Building the 2023 packs

I am gonna go with some more conventional and some wild ideas.

Spring 2023: Rainforests
  1. Tasmanian devil
  2. Red river hog
  3. Fossa
  4. Spider monkey species
  5. Tree kangaroo species
  6. Roseate spoonbill
  7. Coatimundi species
  8. Chameleon species
Summer 2023: Deserts
  1. Dromedary
  2. Sand cat
  3. Wild donkey species
  4. Hamadryas baboon
  5. Collared peccary
  6. Patagonian mara
  7. Bighorn sheep
  8. Frilled lizard
Anniversary gift: Wisent

Autumn 2023: Domestics
Free update includes animal personality overhaul and new guest interactions.
  1. Alpaca
  2. Shetland pony
  3. Highland cattle
  4. Ouessant sheep
  5. Nubian goat
  6. Catalan donkey
  7. Kunekune pig
  8. Flemish giant rabbit
Winter 2023: Mountains
  1. Yak
  2. Chinchilla
  3. Markhor
  4. Takin
  5. Wolverine
  6. Spectacled bear
  7. Pallas cat
  8. Rocky Mountain elk
 
Ok, here is my prediction!

Spring 2023 - Islands Pack:
  • Tasmanian Devil
  • Fossa
  • Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo
  • North Island Brown Kiwi
  • (Exhibit) New Caledonian Giant Gecko
  • BUILDING PACK THEME - Polynesia
Summer 2023 - Forests Animal Pack:
  • Lar Gibbon
  • Linnaeus's Two-Toed Sloth
  • Red River Hog
  • Black Howler Monkey
  • Takin
  • Southern Ground Hornbill
  • Kinkajou
  • (Exhibit) Panther Chameleon
Autumn 2023 - Mountains Animal Pack:
  • Wolverine
  • Hamadryas Baboon
  • Markhor
  • Pallas's Cat
  • Crested Porcupine
  • Andean Bear
  • Rock Hyrax
  • (Exhibit) Common Chuckwalla
Winter 2023 - Natural Oddities Pack:
  • Secretary Bird
  • Walrus
  • Shoebill
  • Muskox
  • (Exhibit) Tuatara
  • BUILDING PACK THEME - Research Stations
I would like to note two things.
  1. I didn't include walkthrough exhibits, this is because I still really don't know what to expect from them going forward... So treat all my exhibits here as if what I would expect if they were normal exhibits.
  2. I didn't include an aviary pack because I think its still too hard to predict if that will happen... I think the chances of it happening are higher than ever but I chose the safe option and went without.
As for the anniversary animal, if we get one... I really don't know what to expect! After the red deer, I think that dromedary or wisent are good shouts... maybe even black rhino?
 
Here's my prediction, based on a mix of personal wants, popular choices and a tad of Frontier craziness (perhaps most evident with the Woodlands Animal Pack).

Rainforests Animal Pack
1. Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo
2. Linnaeus' Two-toed Sloth
3. Red-rumped Agouti
4. Golden Lion Tamarin
5. Mantled Guereza
6. South American Coati
7. Red River Hog
8. Hummingbirds (several species) [WE]

Islands Pack
Islands scenery set, mainly inspired by various Austronesian cultures (including those from Polynesia, Madagascar, Melanesia etc)
1. Tasmanian Devil
2. Fossa
3. Lowland Anoa
4. North Island Brown Kiwi
5. Tuatara [E]

Woodlands Animal Pack
1. African Crested Porcupine
2. Black Howler Monkey
3. European Wildcat
4. Wild Boar
5. Greater Kudu
6. Golden Pheasant
7. Lace Monitor
8. Rainbow Lorikeet [WE]

Coastal Pack
Coastal scenery set, similar to the aquatic theme but more focused on the stereotypical beachfront town aesthetic (including horizontal clapboard walls!)
1. West Indian Manatee
2. Walrus
3. Australian Pelican
4. Green Sea Turtle
5. Caribbean Hermit Crab [E]
 
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We're hopefully looking at 4 more packs for 2023 now! I'd absolutely love to see the game go beyond that and into 2024 or even 2025, but I'm kind of reining that hope in a little. So I've come up with the four packs I'd most like to see next year.

Spring - Aviary/Birds Pack - Some of the Exhibit birds could be Walkthrough Exhibit birds
Bald Eagle (E)
Toco Toucan (E)
Scarlet Macaw(E)
Hyacinth Macaw (E)
African Grey Parrot (E)
Golden Eagle (E)
Rhinoceros Hornbill (E)
Sulpher Crested Cockatoo (E)
Kookaburra (E)
Shoebill Stork
Secretary Bird
Greater Roadrunner
Mute Swan
Scarlet Ibis
Australian Pelican
Grey Crowned Crane

Summer: Small Wonders- Theme - some general building theme much like conservation pack was.
Tasmanian Devil
Kiwi
Crested Porcupine
Coatimundi
King Cobra (E)

Fall: Jungles and Forests
Sloth
Tree Kangaroo
Red River Hog
Fossa
Lar Gibbon
Howler Monkey
Aye-Aye
Chameleon (E)

Winter: Taiga/Tundra- Not sure on the theme. I would have gone highlands/bavarian theme but I needed to get the walrus in.
Walrus
Wolverine
Spectacled Bear
Muskox
Snowy Owl (E)

Anniversary animal: Dromedary or Black Rhino

I really did want to try to get a Baboon in there for all the primate fans, but working it the way I did, they just barely missed the cut. but they were on my radar for sure.
maybe a water pack too. as:

shark pack:

  • whale shark
  • White shark
  • point nose shark
  • giant shark
  • sea angel (Critically Endangered)


whale pack:
  • killer whale
  • dolphin
  • hourglass dolphin
  • chinese white dolphin
  • sperm whale
  • narwhale
  • The vaquita (Critically Endangered)
  • The North Atlantic Right Whale (Critically Endangered)

Underwater animals:
  • giant octopus
  • to scratch
  • devilish fish
 
Here are my suggestions for what I consider probably the last year of updates for Planet Zoo, these DLCs are in release order.

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maybe a water pack too. as:

shark pack:

  • whale shark
  • White shark
  • point nose shark
  • giant shark
  • sea angel (Critically Endangered)


whale pack:
  • killer whale
  • dolphin
  • hourglass dolphin
  • chinese white dolphin
  • sperm whale
  • narwhale
  • The vaquita (Critically Endangered)
  • The North Atlantic Right Whale (Critically Endangered)

Underwater animals:
  • giant octopus
  • to scratch
  • devilish fish
 
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