Oceania pack

biggest_dreamer

biggest_dreamer
I agree that Oceania definitely needs a followup DLC release, ideally an animal pack this time. I'd go with:
  1. Emu
  2. Bennett's wallaby
  3. Tasmanian devil
  4. Matschie's tree kangaroo
  5. Northern brown kiwi
  6. Wombat OR platypus OR little blue penguin
  7. Wombat OR platypus OR little blue penguin
  8. Frill-necked lizard
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
I'd pick:

- Emu.
- Yellow-footed rock wallaby OR Bennett's wallaby.
- North Island brown kiwi.
- Little blue penguin.
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat.
- Tasmanian devil.
- Goodfellow's tree kangaroo.
- Tuatara.

I picked the tuatara over an Australian exhibit animal because realistically the kiwi and tuatara together would be enough to satisfy New Zealand's international representation in zoos and basically "complete" NZ's presence in one swoop.
 

ElectricMonk

ElectricMonk
I’d go with the same picks as NZFanatic, I’d go with Bennett’s wallaby over the rock wallaby (for a cold-climate macropod, though I’d LOVE both eventually) and I wouldn’t give a slot to little penguin - there are too many more unique species to choose… an echidna, platypus, quoll or numbat. I’d also suggest giant wetta as a possible exhibit species though I also like the tuatara a lot.
 
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NZFanatic

NZFanatic
ElectricMonk said:
I’d go with the same picks as NZFanatic, I’d go with Bennett’s wallaby over the rock wallaby (for a cold-climate macropod, though I’d LOVE both eventually) and I wouldn’t give a slot to little penguin - there are too many more unique species to choose… an echidna, platypus, quoll or numbat. I’d also suggest giant wetta as a possible exhibit species though I also like the tuatara a lot.
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The thing with the weta punga is that in zoos the displays are not like other inverts. They tend to live inside of trees. Wellington Zoo has an area where you open little doors and see the weta punga in their little holes inside a false tree, which would be an awesome thing for Planet Zoo but unlikely to be added.

Also, with regards to the wallabies, I mostly agree, but the rock wallaby holds a special place in my heart after my dad brought back pictures from Adelaide Zoo several years ago. And with the penguin, I chose it as a species that is both in Australia and New Zealand naturally, so it represents both (and let's be real, they're adorable little suckers). I actually almost put the echidna instead of the tree kangaroo, but my gut tells me the pack would need an arboreal species.
 

KönigDerKaffeebohnen

K
The oceania packs is one of the few packs im still very certain we will get., and that even quite soon, after NA, Eu and birds it feels like the next most appropriate pack for the summer next year.

One of the reasons i would be so sure is the size of the region and the amount of iconic animals missing, especally flying ones.
No matter how we take the cake about a flying update and how many animals we would get, we would never get all 5 of australias most iconic flying birds, these being a cockatoo, a kookabora, a budgie, a bird of paradise (greater bird of paradise preferd) and the rainbow lorikeet. I would imagine we get one of the first 2 in the initial bird pack and 2 with my hypothetical oceania pack, more specificly the greater bird of paradise as a neuginea rep and one of the other 4 depending on what we get in the birds pack.

With 2 of 8 slots settled, i would fill the rest with the emu and red necked wallaby, as both are among the most common zoo animals worldwide, especally in smaller budget zoos.
The wallaby would also nicly represent tasmania, together with the secound headliner besides the greater bird of paradise, the tasmanian devil.

As allready mentioned Newzealand can be represented with the tuatara as the exhibit and the northern island brown kiwi, checking of the third 4 island in this pack.

The last slot would go to a neuginean species, maybe an echidna, the crocodile monitor or the tree kangaroo.
As i feel like the tree kangaroo is the one with the best chance to come in a seperate pack, i would choose the crocodile monitor, because i not only love them, but they would also be rather easy to make, a trend we also saw in the SEA pack.

So combined we have:

Neuginea:
-Greater bird of paradise (tropical bird)
-crocodile monitor (tropical reptile)

Tasmania:
-Bennett wallaby (temperate marsupial)
-Tasmanian devil (temperate marsupial)

New Zealand:
-Northern island brown kiwi (grassland bird)
-Tuatara (grassland reptile)

Australia:
-Emu (desert bird)
-Cockatoo (desert/grassland bird, i imagine the kokaboraa to have a higher chance for the birdpack, but if its the cockatoo in the birdpack, this is the slot of the kokaboraa)

The way oceania is laid out with its 4 main islands really helps for a diverse biome selection, as each island mostly has a different biome.
You could argue that this pack has to many birds and to little marsupials, but honestly we need the birds more.
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
KönigDerKaffeebohnen said:
The oceania packs is one of the few packs im still very certain we will get., and that even quite soon, after NA, Eu and birds it feels like the next most appropriate pack for the summer next year.

