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Zoo tycoon ds rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 21 / 26
Date: October 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have got zoo tycoon and zoo tycoon 2 for the pc, and they were as brilliant as this game. The graphics are as good as on the pc and the variety of animals is as much as on the pc game. I hope that the expansions for zoo tycoon ds will come out because thay will make it more than fantastic! My only cons are that it is quite fiddly placing things and touchings things using the stylus as it is such a small screen. But overall, a fantastic ds game!

The greatest game ever made

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 46
Date: October 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is patiely like the PC vison but better!!!

A simplified version that keeps *most* of what's fun about Zoo Tycoon

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 109 / 117
Date: October 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you're a fan of Zoo Tycoon I, you'll find this as addictive as the PC/Mac versions. But the game has been simplified for the DS and I've noticed a few differences:

- you can't read guest's thoughts
- you can't change the price of refreshments
- you can't customize the color of buildings
- when adopting animals, you can't read the informative text about their natural habitats, diet, etc. (You *can* read about the animals, but only outside of the game--you purchase animal "cards" during gameplay that you can review after you complete a scenario)
- there's no map of the zoo to easily jump around
- financial data and options are limited
- decorating and object placement is limited to one object per grid square--no more filling a square with multiple small bushes, for example
- you can only save one game at a time--there is no dialogue box to name or sort save games, just a single "now saving" animation, so don't expect to have multiple versions of games saved or share the game with another player
- it's a bit slow compared to every other DS game I've played, both at start up and when resizing the map

Still, it's Zoo Tycoon, so if you love it you can easily learn to live with the limitations. The construction tools work okay. I personally don't like having the map always isolated on the upper screen, because the only way to move the cursor is via the directional pad on the left--it makes for a very "clicky" game and aligning the hand precisely can sometimes be a pain. I keep finding myself wishing they'd swapped screen layouts and let you use the stylus like a PC mouse, but for whatever reason you're limited to the directional pad for all direct map interactions.

Finally, my game froze on me at one point--the first time I've had that happen with any DS game. I also accidentally triggered a bug in the research screen once where it went into hyperspeed and gave me discovery after discovery (while eating through funds) until I paused/unpaused the game, but I haven't been able to repeat that bug.

To be fair, I think some of the DS-specific changes to game play work fine. It just might take you a while to get used to them, especially if you're expecting a clone of the PC version.

Help me please

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 61
Date: October 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

ok I have both of the pc zoo tycoon games and I want to know if this is like the first 1 or the second 1 where you can walk around.

Very Good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: November 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've never had a "Tycoon" game, so I thought that I'd give this game a shot. This game turned out very good! Through out this game, one can create his own zoo and see how it does in a simulated world. There are bunches of worlds to build a zoo, and this game allows you to create not only exibits, but also food stands, ponds, benches, trash cans, etc. There are many animals to exhibit along with many trees, terrain, rocks, and toys. It is very interactive with the touch screen, and can be very addicting!

Somethings I do not like, however, are the very small selection of employees (zoo keeper, tour guide, and the garbage men). You can only keep one zoo up at a time, so if you want to create a new file, but don't want to destroy your first zoo, you are in a tight spot.

Overall, I like this game, and it can become very addicting. I would recommend it.

Zoo Tycoon DS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 17 / 20
Date: December 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Zoo Tycoon DS is a recipe for fun right in your own DS. Because it is portable, you can play it anywhere. At a boring grown up party, during a long car ride or plane flight, or when you just feel like it; you are always ready for Zoo Tycoon fun. Zoo Tycoon is an exiting game where you are able to purchase a block of land of your choice, and build exibits, place paths, and purchase animals for guests visiting your zoo to enjoy. Just like the computer version, you have to hire zoo keepers to feed and care for your animals, you must design suitable exibits in order to keep your animals happy, you can place food stands and wash rooms for your guests, and you can design rest areas and play areas for the guests visiting your zoo. The only differece between the original computer version is that the screen is smaller. I would recomend that children under eight would probably not enjoy this version unless they are used to a small screen, but might enjoy the computer version. This DS version compares favourably to the first computer version, and has the added advantge of two screens. This allows you to interact even more, and to have more control over your zoo. It can be difficult to get the hang of it, but when you do it is one of the best games made for a Nintendo DS.

zoo tycoon review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: January 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

zoo tycoon is a very interesting game you have to take care of a zoo and make animals feel happy. you can also put restaurants, restrooms or even animal theatres i liked it a lot i recommend this game to someone that is not sure if wants to buy it or not.

Zoo Tycoon for DS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have this game and I like it very much. You get to buy animals for your zoo, and best of all you get to make the zoo! It is fun and does not have any levels. This game is very educational because it can teach you more about animals aand what zoo workers do. In this game you are the boss and make cages for the animals. This game does not have that much water animals, only some like seals and crocodiles. It starts to get me a little bored, so if you like big action and explosions do not get this game. The game is okay, but I like other games a LOT MORE!!!!Bye.

average zoo

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: February 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

In this you have the choice of the setting of your zoo and the money that you start off with up to $500,000 (like the computer version. You sart off with the normal buildings, restrooms, snack machines, and drink machines. You start off with the same scenery, picnic tables, benches, and garbage cans. You daily funding for Reaserch Conservation can go up to $66 ( reaserch and conservation is the best thing in zoo tycoon period). This game doesn't have as many features as the computer version but the missing features are minor and this game is as fun and is good to have because it is more portable than the computer version. My brother would llike to add that in this version you can't put different animals in the same exhibit.(that is all of my brothers input) This game, despite its average qualities is hard to put down once you make a good zoo and once you unlock everything, this game is the best. If you're patient enough to make one exhibit you'll begin to unlock animals and objects and you'll love the game. When you get to the main menu, the most fun thing to do is freeform game, but if you are a begginer you might want to start off with tutorial and scenario game to learn how to do things like please guests. When you start off, don't bother to look into cards because you don't have any. If you're looking for a game to share with someone, you might not want this one because I've played this game for quite a while and as far as I've found out you can only save one zoo. Impotant tip: after making an exhibit and putting the animals in, click on the zoo keeper with the exclamation point and you can see if your animal want things like more decidous floor or more quiver trees. To sum up everything I've said, BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fun game until it locked up!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 29 / 33
Date: February 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Zoo Tycoon DS is a fun portable version of the tycoon series. I enjoyed discovering the secrets such as selling offspring to make more cash than admissions revenues every month! After playing the addicting scenarios I moved on to the freeform games where the user is given a large map and 100,000 in cash.
My park had 8 cages with the animals that breed frequently: Lions, Zebras, Buffalo and the tigers. The idea was to see how much cash I could accumulate by selling the offspring!

After 5 months in the first year my game locked up cold. I tried loading the game over, same result after a few scenario days. I retried the freeform game, with the same effect in three months.
The game has now unfortunately joined the ranks of Shogun Empires DS, Rebelstar Tactical Command (GBA) and Might & Magic II (GC) as buggy titles that should not have been released.

Pros:
1) Simple but powerful interface.
2) Replayable
3) Through tutorials!

Cons:
1) Statistics only kept for two months.
2) Game locked up.

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