the stand like normal food stands.
While we see balloons and hats in the teaser, I think thatâs just to show where things can be placed not a true hint that are getting new lions, frogs and chimps etc.
I am not gonna start guessing animals until the livestream as we really donât have anything to go off of other then fan speculation
This pack would undeniably be a 10/10 for me! I'm not particularly keen on the rhea and would prefer any number of other options (e.g., tamarin, bush dog, spectacled bear) but... It would be great, regardless!
Also: I thought "Latin America" when I looked at the general vibe of that screenshot. I know we can't look too hard into the theming/scenery of these screenshots (as they don't always/don't usually relate) but... That's what came to mind when I saw it!
Imagine we're wrong and it's something like:
Congo animal pack
- Black-and-white colobus
- Slender snouted crocodile
- De Brazza's monkey
- Greater kudu
- Ratel/Honey badger
- Helmeted guineafowl
- Congo peafowl
- Gaboon viper (E)
That's awesome, bring this to the game
I agree. I remember I'm Zoo Tycoon 2 where guests would buy souvenirs, but only a souvenir of a species that was present in the zoo. Hopefully they add this feature into the game (although, thinking about it, gift shops have souvenirs of animals that aren't actually on said zoo, necessarily)
It looks like the 'books' on the shelves are actually puzzles or board games. That would be great! But I really hope there are placeable books too, I'm constantly making bookshelves
That's a good point. It's not uncommon to see animal books, encyclopedias, and even zoo history books to be seen in gift shops, so having books is a possibility
I'd love the shops to sell customisable / movable:
But tbh I'll be really happy with any gift shop, however it works. We've been wanting these since launch and I've spent too many hours making shops and killing my framerate with blueprints! I also try to avoid using other peoples' blueprints but shops is one area I cave in because making tonnes of plushies out of switches is not how I want to spend my zoo time.
What's exciting in the picture is how the kids are running into it, it makes me wonder if the update will be children-focused and also give them playgrounds and more behaviours for the kids in the game to use them. Then the DLC can be completely unrelated to that theme.
- plushies
- books
- board games / puzzles
- various merch
But tbh I'll be really happy with any gift shop, however it works. We've been wanting these since launch and I've spent too many hours making shops and killing my framerate with blueprints! I also try to avoid using other peoples' blueprints but shops is one area I cave in because making tonnes of plushies out of switches is not how I want to spend my zoo time.
What's exciting in the picture is how the kids are running into it, it makes me wonder if the update will be children-focused and also give them playgrounds and more behaviours for the kids in the game to use them. Then the DLC can be completely unrelated to that theme.
I wonder whether it will be number 2 or number 3 and we also get items as construction pieces so we can flesh out our own layouts even if the construction pieces canât be interacted with. This combination would be ideal.
Two monkeys, two birds, and two reptiles? Even if it is more âAfrican animalsâ that would be my dream pack in roster diversity. I wouldnât personally be excited for the honey badger, but I would love the kudu.
I was thinking that, too, as I posted it. It's our dream pack, except African, not South American
Actually I prefer bush dog than mara, but I realized the second one is very popular here with the community so I made this substitution
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