Completing Zoo Tycoon 2: How far we've come?

[SanRazo]

S: Secretary Bird, Walrus, Sea Otter, Green Sea Turtle
A: Gerenuk, Musk Ox, Honey Badger, Blackbuck
B: Japanese Serow, Gelada, Leatherback, Elephant Seal, Rockhopper, Nile Crocodile, American Black Bear
C: Masai Giraffe, Olive Baboon, Iberian Lynx, Bighorn Sheep
D: Barbary Macaque, Ethiopian Wolf, Emperor Penguin
F: Crested Gibbon, Javan Rhino

 

[SuzieSky]

SSS (I'm begging please): American black bear
SS (stupid but fun): unicorn
S (super): secretary bird, honey badger, sea otter
A (great): bighorn sheep, musk ox, sea turtle, manatee, rockhopper penguin
B (good): walrus, Nile crocodile, barbary macaque, cetaceans, sharks, rays, ocean fish
C (willing to pay $0.50-1.00): gerenuk, gelada, Masai giraffe, Mexican wolf, Japanese serow, Javan rhino, elephant seal
D (don't want to pay for or a bad idea): ice age animals, emperor penguin, 3rd gibbon, Ethiopean wolf, Iberian lynx
F (no): Dinos, Non-unicorn cryptids

 

[Birb（｡･ө･｡）]

Tbh there’s no S tiers left for me here. I don’t think “completing” the rest is necessary at all but there are some that would be nice additions.

A (Great): Walrus, Sea Otter, Secretary Bird, Blackbuck
B (Good): Rockhopper Penguin, American Black Bear, Nile Crocodile, Green Sea Turtle, Barbary Ape (weird pick but whatever I’m desperate for monkeys, could be a decent-ish anniversary animal)
C (Meh): Honey Badger, Musk Ox, Bighorn Sheep, Elephant Seal, Japanese Serow, Olive Baboon, Gelada
D (Would be disappointed in but not opposed to in a vacuum): Masai Giraffe, Gerenuk
F (Please oh god no): Javan Rhino, Iberian Lynx, Leatherback, Crested Gibbon, Emperor Penguin, Ethiopian Wolf

 

[NachoB]

Tbh there’s no S tiers left for me here. I don’t think “completing” the rest is necessary at all but there are some that would be nice additions.

A (Great): Walrus, Sea Otter, Secretary Bird, Blackbuck
B (Good): Rockhopper Penguin, American Black Bear, Nile Crocodile, Green Sea Turtle, Barbary Ape (weird pick but whatever I’m desperate for monkeys, could be a decent-ish anniversary animal)
C (Meh): Honey Badger, Musk Ox, Bighorn Sheep, Elephant Seal, Japanese Serow, Olive Baboon, Gelada
D (Would be disappointed in but not opposed to in a vacuum): Masai Giraffe, Gerenuk
F (Please oh god no): Javan Rhino, Iberian Lynx, Leatherback, Crested Gibbon, Emperor Penguin, Ethiopian Wolf

Your name is Birb how is the secretary not S tier for you?

 

[Birb（｡･ө･｡）]

Your name is Birb how is the secretary not S tier for you?

I have betrayed my people


In all seriousness though I just wanted to save S tier for essentials lol, and none of these are really essential for me. It's a banger critter irl (my girlypop queen ) but in the grand scheme of birds that could be added to the game it's just kinda okay (to me), there are other birds from the Afrotropics (guineafowl, crowned crane, ground hornbill, marabou, etc) and birds that fill similar niches (seriema) I'd find to be better additions.

That said though ideally we should get multiple/most of them as it's rarely one or the other with other groups, so (again, ideally, maybe not realistically) it shouldn't be for an entire clade (people still want a fifth Eurasian deer and it is probably likely but getting one small-med African groundbird is a struggle lmao)... or at least that would be the case if Frontier actually gave us enough birds in the first place so they weren't constantly fighting for a spot in the game.

