Well i dont like only animal packs, so im gonna mix in 2 normal ones.
Also while im not the biggest fan of the WE, i atleast aknowledge it other then the normal exhibits, which imo still are trash.
Im also gonna include 2 anniversarys, cause im gaving less animals anyways and a good idear.
Drylands Animal Pack:
- Emu
- Lace Monitor
- Collared Peccary
- Ringtail
- Dromedary
- Hamadryas Baboon
- Striped Hyena/Corsac Fox
- Budgies (WE)
First of i want to squeeze out a bunch of desert animals, as they are the most underrepresented biome.
We got 3 from australia, with the budgie doubling down as a comormorph hero and a stand in domestic super common zoo animal that could work very well with the WE, 2 from north america to fill up its empty south aswell as boosting sa a bit with the peccary. I chose the ringtail as we do not have an arboreal/climbing desert animal yet, aswell as being great for nocturnal, desert or small mammal houses.
Id say either the corsac fox or the striped hyena for an asian representive, with zhe main differences being the hyenas large range into africa and the corsac fox being the only one in this pack living in a cold desert and central asia being still quite underrepresented.
The only problem for the corsac fox is that theres only one hyena but 3 foxes in the game, so the hyena wins for now.
But if we get another year of support afterwards the fox would be very welcome.
First Aniversery:
American Flamingo
Its a colorful small flamingo from the new world and our first carribean animal.
It would be easy to create but have clear strong differences from the greater flamnigo in game and would be a nice alternativ.
Also bird
Petting Zoo Pack:
- African Dwarf Goat
- Domestic Donkey
- Domestic Chicken
- Scottish Highland Cattle
- Zebra Finch (WE)
- Farm Scenery Theme
Petting zoos are an important part of zoos and we need some more domestics.
A general purpose farm scenery theme would also be of great use for some more mundane props like hay barrels and some great wood pieces for sure.
I also added the zebra finch as one of the most common domestic bird species that doubles down as an australian species thats also an in zoos not as common taxa as a finch. Bonus points if we could mix them with zhe budgies. Also no pig as the other packs are quite pig heavy.
Rainforest Animal Pack:
- Red River Hog
- Mantled Guereza/De Brazas Monkey
- South American Coati
- Cotton Top Tamarin
- Black Howler Monkey
- Victorian Crowned Pidgeon
- Tree Kangaroo
- Common Hill Mynah (WE)
I am honest, i dont really need more tropical animals, but theres one thing i do need and need alot, monkeys.
Are 3 monkeys a bit much? Yes
Do i think 3 monkeys are realistic? No
Do i care? No
So yeah, a tropical african medium, a large south american tropical monkey that also lives in grassland and uses the chorus mechanic and my favorite tamarin thats also the most common in captivity.
To complement the 3, we got the coati and red river hog as zoo staples that bring something completly absent to their respective zones (non monkey arboreal south american animal and non bongo tropical african ungulate), with the tree kangaroo and crowned pidgeon adding to the oceania roster a total amount of 7 animals so far if we cound the 2 WE, as much as we have in the game right now.
They all would work lovely with the cassowary and dingo for new guinea themed areas or just as very cool regular tropical house members.
Lastly the common hill mymah would add an iconic song bird to asia, that also looks very different to all the other WEs. Win Win.
I chose them over the bali mynah because of their much larger ranges, an important factor for introducing a completly new type of animals so that we can cover as much ground as possible.
Mountain pack:
- Golden Takin
- Himalayan Monal
- Alpine Marmot
- Spectacle Bear
- Butterflys (WE)
- Nepalese and Tibetean inspired Theme
I could have easily made this a himalaya pack, but while i would love that, atleast the marmot needed to make it in + scenery packs should have extra good amimal rosters.
We got the most beautiful goat, a beautiful bird, the most beautiful bear, the most beautiful insects, a very beautiful building style and a fat rodent boy.
For butterflies i hope we get atleast 3 different ones. Also if your wondering they are here because of the himalayan flower valleys, look them up they are beautiful!
So yeah, a very beautiful pack with great animals and an hopefully drop dead beautiful building theme.
Lastly an Aniversery/Goodbye Gift:
- #FreeTheIguanas becomes reality
The Dream
So yeah thats what i would love as one year of support. Hopefully we will get even more afterwards though.
I left out alot of personal favorites, like an island or temperate animal pack (im sure most people know my opinion on those), with animals like the wild boar, red necked wallaby, kiwi, tasmanian devil and the sulawesi combo of lowland anoa and celebes crested macaque.
But what did i add?
Well we got 7 new oceanian animals, doubling the count to 14, 2 of them being WEs, 8 new South American animals, 3 of them actually being free, increasing the base game to 5 and overall to 19, 2 new european, increasing the animals to 14, 6 to africa, increasing the count to 45, 5 to north america, again 3 of them being free, with the base game going up to 8 and na overall to 23 and lastly 4 new asian animals to 45.
So we got europe and oceania tieing for last place with 14 animals, 19 for south america, 23 for north america and a tie with 45 animals for africa and asia. Ballanced as all things should be.
️ - reskin
