š¾ Planet Zoo - Update 1.9 coming 12 April š¾
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If these are any hints towards what the DLC will include, then here's my guesses..
EDITED Re-read if necessary xD
REVEAL TIME! Did not see that coming besides the Capy and Wetlands possibility (I originally thought wetlands first but wasn't quite sure, however I put the Maned Wolf in my guesses because it can be found in Wetlands as well! Hope to see it in the near future too!).. But wow! Love it and can't wait for the release trailer and to play with the new stuff.. AHH! Also, can't wait to see what's next up as well.
- Spectacles: Spectacled Bear (But the way it was drawn reminded me of a Two-Toed or Three-Toed Sloth)
- Tooth/Teeth [Canine(s)?]: Maned Wolf
- Crocodile: Orinoco Crocodile (Maybe... a Black or Spectacled Caiman)
- Showerhead: Tropical (Amazon) Rainforest? Wetlands? (hmmmm.. this one's got me thinking a bit lol)
- Friend: Capybara (but also reminds me of a Rock Cavy)
(If we happen to get aviaries sooner than we think, i'd say maybe - Spectacled Owl. Also, there's another type of bird called the Spectacled Monarch. I really want the Harpy Eagle though, so bad! Also the Shoebill would be awesome. )
EDITED Re-read if necessary xD
REVEAL TIME! Did not see that coming besides the Capy and Wetlands possibility (I originally thought wetlands first but wasn't quite sure, however I put the Maned Wolf in my guesses because it can be found in Wetlands as well! Hope to see it in the near future too!).. But wow! Love it and can't wait for the release trailer and to play with the new stuff.. AHH! Also, can't wait to see what's next up as well.
Out of what I had guessed, we got a Wetlands Biome pack with 7 habitat animals and 1 exhibit animal. I'm pretty pleased.
- Capybara - Saw it coming from the teaser stream, super excited
- Platypus - Did not even think it would be coming out right now but so happy about it.
- Asian Small-Clawed Otter - Wonderful addition as well. One of our local aquariums have them and they're so adorable to watch.
- Wild Water Buffalo - I love the horns on this guy. So majestic and intimidating at the same time.
- Spectacled Caiman - Nice to see another Caiman species in the game.
- Red-Crowned Crane - Have been wanting this bird for a long while. Very majestic and pretty.
- Nile Lechwe - Such a good addition for a new antelope.
- Danube Crested Newt - From what i've seen it's a good addition, the first Newt in-game and a pretty cool one!
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Hereās a question about aviaries in the gameā¦
If Frontier was to introduce birds into the game is it likely to be in a specific pack or could they just start adding one or two into each pack?
The former would mean it has a proper moment like the Aquatic pack, the latter would mean they could integrate them over time and debug them as they go along. A designated pack could be a real risk if they are buggy to begin with.
If this mechanic didnāt exist in JWE2 Iād understand that maybe the investment wouldnāt be worth the pay off financially at this point in the games development, but now they have developed it for that game it baffles me why they wouldnāt implement it in Planet Zoo - it would be such a money maker. Even if fans didnāt like all of the animals in a pack, they may still buy it purely for the couple of birds it includes.
Do you think thereās any chance this pack will introduce our first birds alongside the Capybara but is that just wishful thinking?
If Frontier was to introduce birds into the game is it likely to be in a specific pack or could they just start adding one or two into each pack?
The former would mean it has a proper moment like the Aquatic pack, the latter would mean they could integrate them over time and debug them as they go along. A designated pack could be a real risk if they are buggy to begin with.
If this mechanic didnāt exist in JWE2 Iād understand that maybe the investment wouldnāt be worth the pay off financially at this point in the games development, but now they have developed it for that game it baffles me why they wouldnāt implement it in Planet Zoo - it would be such a money maker. Even if fans didnāt like all of the animals in a pack, they may still buy it purely for the couple of birds it includes.
Do you think thereās any chance this pack will introduce our first birds alongside the Capybara but is that just wishful thinking?
No. Regardless of how they implement birds, we need some kind of new containment facility for them, and such a facility would come as part of a free update.
I mentioned in another thread, the word "shower" vaguely looks like the word "howler". And for as much of a stretch as that is, it's the only thing I've been able to come up with aside from vague associations with rainforests or bathing behaviors. I'm really stumped on that one too. Really hope we get an update today instead of the possible Thursday timeline I've seen people floating. Definitely don't want these hints to nag us all until then.