One of the reasons i would be so sure is the size of the region and the amount of iconic animals missing, especally flying ones.
No matter how we take the cake about a flying update and how many animals we would get, we would never get all 5 of australias most iconic flying birds, these being a cockatoo, a kookabora, a budgie, a bird of paradise (greater bird of paradise preferd) and the rainbow lorikeet. I would imagine we get one of the first 2 in the initial bird pack and 2 with my hypothetical oceania pack, more specificly the greater bird of paradise as a neuginea rep and one of the other 4 depending on what we get in the birds pack.

With 2 of 8 slots settled, i would fill the rest with the emu and red necked wallaby, as both are among the most common zoo animals worldwide, especally in smaller budget zoos.
The wallaby would also nicly represent tasmania, together with the secound headliner besides the greater bird of paradise, the tasmanian devil.

As allready mentioned Newzealand can be represented with the tuatara as the exhibit and the northern island brown kiwi, checking of the third 4 island in this pack.

The last slot would go to a neuginean species, maybe an echidna, the crocodile monitor or the tree kangaroo.
As i feel like the tree kangaroo is the one with the best chance to come in a seperate pack, i would choose the crocodile monitor, because i not only love them, but they would also be rather easy to make, a trend we also saw in the SEA pack.

So combined we have:

Neuginea:
-Greater bird of paradise (tropical bird)
-crocodile monitor (tropical reptile)

Tasmania:
-Bennett wallaby (temperate marsupial)
-Tasmanian devil (temperate marsupial)

New Zealand:
-Northern island brown kiwi (grassland bird)
-Tuatara (grassland reptile)

Australia:
-Emu (desert bird)
-Cockatoo (desert/grassland bird, i imagine the kokaboraa to have a higher chance for the birdpack, but if its the cockatoo in the birdpack, this is the slot of the kokaboraa)

The way oceania is laid out with its 4 main islands really helps for a diverse biome selection, as each island mostly has a different biome.
You could argue that this pack has to many birds and to little marsupials, but honestly we need the birds more.
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A more fitting summer pack would be a desert pack. Other than that great analysis.
 

jcp011c

jcp011c
I don't know if we'll get a full dedicated pack for it - though if we did I certainly would be happy - but I do think we'll get another 2-4 animals from the region, not including flying birds. We'll just get them in mixed packs most likely.

But there's certainly enough animals out there for a animal pack:

Emu
Tasmanian Devil
Wombat (any species though I prefer common)
Platypus
Kiwi
Frilled Lizard
Wallaby (any species)

And the exhibit animal: tuatara

Other possibilities are the tree kangaroo, numbat, or grey kangaroo - though I think that last one would be a bad choice to include even though I'd like it. I feel like there could be backlash from those who bought the first Australia pack for the kangaroo, feeling like that animal is no longer exclusive to just that pack. Although, it's not like we're not seeing similar animals show up in two packs already with the penguin, so it's definitely not off the table.
 

Maccasaurus

M
I really think that there is so much Australia and Oceania has to offer in a zoo game. I think that you could do two packs and still have big gaps. My preference would be for an Australian animal pack and an additional Oceania Animal pack later down the track. I have not included flying birds in these packs although I’ve listed my top 8 birds as an additional pack. This is just in an ideal world. I understand three packs on top of an already released Australia pack is far fetched but I can dream can’t I?

Australia animal pack
  1. Tasmanian devil
  2. Emu
  3. Bennett’s wallaby
  4. Echidna
  5. Platypus
  6. Common wombat
  7. Superb lyrebird
  8. Frilled neck lizard.

