Spring 2024 DLC Speculation

99. Wolverine
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Let's see where people are right now regarding certain groups. Out of these "core zoo animal" groups which is your most wanted habitat species?

Carnivorans - South American Coati
Ungulates - Reeves' Muntjac (I think this and the blackbuck are the last two that are truly essential)
Primates - Any Callitrichid (Tamarin, Marmoset, etc)
Other Mammals - Rock Hyrax
Birds - Too many, I think right now I would say Pelican, Rhea, Stork, or Guineafowl, all my most wanteds are birds at this point.
Reptiles - African Spurred Tortoise
Carnivorans: South American Coati
Ungulates: Reevee Muntjac
Primates: Spider Monkey
Other Mammals: Tree Kangaroo
Birds: Grey Crowned Crane
Reptiles: Perentie
 
I'm actually surprised any Eurasia animals actually made it to the top 100 (go swan gooo) considering that proportionally less people own the Eurasia pack. In any case the popularity of pet-like animals is really unsurprising, also the capybara is pretty obvious given its immense popularity. What surprised me is the okapi honestly, but given how the lion is there too I guess people don't really mind the models that much huh. Also the giant otter too, I love them, but as animals they are kinda ugly lol it's a nice surprise people like 'em despite their ugliness :p
 
I'm actually surprised any Eurasia animals actually made it to the top 100 (go swan gooo) considering that proportionally less people own the Eurasia pack. In any case the popularity of pet-like animals is really unsurprising, also the capybara is pretty obvious given its immense popularity. What surprised me is the okapi honestly, but given how the lion is there too I guess people don't really mind the models that much huh. Also the giant otter too, I love them, but as animals they are kinda ugly lol it's a nice surprise people like 'em despite their ugliness :p
I mean the orang utan being simutaniously the highest ranked and least accurate looking primate really shows that apperently most people dont care about the model :D
 
I think the orangután is fine by the standards of realese. The rig is the main problem which is fairly annoying that behaves mostly like a gorilla but Frontier wasn't that good making hair textures back then. At least it gor the brachiation recently. A new fur texture would make it pretty good.
 
So what do you guys think something like the baboon and secretary bird will be the last and only representatives of their group? Like the last dlc has 1 monkey and 1 bird? I think with how the meta wishlist is it might be likely.

Or is Frontier gonna surprise us with something out of left field? Maybe the final dlc will be bigger than we think and will tie into the console? Of course I have no basis to think that, especially considering Frontier is pretty quiet about developments until announcement.
 
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So what do you think something like the baboon and secretary bird are the last and only representatives of their group? Like the last dlc has 1 monkey and 1 bird? I think with how the meta wishlist is it might be likely.

Or Frontier is gonna surprise us with something out of left field? Maybe the final dlc will be bigger than we think and will tie into the console? Of course I have no basis to think that, especially considering Frontier is pretty quite about developments until announcement.
Thats would be a punch in the guts. The secretary and especially the baboon are something i really want, but those two being the only monkey and bird we get before the end? Oof, thats a tough one to swallow.
 
