Guess it't this time of year again
Here's my list:
- Coconut Crab (As a habitat animal, it would be completely unique)
- King cobra (I know, but think it could work as a habitat animal, and a habitat snake would be awesome)
- Green Anaconda (Same as above)
- Nile Crocodile (African crocodile, also an iconic species)
- Golden Pheasant (A pheasant)
- Radiated tortoise (Small habitat tortoise)
- Greater Roadrunner (Unique species)
- Walrus (Unique and iconic species)
- Leopard Seal (Unique and iconic species, antarctic predator)
- Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Boring, but needed ground fowl)
- Mountain Hare (Unique species)
- Squirrel Monkey (Boring monkey from South America, and an iconic species)
- Ocelot (South American Small cat)
- Secretary Bird (Unique and iconic species)
- Crab eating Macaque (Boring monkey from Asia)
- Manteled guereza (Boring (ish) monkey from Africa)
- White faced Saki (Monkey diversity from SA)
- Harbor Seal (Seal diversity)
- Palawan Peacock-pheasant (Another beautiful pheasant)
- Painted terrapin (Same as the snakes, but this one is more realistic with current in-game systems)
- Great White Pelican (Unique species)
- Red-legged Seriema (Unique species, more SA representation)
- Marabou Stork (Interesting wading bird)
- Spider Monkey (Unique and iconic species)
- Howler Monkey (Unique and iconic species)
Places 26-35 I consider "group additions", as I think both groups need more than one species to be included rightly. I don't think any of these species essential by them selves, but the groups being represented is. I view these like the butterflies, where we would get 3-5 species in a single DLC slot, giving us the opportunity to create a certain type of habitat instead of a single species to create a habitat for. After the initial inclusion, more species could come individually, but the first time I think 3-5 are needed.
Ducks:
26. Mallard (The most essential duck in my opinion)
27. Harlequin Duck (another duck)
28. Mandarin Duck (another duck)
29. White-faced whistling Duck (another duck)
30. Surf Scoter (another duck, this one is the wildcard)
Tiny Monkeys:
31. Common Marmoset (An essential inclusion as a "boring" filler species)
32. Emperor tamarin (Funny mustache)
33. Cotton-top tamarin (Funny hair)
34. Golden lion tamarin (Iconic species)
35. Red-handed tamarin (Filler species)
I would also like pheasants to be included in this way, but I think they stand on their own better for a variety of reasons and have therefore included them in the main list.
I am getting kind of tired of getting the same types of animal over and over, and the packs don't ever really invent anything new (except barnyard but that was a theme I didn't really care for). My requested species are mostly either filling a niche not yet covered, or they would bring something new to the game either through technical innovation or just being unique. At this point, I feel like most inclusions only create a false illusion of depth in the roster instead of actual depth. Giving us more species, but no new challenges in habitat-building doesn't really advance the game enough in my opinion. This is why I mainly want animals that fills a new role or comes with some new technical challenge.