Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania

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Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania
Developer(s) Blue Fang Games
Publisher(s) Microsoft Game Studios - Games for Windows
Release date(s) Flag of United States October 17, 2006
Flag of United Kingdom October 27, 2006
Flag of Australia November 7, 2006
Genre(s) 3D Simulation
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) ESRB: Everyone(E)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Media CD-ROM
Input Keyboard, mouse
This article is for the expansion for Zoo Tycoon 2. For the expansion pack for Zoo Tycoon, see Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania.

Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania is the fourth expansion pack for the Zoo Tycoon 2, the others being Endangered Species, African Adventure, and the possibly upcoming Extinct Animals. The expansion focuses around marine animals, as did the Marine Mania expansion for the first Zoo Tycoon game.

Contents

[edit] Campaign

The new caimpaigns introduce challenges for the player to complete. Each campaign has a reward, and there are several challenges in each campaign. Once all challenges are completed, the player wins an object (e.g, blue whale hall, yellowfin tuna, etc.)

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Marine Animals

Unlocks: Blue Whale Hall (the whale hall is a kind of short walkway with information on marine creatures. The top has a model blue whale that squirts water. The hall also plays music).

[edit] Marine Diversity Zoo

[edit] Biomes

Four new biomes have been added with the expansion:

Besides this, the method of biome layout has been altered, enabling players to filter rocks, plants and trees while laying down the terrain. The game also allows the player to build mixed tank-land exhibits, also called hybrid exhibits. This way, animals like the walrus can come onto land to rest, and go back into the water later, while allowing guests to view the animals both above ground and in the water. Also, players can now dive underwater.

It is worthy of note that all of the new animals go into either the above categories or the Tundra biome.

[edit] Animals

Animal - Biome - Conservation Status - Star Requirement - Performs in Marine Shows Stars

California Sea Lions
California Sea Lions

Animals which can perform in shows must be trained first. The players can either train the animals by themselves, or hire animal trainers to do the job for them. Players are also able to swim with certain animals, by 'riding' on them.

Animals can use either a tank or regular exhibit water. Animals like the Rockhopper Penguin, which can use land require a combined land and water exhibit to remain happy, and the turtles need land to lay eggs. Animals which use land will generally accept either the rock or desert islands instead of normal land, and so may be kept in tanks.

Some animals from the original game, like the hippopotamus, polar bear, and the emperor penguin have been updated to swim underwater

[edit] Ambient Animals

These animals appear automatically in water that the player places, but are non-adoptable and cannot be moved.

[edit] Food

The new food in Marine Mania is placed like normal food, and either floats at the surface or is placed on the tank bottom, depending on the type of food and container. Animals which are able to go on land, like the Walrus and California Sea Lions can eat and drink normal food as well as the new aquatic food.

[edit] Food Containers

[edit] Shelters

  • Kelp Bed
  • Rock Island
  • Desert Island

[edit] Buildings and Objects

[edit] Scenery and Buildings

[edit] Staff

[edit] Foliage

[edit] Rocks

[edit] New animal enrichment

[edit] Trivia

  • Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania was announced in April, along with the Dino Danger Pack and African Adventure, and was highly anticipated ever since.
  • Animals in shows will aim splashes at guests. Under the surface this is modeled a bit like throwing a water balloon. When the “water balloon” bursts it will soak all guests within a certain radius.
  • Hippos, penguins and polar bears were updated to swim underwater, but the crocodile and beaver weren't as Blue Fang says they stay at the surface most of the time, despite it being otherwise in real life.
  • The koi appear to have a abnormally short lifespan.
  • Marine Mania is the first Zoo Tycoon 2 expansion pack to feature an all-new staff member, the trainer and new biomes.(Pelagic,Coastal,Reef and benthic)
  • In the files for the benthic biome, there is a file called "benthic domestructure", that looks vaguely like some sort of submarine. There is also one called benthic submarine dock, that shows the exact same picture, but could be hinting that they were planning to put in a new mode of transportation, but scrapped it like the sheep ambient for the original Zoo Tycoon 2.
  • Also in the files are show backdrops that were apparently never used.
  • Whale sharks are actually purchased as adolescents and grow even larger with time.
  • The Male narwhal has a very rare variant model where it has two tusks
  • Ambient remoras will attach themselves to other animals like sharks.
  • In the shared files there is a .DDS texture picture file of guests viewing a blue whale in a tank.

[edit] See also

A Complete & Comprehensive list of all the Zoo Tycoon 2 Animals

[edit] External links

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