Are we getting fish in PZ or a separate "Planet Aquarium"

[SotF]

I mean, I actually wouldn't mind too much if a DLC with dolphins and orcas came out for PZ. I even have fond memories of all the weird and wacky animals (e.g. sperm and humpback whales, great white sharks, and giant squid...not to mention all the prehistoric ones) you could put in your zoos in Zoo Tycoon. On the other hand, I question whether a somewhat large studio like Frontier would want to risk backlash having you exhibit cetaceans in a game with a pro-conservation, pro-animal welfare theme like PZ, what with all the controversy around the very premise of holding cetaceans in captivity. These studios tend to have too much invested in their bottom line and good PR to take those kinds of risks.

The issue is that you also have a lot of conservation and welfare groups that believe it's a necessary step to keep them in captivity.

While it's an aquarium, the Abbot Oceanarium at the Shedd in Chicago has Belugas and White-Sides that are there and have had them there for decades now. 5 dophins and 9 whales in that interlinked exhibit.

One thing that Frontier could do with this sort of thing is go with sponsorships/agreements with zoos and aquariums to have a themed pack and some things tied to that zoo or aquarium...adding an exhibit fish from the rest of it, you could actually have a pretty great pack for just the Abbot Oceanarium (Beluga Whale, Pacific White-Side Dolphin, Sea Otter, and California Harbor Seal), perhaps adding a touch tank exhibit with the tide pool section...terrain being Pacific North West forests along with things of that nature and a few new food shops, and aquatic quarantine/vets and things of that nature.

There are several other Zoos/Aquariums with interesting special exhibits that could make for some great packs.

 

[Antimony96]

While I'm against most larger fully-aquatic animals, especially controversial cases like dolphins and orcas, one thing I'd like to see is smaller fish that serve an essentially decorative purpose. A lot of modern zoo exhibits will have them alongside hippos and crocodiles, for instance the Nile crocodile tank in the Bronx Zoo:

 

[NZFanatic]

While I'm against most larger fully-aquatic animals, especially controversial cases like dolphins and orcas, one thing I'd like to see is smaller fish that serve an essentially decorative purpose. A lot of modern zoo exhibits will have them alongside hippos and crocodiles, for instance the Nile crocodile tank in the Bronx Zoo:
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I liked how in Zoo Tycoon 2 if you put in aquatic rocks and plants ambient fish would spawn to fill out the tank. Unfortunately I don't think it will happen for PZ, based on Chante's previous comments before she left us about Frontier's position on "ambient" or "decorative" animals.

 

[yoav_r]

I liked how in Zoo Tycoon 2 if you put in aquatic rocks and plants ambient fish would spawn to fill out the tank. Unfortunately I don't think it will happen for PZ, based on Chante's previous comments before she left us about Frontier's position on "ambient" or "decorative" animals.

They brought it back for the equatoc lagoons in JWE2. However I agree with Frontier that ambient animals would not fit PZ.

 

[SotF]

While I'm against most larger fully-aquatic animals, especially controversial cases like dolphins and orcas, one thing I'd like to see is smaller fish that serve an essentially decorative purpose. A lot of modern zoo exhibits will have them alongside hippos and crocodiles, for instance the Nile crocodile tank in the Bronx Zoo:
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A lot of animals that are semi-aquatic tend to have different fish in the water with them because it adds more to it and the fish help maintain the water as well

 

[NZFanatic]

They brought it back for the equatoc lagoons in JWE2. However I agree with Frontier that ambient animals would not fit PZ.

Personally I disagree. There are certain zoo features we're going to miss out on because of that position; custom butterfly houses, koi ponds, African cichlids, to name a few. The former two would be great as special effects, so we could build a full butterfly house and use the vista points to keep guests interested and so we could drop koi into any pond we please without having to have a specialised habitat or exhibit, and the latter would be great in the Zoo Tycoon 2 style, stemming from a specific plant or rock.

 

[SanRazo618]

I would love fully aquatic animals in PZ. IMO a full aquarium game is kind of derivative of PZ and too much of the same. A full expansion with all new aquarium mechanics and management would be vastly preferable

 

[premierfong]

I will happily shill over $40 for a worthwhile expansion for building mechanics to get aquariums to work. That alone would be the best expansion to the game yet.

Yaa expansion, I want to put everything in one park. LOL