Discussion time! DeLady made a video about most popular animals in Planet Zoo. It gathered opinions from over 2500 players each one having option to pick 20 favourite species. So fair game for all species. Here are results:
100. White-and-White Ruffed Lemur
99. Wolverine
98. Indian Peafowl
97. Prairie Dog
96. Red-necked Wallaby
95. Dingo
94. North Island Brown Kiwi
93. Reindeer
92. Spotted Hyeana
91. Little Blue Penguin
90. Scimitar-horned Oryx
89. Wild Water Buffallo
88. Baird's Tapir
87. Babirusa
86. Colombian Capuchin
85. Llama
84. Galapagos Tortoise
83. Red Kangaroo
82. Beaver
81. Nine-banded Armadillo
80. American Bison
79. Dwarf Caiman
78. Three-toed Sloth
77. Striped Hyeana
76. Ring-tailed Lemur
75. Greater Flamingo
74. Badger
73. Gharial
72. Siamang
71. Malayan Tapir
70. Somali Wild Ass
69. Bongo
68. Zebra
67. Egyptian Fruit Bat
66. Mute Swan
65. Fossa
64. Wombat
63. Aardvark
62. Axolotl
61. Emu
60. Crane
59. Arctic Wolf
58. Gorilla
57. Polar Bear
56. Caracal
55. Crested Porcupine
54. Pangolin
53. Indian Elephant
52. Lar Gibbon
51. Sun Bear
50. Puma
49. Saltwater Crocodile
48. Cassowary
47. Fallow Deer
46. Black Rhino
45. Grizzly Bear
44. Common Hippo
43. Red Deer
42. African Wild Dog
41. Sand Cat
40. Binturong
39. King Penguin
38. Alligator
37. Red River Hog
36. White Rhino
35. Orangutan
34. Giant Anteater
33. Moose
32. Raccoon
31. Koala
30. Pygmy Hippo
29. Grey Seal
28. Eurasian Lynx
27. Komodo Dragon
26. Reticulated Giraffe
25. Okapi
24. West African Lion
23. Cheetah
22. Timber Wolf
21. Siberian Tiger
20. Red Fox
19. Arctic Fox
18. California Sea Lion
17. Snow Leopard
16. Giant Panda
15. Bengal Tiger
14. Clouded Leopard
13. Przewalski's Horse
12. Meerkat
11. Giant Otter
10. Amur Leopard
9. Platypus
8. African Savannah Elephant
7. Maned Wolf
6. Fennec Fox
5. African Penguin
4. Jaguar
3. Red Panda
2. Asian Small-Clawed Otter
1. Capybara
So in shortcut points out at animals, which didnt make in TOP100. From fun facts 3 exhibit species done it: axolotl, sloth and egyptian fruit bat.
Mammals
Dasyuromorphia: 0/1
Didnt make in: Tasmanian Devil
Artiodactyla: 15/37
Missing: Lechwe, Nyala, Addax, African Bufallo, Alpine Ibex, Bactrain Camel, Black Wildebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Peccary, Warthog, Dall Sheep, Dama Gazelle, Dromadery, Gemsbok, Wisent, Wild Boar, Thomson's Gazelle, Takin, Springbok, Saiga, Sable Antelope, Pronghorn
Primates: 7/13
Missing: Bonobo, Chimpanzee, Red-Ruffed Lemur, Mandrill, Proboscis Monkey, Japanese Macaque
Diprotodontia: 4/5
Missing: Quokka
Perissodactyla: 7/8
Missing: Indian Rhino
Carnivora: 37/42
Missing: Sloth Bear, Formosan Bear, Himalayan Brown Bear, Dhole, Striped Skunk
Rodentia: 4/4
Monotremata: 1/1
Proboscidea: 2/2
Pilosa: 1/1
Cingulata: 1/1
Tubulidentata: 1/1


Everything else:
Birds: 10/11 Missing: Ostrich
Crocodiles: 4/5 Missing: Spectacled Caiman
Lizards: 1/3 Missing: Nile Monitor, Asian Water Monitor
Tortoises: 1/2 Missing: Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Any surprises?
The fact that none of the caprines made it into the list and that the only swine to make the list was the red river hog not the warthog, this is honestly pretty much what I expected to see.
 
This is unironically a good indicator of why we received so many carnivores while primates were neglected: from the 42 carnivores that the game has, 37 are on this list, while from the 13 primates, half are absent.

The first carnivore also appears a lot early than the first primate ( 2# vs 35#) with the top 10 consisting in majority by carnivores (6/10), while primates are struggling in popularity against stuff like aardvarks and sand cat.
Most people dont care about primates unless they are monkeys they want one or 2 but thats it its why im strongly against the idea of an all primate pack since I doubt it will do well.
I mean the same effects all big cats and large dogs
expect it isnt the 3 foxes barely affected each other the arctic and red fox are 1 number apart the bengal and siberian tiger are close together as well even if it does split the fans since I doubt anyone put both tigers they are still wildly popular.
 
