Spring 2024 DLC Speculation

The problem is no one here is asking for 5 animals of the exact same type (which the butterfly is just one animal with color variants labelled as a new animal), we are getting 5 wildly different animals in wishlists like say add on a walrus, tree kangaroo, echidna, secretary bird and blackbuck on top of the already normal sized animal pack.
yeah that wont happen if it is bigger we will get quantity over quality tree kangaroo and echidna wont happen and will just be lots of the same or similar types of animal like 3 types of deer or 5 frogs something to fill out the roster without much more effort
 
They have done a 12 animal pack before with grasslands and I could easily see something like that happening again for a easy bigger final pack because its easy to just retexture the same looped exhibit animal 5 times to boost total numbers.

Also based on the information we have the only option that is impossible is fully aquatic habitat animals as there is no precedent for it. We do currently have a fully aquatic exhibit animal with the axolotl so a fish is an easy transition we have bats and butterflies so birds are doable. they are not impossible within the framework currently given just very unlikely because of future potential selling power and how they would currently have to be implemented being not optimal.

I do feel it is reasonable for us to assume that the final dlc will be bigger since most previous games of this genre released by frontier have had a bigger final pack. It probably wont be much bigger a scenery pack with 8 animals or an animal pack with between 12-20 animals is most likely and a large portion will be easy retextures. this will however likely not be this coming dlc the timing just doesnt feel right.
Getting 5 types of exhibit animals might work, if they're macaws. There would be more going on than with the butterflies of course, and I doubt it would happen, but if it were to happen, they'd be the birds I'd think it would happen with.

So maybe a Latin American pack:
Coati
Howler Monkey
Rhea
Patagonian Mara
Ocelot
American Flamingo or a second primate. Second primate should probably be the priority but I can see them going with the Flamingo instead.
Spectacled Bear
5 Macaws.

I'd gladly take the Brazilian Porcupine over several of these, but given we'd almost certainly get the Coati in a Latin American themed pack (I shudder to think of the reaction if we didn't!) as well as a primate (again, I can't imagine the reaction to a LA pack with no primate). BP seems a real stretch on time and resources. Although...time wise..maybe. Who knows. I definitely would be okay without the Ocelot, I just figure it's a shoe-in, since it's a cat, and a small sized cat for a continent that doesn't have a small sized cat
 
The problem is no one here is asking for 5 animals of the exact same type (which the butterfly is just one animal with color variants labelled as a new animal), we are getting 5 wildly different animals in wishlists like say add on a walrus, tree kangaroo, echidna, secretary bird and blackbuck on top of the already normal sized animal pack.
I doubt macaws will happen but i can see hummingbirds being a similar situation to butterflies. And they would fit in an américas pack as well. And i also think they would work as the standalone type of flying birds we get.

But yeah when we talk about a larger pack with 12 animals we are mostly talking 10-11 habitat animals not four exhibit animals that are basically the same with different skins.
 
yeah that wont happen if it is bigger we will get quantity over quality tree kangaroo and echidna wont happen and will just be lots of the same or similar types of animal like 3 types of deer or 5 frogs something to fill out the roster without much more effort
5 ungulates or carnivorans, sure. But I doubt there'd be much overlap outside of maybe two species fitting the same general grouping (like how Arid had two antelope).

Also, I'm probably in the minority here, but I'd kill for 5 more frog species tbh.
 
Weird about a second dlc in this FY. I though was just one dlc for JWE2 according to financial report.
If the pdlc from thr financial report are the dlc for pz console?
They didn't specify how many DLCs, and the PZ console port was it's own category in that presentation, not even confirmed as Planet Zoo then. June is the more typical time after Easter, but is not this financial year.

The current Frontier publisher sale does look like attempting to increase the customers for the nearish future, which might be what they'd want to do if they had more expensive finale DLCs lined up for both games. There's also the next F1 game in midyear, but that's pretty much all there seems to be in the next few months.
 
I doubt macaws will happen but i can see hummingbirds being a similar situation to butterflies. And they would fit in an américas pack as well. And i also think they would work as the standalone type of flying birds we get.

But yeah when we talk about a larger pack with 12 animals we are mostly talking 10-11 habitat animals not four exhibit animals that are basically the same with different skins.
The issue with hummingbirds I feel is that, they are very rarely kept in groups as they are highly territorial.
 
The issue with hummingbirds I feel is that, they are very rarely kept in groups as they are highly territorial.
There are zoos that have hummingbirds houses/aviaries.

I don't see the problem for PZ though? We have unrealistic species already like the saiga, proboscis monkey and the Brown throated sloth.