Definitely!! one of the animals I most want to see in this dlc!! It's my second favorite animal
Is there a possibility that the clues have some overlap or that multiple clues point at one species?
Spectacles could refer to spectacled bear, sloth, coati or spectacled caiman for sure.
Tooth would remind me firstly of the caiman.
Crocodile is pretty obvious.
If you google "shower animal", three of the top searches are capybaras.
The final one is a capybara.
What if, instead of hinting at 5 different animals, they're referring to only 2 or 3? Two of the drawings are very clear and the ones before them may have just been hints to what's to come.
Spectacles could refer to spectacled bear, sloth, coati or spectacled caiman for sure.
Tooth would remind me firstly of the caiman.
Crocodile is pretty obvious.
If you google "shower animal", three of the top searches are capybaras.
The final one is a capybara.
What if, instead of hinting at 5 different animals, they're referring to only 2 or 3? Two of the drawings are very clear and the ones before them may have just been hints to what's to come.
regarding Birds and the Shower: I already thought about a specific Animal that is also often kept as Pet and seems to like to Shower: some Species of Macaw.But I do also think it's unlikely to get one before a Aviary Pack
Well when the drawings came up my first thoughts were:
Spectacles - Spectacled Bear / Andean Bear
Tooth - Alpaca (goofy looking teeth). It could also be Howler Monkey
Crocodile - specifically the Orinoco crocodile (i thought the snout was quite narrow)
Shower - rainforest. After a google search found that Rockhopper Penguins from the Falklands like showers (yeah that's a stretch)
Friend - Capybara
Spectacles - Spectacled Bear / Andean Bear
Tooth - Alpaca (goofy looking teeth). It could also be Howler Monkey
Crocodile - specifically the Orinoco crocodile (i thought the snout was quite narrow)
Shower - rainforest. After a google search found that Rockhopper Penguins from the Falklands like showers (yeah that's a stretch)
Friend - Capybara
Even though I'd absolutely love more Petting Zoo Animals, I'd prefer the Quanaco or Vicunja over that one
Since two teeth where pointed out and they were not fangs nor the funny looking teeth of alpacas, the idea with the 2-toed-sloth doesn't seem unlikely.
I donāt see what about teeth makes people think sloth. They have 4 canines like most other mammals and several more teeth afterwards.
I think that flying birds will never be introduced into the game for the following reasons: even right now aviares can already be perfectly created with the help of mesh panels and the flight mechanism is, for sure, available in the core of Cobra engine but the only big problem is that of birds that cannot follow the same cycle of development, like other mammals in the game. Bird's chicks are born from the egg in a nest, they are fed by their parents until they become adults. This mechanic cannot be reproduced in the game. In the mechanics of the game as it is now, mammalian puppies feed themselves. Even reptiles follow the same cycle. You cannot avoid this fact and an alternative solution that fits the current mechanism of the game cannot be created. You can't create the chick stage for flying birds. This is the big difference why, I think, flying birds will not be introduced as DLC in PZ. It's a dream that I don't think has a chance to become a reality in the current context of the game.
There were different Kind of hints yesterday. There were clear ones like the Cabypara and the crocodile. There was a bit less vague one with the spectacled bear. And there were more or less unclear ones and the sloth idea was that two tooth is a play of words. TWO TOed slOTH.
Edit: And this what MarkiZ on the Post down of me posted.
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Me also, but the alpaca was the instant image in my head because of their prolific bottom teeth. The Vicuna for example would have a similar underbite.
My idea was that Sloth was a member of Xenarthra family, which all have very unique form of teeth.
They're even translated to "toothless" order in my language.
Now I can't explain what's the deal with their teeth from the top of my head but I'll look up some link
EDIT: Here's part of the quote from Wikipedia:
"The teeth of xenarthrans differ from all other mammals. The dentition of most species is either significantly reduced and highly modified, or absent.[18] With the single exception of Dasypus armadillos and their ancestral genus Propraopus, xenarthrans do not have a milk dentition. They have a single set of teeth through their lives; these teeth have no functional enamel, and usually there are few or no teeth in the front of the mouth and the rear teeth all look alike. As a result, it is impossible to define Xenarthra as having incisors, canines, premolars, or molars."
Xenarthra - Wikipedia
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I wonder if the whole 'self care spa day' livestream was a subtle hint to the easy going nature of sloths. I mean you don't find a more relaxed chilled out animal.