Most people dont care about primates unless they are monkeys they want one or 2 but thats it its why im strongly against the idea of an all primate pack since I doubt it will do well.

expect it isnt the 3 foxes barely affected each other the arctic and red fox are 1 number apart the bengal and siberian tiger are close together as well even if it does split the fans since I doubt anyone put both tigers they are still wildly popular.
Well i guess it depends how you look at it. Because for me the siberian, amur leopard, snow leopard and lynx all compete for the niche of asian cold climate cat for example, so they clash in usage. Admittedly its more a case of which one do i want to use in this zoo than which one should have a spot on the games roster
 
So what do you guys think something like the baboon and secretary bird will be the last and only representatives of their group? Like the last dlc has 1 monkey and 1 bird?
I feel like I'm the only one who would actually like this lol. Of course I wish we get more than 1 bird or primate in the final pack but if we dont and its just Secretary and Baboon I'm not complaining at all. Baboon has been my persuit for the past god knows how long and the Secretary bird is probably one of the most unique and differently behaving (powerful legs for hunting) birds out of a lot of the ones people have mentioned, so I will take it in with open arms. I dont care if Africa has enough, the ones its missing are very beautiful animals that would make amazing additions.

That being said though, I would appreciate it more if they chose Pelican instead of Secretary, but both are great.
 
So what do you guys think something like the baboon and secretary bird will be the last and only representatives of their group? Like the last dlc has 1 monkey and 1 bird? I think with how the meta wishlist is it might be likely.

Or is Frontier gonna surprise us with something out of left field? Maybe the final dlc will be bigger than we think and will tie into the console? Of course I have no basis to think that, especially considering Frontier is pretty quiet about developments until announcement.
I would not like this at all. Sadly, I do think it could happen, especially if the next pack is the last and is an animal+scenery pack or 12 animal pack. But I would still not like that at all. If we get only one more monkey, it should absolutely be a South American species, IMO. I wouldn't like the Secretary Bird to be the only bird left they add, but I can agree that if there were only one bird left to be added it should be the Secretary Bird. Ideally we get 2 more primates (3 would be great) and at least 2 more birds.

Talking about mountain ungulates, one I see mentioned some but doesn't have a strong push to it is the Himalayan Tahr. They are beautiful animals, and with the mane that the males have, is somewhat unique looking.

Honestly I'd almost rather have them than the Markhor, even though I've wanted the Markhor for some time. They're both unique looking, we should get both!
 
Honestly I don't expect them to announce the DLC until a month later of the console release, like they did with the Arctic Pack back then. Like right now they are just gonna focus on promoting the console version.

As much as you can speculate we all know the last DLC is gonna be underwhelming just like the rest of 2023 packs were.
 
Honestly I don't expect them to announce the DLC until a month later of the console release, like they did with the Arctic Pack back then. Like right now they are just gonna focus on promoting the console version.

As much as you can speculate we all know the last DLC is gonna be underwhelming just like the rest of 2023 packs were.
Well we can't "know" that it will be underwhelming, since that's pretty subjective.

If you see all DLC in 2023 as underwhelming, then sure next one might just be "as underwhelming". Imo Eurasia and Oceania were fire, while Arid was completely fine.

Tropical I could call underwhelming but only because of several factors all at once: No SA monkey, another Gibbon, another Monitor, "wrong" Sloth species...but again Gibbon was mastefully done with better animations than Siamang, brachiation was expanded, we got two cool wanted animals in Hog and Fossa...

But I guess fundamental stance on DLC stems from how one sees the game right now. I don't get to play the game too much, and even when I do I do special focus (theme) parks so I can be very easily satisfied. I think I am still to touch even third of the roster.

I can totally see how people that play this game much more, especially content creators and modders (such as yourself) who kinda have to (due to the nature of work) want DLC that bring something brand new and in more quantity
 
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