This pack would include the much requested Tasmanian Devil as headliner supported by the Wallaby and Emu. The echidna would introduce a new behaviour. This would involve burrowing into the ground and staying still leaving the quills above the ground much like they do in real life. Wombat could do the same thing minus the quills. Platypus would have a decreased dive depth and a new enrichment underwater feeder. The superb lyrebird would be able to display its feathers much like the peacock and I would love to see what they could do with its vocalisation. Would love to hear it mimic some camera clicks and even the planet zoo song. And be able to mimic any birds released in the bird pack. The pack is rounded out with one of Australia’s most famous lizards and the influence behind Jurassic Parks Dilophosaurus, the frilled-neck lizard. Could include some increase exhibit movement to include a pose in which it displays its frill.

Oceania animal pack
  1. North Island brown Kiwi
  2. Matschie’s tree kangaroo
  3. Lace monitor
  4. Quakka/Numbat/greater bilby
  5. Australian sea Lion/Australian fur seal
  6. Fiordland penguin
  7. New Guinea singing dog
  8. Tuatara

In this pack I have included animals not just from Australia. I have included 3 from New Zealand, 3 from Australia and 2 from Papua New Guinea. The three largest countries in Oceania. Representing Australia I have included the tree goanna or lace monitor. Would include the ability to climb and have a climbing area requirement making it different to the already included Nile monitor and the Komodo dragon. The next one is a tie between a few small Western Australian marsupials, the photobombing Quakka, the termite eating numbat and the easter bunny replacement the greater bilby. All have similar conservation statuses either endangered or vulnerable. The last one depends on the inclusion of the Californian sea Lion. If a sea Lion is already included then the Australian fur seal would be included instead of the Australian sea Lion. Representing New Zealand and headlining the pack would be the North Island Brown Kiwi. The iconic New Zealand flightless bird would be a great addition to any zoo. Next would be New Zealand crested penguin the Fiordland penguin. Something different that the expected little blue penguin this would add the first crested penguin species. Rounding out New Zealand would be the Tuatara as an exhibit animal. Papau New Guinea would be represented by the matschies tree kangaroo. Lastly the New Guinea singing dog adds the extremely rare canid into the game.

Below is an extra addition. My Birds of Oceania pack
  1. Kookaburra
  2. Sulphur-crested cockatoo
  3. Bird of paradise
  4. Rainbow lorikeet
  5. Australian Pelican
  6. Wedge-Tailed eagle
  7. Kaka
  8. White-faced heron
 

becks474

B
Oceania still has a lot animals to offer. I would hope for an animal pack:

1. Tasmanian Devil
2. Wombat
3. Platypus
4. Quokka
5. Emu
6. Kiwi
7. Echidna or Little Blue Penguin or Tree Kangaroo
8. Exhibit
 

NZFanatic

NZFanatic
KönigDerKaffeebohnen said:
That would be true, take it from the expert. Honestly i took what was stated in the wikipedia article of suptropical forrest and shrublands, so i dont know that translates. I also only know them from forests
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Perhaps once upon a time that was the case, but given that NZ is small our 'biomes' are also less defined. Kiwis nowadays are restricted to reserves and predator-free islands which are mostly temperate forest.
 

Antimony96

Antimony96
It's literally illegal to export tuataras for any purpose outside New Zealand. I don't know if an Oceania pack is likely (could be seen as overlapping with the Australia theme by many casual buyers) but if it were to be an animal pack:

Tasmanian devil
Common wombat
Matschie's tree-kangaroo
Emu
North Island brown kiwi
Rainbow lorikeet*
Frilled lizard (exhibit)

*Assuming this comes after the rumored December aviary pack. If not, blue penguin.
 

Aramar

Aramar
I could see a pack like that but only in a far future after getting North America, birds, Europe, Endangered species and desert. I'm not against an Oceanian pack, but it's definitely not my priority.

My most wanted animal from Oceania is the Tasmanian devil, which I hope it comes in an endangered species pack with animals from all over the world.
 

ElectricMonk

ElectricMonk
Aramar said:
I could see a pack like that but only in a far future after getting North America, birds, Europe, Endangered species and desert. I'm not against an Oceanian pack, but it's definitely not my priority.

My most wanted animal from Oceania is the Tasmanian devil, which I hope it comes in an endangered species pack with animals from all over the world.
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I agree, mostly… IMO Oceania remains the most underrepresented region remaining, even with Europe’s lack of species (species diversity vs. species in-game; Europe has as many habitat species as Australia and North America has more) so I’d hope that other packs would include Oceanian species where possible. E.g., birds could include emu and kiwi (as well as lots of flying bird possibilities) endangered species could include Tassie devil + lots and lots of other possibilities (sadly).
 
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