It's still very high A tier though, easily my #1 pick out of of these guys :>

 

[Milurian]

tier list
S perfect pick
A good but has flaws
B solid but boring
C Boring
D weird pick
E bad or really niche
F utterly useless

zoo tycoon 1
S sea otter, green sea turtle
A blackbuck, walrus
B american black bear, northern elephant seal
C olive baboon
D japanese serow
E emperor penguin, american bighorn sheep, javan rhino
F

zoo tycoon 2
S green sea turtle, sea otter
A gelada, gerenuk, musk ox, walrus, secretary bird
B honey badger, nile crocodile, southern rockhopper
C american flamingo (yes its there)
D ethiopian wolf
E javan rhino, masai giraffe, emperor penguin, leatherback sea turtle, black crested gibbon, Spanish lynx
F eastern gorilla

 

[SanRazo]

ZT2 had the greater flamingo not American flamingo

 

[Mjmannella]

Flamingo taxonomy was messy back in the 2000s. They're officially described as "Phoenicopterus ruber ruber", which is what would eventually become the binomial for American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber). This is because American and greater flamingos used to be considered the same species.

That said, Blue Fang probably intended to represent P. roseus given the colour and constant association with hippos.

 

[Mjmannella]

I decided to put how much I want each animal in tier list format:
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Here's mine, tiers are unordered

 

[Marvinb]

Dying for this:
Nice, ill take it: Secretary, Barbary macaque, honey badger, rockhopper
Sure why not: Gelada, mux ox, walrus,
Eh: Masai giraffe, sea otter, green sea turtle, generuk, nile crocodile
Nah: Ethiopian wolf, emperor penguin, iberian lynx, sumatran rhino, leather back turtle, gibbon

 

[Mjmannella]

ZT2 has Javan rhinos, not Sumatran rhinos

 

[NachoB]

Dying for this:
Nice, ill take it: Secretary, Barbary macaque, honey badger, rockhopper
Sure why not: Gelada, mux ox, walrus,
Eh: Masai giraffe, sea otter, green sea turtle, generuk, nile crocodile
Nah: Ethiopian wolf, emperor penguin, iberian lynx, sumatran rhino, leather back turtle, gibbon

You really wouldn't be excited if they find a way to implement sea turtles?

Here's mine, tiers are unordered
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What's the horsey in S tier?

 

[Mjmannella]

What's the horsey in S tier?

Shetland ponies! They were originally going to have much more functionality in ZT2 but were ultimately relegated to the Shetland Pony Ride

 

[Fallax]

Shetland ponies! They were originally going to have much more functionality in ZT2 but were ultimately relegated to the Shetland Pony Ride
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I forgot this was a thing, I thought it was the onager from the DS game.

 

[Mjmannella]

I can see the confusion. Props for knowing about the 2 special ZT1DS animals though!
Honestly it feels like just yesterday that their collector cards were datamined...

 

[Marvinb]

You really wouldn't be excited if they find a way to implement sea turtles?

What's the horsey in S tier?

If they properly implement* then than sure, id be over the moon.
But if they are just standard habitat animals, especially without any fish, sharks etc then idk... Like whats the point? Feel free to disagree.

*Properly implement for me would be with an update for fully aquatic enclosures and alongside other aquatics

 

[jcp011c]

S tier: Secretary bird
B tier: Masai Giraffe, American Black Bear (for very different reasons)
C tier: Honey Badger, Muskox, Blackbuck, Nile Crocodile
D tier: Walrus, BIghorn Sheep
F: Barbary Ape, Sea Otter, Ethiopian Wolf

I can't even care about the rest.
Secretary Bird is so necessary for many reasons.
B tier - Getting a second option for an iconic zoo animal like the giraffe would be great, and the ABB is a staple of American fauna representation.
C tier are ones I would like very much but can be done without.
D tier are ones I actively want but they're definitely not any kind of priority.
F tier are the ones that I'm alright with including, even if I'm not actively wanting them.

 

[Mjmannella]

Did it for ZT1 animals too

 

[NachoB]

Shetland ponies! They were originally going to have much more functionality in ZT2 but were ultimately relegated to the Shetland Pony Ride
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Yes you are right! I loved that ride.

 

[SanRazo]

Here's mine, tiers are unordered
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Did it for ZT1 animals too

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I’m curious you are of course entitled to your opinion, but why aren’t you interested in the sea otter? Do you feel satisfied with the two otters currently in game?