Fall DLC 2023 Speculation

Ok, another question (that's likely already been answered): do y'all think that the next DLC is an animal pack or a standard DLC?
While the choice would be a standard DLC, we've already seen the pattern broken with the Twilight pack and Grasslands animal pack.

Honestly, it can go either way, because we're 95% sure that the Twilight pack came to be due to the season. But, since we now have scenery regarding that season, we don't need another standard DLC, unless it's for some random theme like a woodlands theme or even, oddly enough, a spring theme, with many blooming flowers and such
 
Orrrrr ...ending the year with a major expansion pack??? 🐦🦉🦆🐥🦅
That’s my hope, the reason we haven’t seen any birds in the walkthrough exhibit is because they are using their time to focus them in a big pack. There is absolutely no way they haven’t seen what people are talking about, especially on the forums they run. Also that would make for an amazing Christmas gift, a huge pack full of all the birds people want. I know people aren’t as excited for birds as mammals (not me though) but I can imagine people buying a pack of 8+ animals if it contains a bald Eagle, parrots, a snowy owl, kookaburra, etc. Also ducks would be nice. Ducks plz
 
just release them Frontier....

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I think it's going to be either a Forest Pack or a Highlands Pack, and here's the rosters I could see for both of them:

Forest Pack:
  • Tasmanian Devil
  • North American Elk
  • Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
  • South American Coati
  • Kagu (WE)
  • Native American building theme
Highlands Pack:
  • Wolverine
  • Gelada
  • Markhor
  • Himalayan Monal
  • Chinese Giant Salamander (E)
  • Idk what building theme would be in this pack. Andean? Nepalese?
 
I think it's going to be either a Forest Pack or a Highlands Pack, and here's the rosters I could see for both of them:

Forest Pack:
  • Tasmanian Devil
  • North American Elk
  • Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
  • South American Coati
  • Kagu (WE)
  • Native American building theme
Highlands Pack:
  • Wolverine
  • Gelada
  • Markhor
  • Himalayan Monal
  • Chinese Giant Salamander (E)
  • Idk what building theme would be in this pack. Andean? Nepalese?
Andean without the andean bear or condor in the roster? Oh boy i can imagine my reaction to that at least lol
 
My highlands animal pack:

  1. Wolverine
  2. Gelada
  3. Spectacled bear
  4. Markhor
  5. Himilayan Monal
  6. Vancouver Island Marmot
  7. Chinese/ Japanese giant salamander
  8. Walk through: Andean condor
 
I thought I would at least take a crack.

temperate
  • Tasmanian devil
  • sa coati
  • wild boar
  • coyote
  • chameleon

Steppe
  • Saiga (they exist in 2 Russian zoos)
  • takin
  • hamydras baboon
  • pallas cat or secretary bird
  • steppe-runner

Islands
  • Kiwi
  • Goodfellows tree kangaroo
  • perentie
  • little penguin or Sumatran tiger
  • grey-headed flying fox
 
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There are only 2 animals I REALLY want for this game, and they‘re the Mute Swan and the Wild Boar. The latter I could easily see coming in a Forest/Woodlands Pack of some sorts (idk, it seems like such a Frontier pick), but the Swan I find pretty hard to incorporate. But I think it could be paired with the other thing I want lots more of: plants.

So, I propose: The Garden Pack

  • Mute Swan as the headliner
  • Mallard Duck
  • Golden Pheasant
  • Some sort of Squirrel/Goat/Deer
  • Exhibit animal: Honestly no real idea on this one. Maybe some sort of bird (although this pack is already pretty bloated with those)
  • LOTS of plants (both decorative like roses or tulips, but also some more trees, roots and maybe even something underwater (algae or kelp or idrk)
  • more utility items (much like Conservation did, maybe some sprinklers and things like that
  • A building set for pavillons and/or glass archways
  • more hedges and hedge sculptures

I‘m not really sure what to do with this idea animal-wise (it‘s very temperate and bird centric atm), and I’d appreciate your input on that, but I definitely feel it could work!
 
There are only 2 animals I REALLY want for this game, and they‘re the Mute Swan and the Wild Boar. The latter I could easily see coming in a Forest/Woodlands Pack of some sorts (idk, it seems like such a Frontier pick), but the Swan I find pretty hard to incorporate. But I think it could be paired with the other thing I want lots more of: plants.

So, I propose: The Garden Pack

  • Mute Swan as the headliner
  • Mallard Duck
  • Golden Pheasant
  • Some sort of Squirrel/Goat/Deer
  • Exhibit animal: Honestly no real idea on this one. Maybe some sort of bird (although this pack is already pretty bloated with those)
  • LOTS of plants (both decorative like roses or tulips, but also some more trees, roots and maybe even something underwater (algae or kelp or idrk)
  • more utility items (much like Conservation did, maybe some sprinklers and things like that
  • A building set for pavillons and/or glass archways
  • more hedges and hedge sculptures

I‘m not really sure what to do with this idea animal-wise (it‘s very temperate and bird centric atm), and I’d appreciate your input on that, but I definitely feel it could work!
Maybe something like this?
  1. Mute Swan
  2. Mallard Duck
  3. Golden Pheasant
  4. Pere David’s Deer
  5. Walkthrough Exhibit: rainbow lorikeet
Quadrupling down on birds is unrealistic but let a fella dream
 
It's gonna be Highlands
  • Gelada
  • Markhor
  • Takin/Wild Yak
  • Spectacled bear
  • Pallas Cat
  • Rocky Mountain Elk
  • Ethiopian Wolf/Rock Hyrax

Exhibit animal could be Chinese giant salamander or some giant weta if normal exhibit (cant really think of a walkthrough that is not a bird for highlands)
 
When I catch some free time tonight I'll try to scrape DLC discussions, predictions and wishes that were circulating before North America and Europe DLC.

I feel like that, given recent animal inclusions in packs, could give us s o m e insight in possible future additions.

Until then here's highly unlikely Mediterranean pack

1. Dalmatian Pelican (Flagship)
2. Barbary Ape
3. Common Gennet
4. Rock Hyrax
5. Common Chameleon (E)
 
It's gonna be Highlands
  • Gelada
  • Markhor
  • Takin/Wild Yak
  • Spectacled bear
  • Pallas Cat
  • Rocky Mountain Elk
  • Ethiopian Wolf/Rock Hyrax

Exhibit animal could be Chinese giant salamander or some giant weta if normal exhibit (cant really think of a walkthrough that is not a bird for highlands)
I can see Weta in an islands pack. But also Tuatara would take the spot. Ethipian wolf, I know zt2 nostalgia but from what I know there is no ethipian wolf in a zoo. But then I remember some species in PZ are not present. One was a beetle right?
 
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