And hummingbirds would be WTE animals so the group dynamics in play for habitat animals don't apply to them i believe. Is not like they are going to fight each other in the game. They just would move in loops haha
 
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  • An actual STORY mode. Change the career mode to a story mode that works as a level system, have cut scenes and dialogue with Bernie Goodwin or other fictional characters and work with them to make a successful zoo and move stage to stage; so instead of choosing any scenario randomly, the player actually has to play the entire mode and get involved in it. It’ll work like JWE campaign where you’ll have all your zoos across the globe and be able to switch to other zoos of yours and manage things from across the world. Move up the ranks from managing one zoo to managing A LOT of zoos in a large community and get busier by the day!
I've always thought it would be fun to start with a zoo in like, the early 1900s, and you have to update it throughout the ages. And as the years go on you get access to the newer building sets, animal species, enrichment items, advertising programs, etc.
 
TBH I would never guess that hummingbirds are kept alone in their aviaries or else male will start bloodbath lol.
 
The issue with hummingbirds I feel is that, they are very rarely kept in groups as they are highly territorial.
Look You Can Make A Walkthrough Habitat With Giant Anteater Without Guests Freaking Out.
Unlike In-game, Real Giant Anteaters Are Not Safe For Guests To Walk Around, As, Due To Their Long, A Sharp Claws, They're Potentially Dangerous And A zookeeper Had A Fatal Accident in 2007. I Think More Than 2 Hummingbirds Per WTE Box Is Fine.
 
Not sure if this was already discussed, but I just discovered some concept art and looks like there was some unused animal signs in Southeast Asia pack. These would be so cool for realistic directions signs, too bad they were scrapped...
connor-laffey-dlc-5-1-and-2.jpg


And some more unsued ones, I think only the monkey one was used? Such a shame, these are so cute.
connor-laffey-dlc-5-parentchild-signs.jpg
 
People complain about stuff being unrealistic but now all of a sudden a hummingbird walkthrough is fine because we have other unrealistic stuff? I know these do exist in real life but I feel like when people have suggested this in the past they imagine it being similar to the butterfly walkthroughs but in reality hummingbird management is very tough.

You cannot keep more than one male hummingbird together, they are fiercely territorial birds and will fight. Many of the hummingbird aviaries that exist tend to have only one individual (with breeding behind the scenes if there is any) or be made of multiple species with no breeding. Even so, the famous hummingbird house at San Diego had to be built in a strange shape with enough angles that would stop the birds from seeing each other as much to reduce aggression.

I think hummingbirds would be a nice addition to the game but putting a bunch in a walkthrough like how they are right now would in real life cause a blood bath. I find it interesting how people harp on about realism but for this people don't care lol.
 
People complain about stuff being unrealistic but now all of a sudden a hummingbird walkthrough is fine because we have other unrealistic stuff? I know these do exist in real life but I feel like when people have suggested this in the past they imagine it being similar to the butterfly walkthroughs but in reality hummingbird management is very tough.

You cannot keep more than one male hummingbird together, they are fiercely territorial birds and will fight. Many of the hummingbird aviaries that exist tend to have only one individual (with breeding behind the scenes if there is any) or be made of multiple species with no breeding. Even so, the famous hummingbird house at San Diego had to be built in a strange shape with enough angles that would stop the birds from seeing each other as much to reduce aggression.

I think hummingbirds would be a nice addition to the game but putting a bunch in a walkthrough like how they are right now would in real life cause a blood bath. I find it interesting how people harp on about realism but for this people don't care lol.
Bird desperation does that to a fella, I don’t need realism anymore. Give me those birds!
 
People complain about stuff being unrealistic but now all of a sudden a hummingbird walkthrough is fine because we have other unrealistic stuff? I know these do exist in real life but I feel like when people have suggested this in the past they imagine it being similar to the butterfly walkthroughs but in reality hummingbird management is very tough.

You cannot keep more than one male hummingbird together, they are fiercely territorial birds and will fight. Many of the hummingbird aviaries that exist tend to have only one individual (with breeding behind the scenes if there is any) or be made of multiple species with no breeding. Even so, the famous hummingbird house at San Diego had to be built in a strange shape with enough angles that would stop the birds from seeing each other as much to reduce aggression.

I think hummingbirds would be a nice addition to the game but putting a bunch in a walkthrough like how they are right now would in real life cause a blood bath. I find it interesting how people harp on about realism but for this people don't care lol.
I don't think it's about not caring as much as it is about very niche knowledge that most people just don't know. I personally had never heard of this aspect, so I'm not surprised if you're among only a handful of people in the community who know this.

It's more like the brown-throated sloth once in high demand because it's very iconic, but then it got overtaken by the Linnaeus two-toed sloth once the community realised that's the one most commonly kept in captivity.
 
Not sure if this was already discussed, but I just discovered some concept art and looks like there was some unused animal signs in Southeast Asia pack. These would be so cool for realistic directions signs, too bad they were scrapped...
connor-laffey-dlc-5-1-and-2.jpg


And some more unsued ones, I think only the monkey one was used? Such a shame, these are so cute.
connor-laffey-dlc-5-parentchild-signs.jpg
Dude! Why didn't they give green light for the bear on the bottom left!
Imagine how much versatility it would have for the number of bear species that are in the game🤣🤣
 
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