Talk:Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals

Notes

I don't think that we should have notes on the scientific accuracy of the renderings of the animals (ex: note on deinonychus's feathers, or lack thereof). It isn't really relevant to an article about the game, especially if the note is pointing out that the rendering is accurate. Pentagram16 16:38, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok. Take them out. Only game related notes.----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me!} 08:50, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Blue Fang Games Representative

I just wanted to point out that my last name was spelled incorrectly throughout the entry. Its actually "Carpentier" and not "Carpenter".

-BF_KeithC (Keith Carpentier)

66.250.7.162 21:42, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry. Glad you could pop by her for that. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me!} 11:09, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Stop please

Please stop making up excuises for how that blurry item behind the tree is a tail, it could easily be one of the animals who have been confirmed and match that coloration, it could be a building, it could even be the back ground on the zt2 maps (like the buildings), so please stop. Dinomaster30 20:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Lave it in. This is an encyclopedia of facts, not a Zoo Tycoon experts club. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me!} 11:08, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree, i think you would get more positive replys on the official zoo tycoon forums Ironman33 17:59, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

It's that umbrella thingie used as a shelter, at least for my eye. Eriorguez 21:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Something else I noticed on that picture looks like a special enterance or something on the left hand side. Any idea what it is? GrimpyNZ 01:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't see anything... Dinwrest —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 00:24, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

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Gallery

What happened to the picture gallery that used to be on the page? GrimpyNZ 01:40, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh you little thick person. If you were knoledgeable enough to CHECK on what we like to call the HISTORY page, you might avoid wasting our time with stupid questions. Please, in future CHECK BEFORE YOU ASK! Anyway, the gallery was removed by someone who thought they had no fair use rationale (don't ask me what that is) so I put them back and explained. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce!} 09:04, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

You don't have to attack other editors over things they may not know. Wikipedia is all about co-operation and being civil. Anyway the gallery has been removed because galleries of non-free content are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines, regardless if the images have fair use rationales or not. Generally video game articles have one screenshot and an image of the cover but there are exceptions but this would not be an exception. Xtreme racer 12:45, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for defeanding me Xtreme Racer. And for your information, Cuddly Panda, I didn't even KNOW that there was a history section!!! GrimpyNZ 17:41, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I also think that is a little hard, dont forget cp, not everyone knows this site aswell as you Ironman33 13:43, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

My Questions

Should there be a objects list in the article and also what is with the 35 animals rumor flowing around?Daman1234 15:23, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

The 35 animal rumor is that in the extinct animals fansite kit, there is a picture of a quagga under animal renderings. Some people belive this is a '35th' animal. GrimpyNZ 17:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the info and I think that the Giant Bullfrog might be the 35th animal, don't you agree????Daman1234 20:02, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Please try and refrain from asking questions on the game, and concentrate on the article, please. The info for the 35 animals is all on the article. No there should not be an objects list. That's what makes the Marine Mania article so badly written. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce!} 23:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

In complete fairnessy, I don't think we should worry too much about whether the Quagga or the Giant Bullfrog is the 35th animal, or even if there IS a 35th animal, until the game comes out. This is a demo, after all, and demos can sometimes differ enourmously from the main game. CBFan 15:35, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

The giant bullfrog might just be a taster of all the failed cloning animals there are in the full game, so i dont think it counts as an animal Ironman33 17:57, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

The Giant Bullfrog definately isn't an animal. I think we should remove it from the unconfirmed list as well as the supposed sauropod tail. Dinwrest 11:41, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

NEWSFLASH!

On a zoo tycoon fansite, we have the campaigns found in the demo files. They are:

Complete the Extinct Animals campaign to unlock the extinct-themed buildings and objects.

Complete the Extinct Exploration campaign to unlock the brachiosaurus Slide.

Complete the Crafty Creation challenge to receive the Crafty Creation Award.

Release one of each extinct species to the wild to unlock the Quagga for adoption.

Complete the imperial mammoth skeleton at the Extinct Education Center to have the statue of the imperial mammoth skeleton placed at the front gate of your zoo.

Complete the Irish elk skeleton at the Extinct Education Center to have the statue of the Irish elk skeleton placed at the front gate of your zoo.

Complete the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at the Extinct Education Center to have the statue of the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton placed at the front gate of your zoo.

Complete the Pteranodon skeleton at the Extinct Education Center to have the statue of the Pteranodon skeleton placed at the front gate of your zoo.

Create a super animal in the Extinct Research Lab to receive the My First Super Award.

Create 10 super animals in the Extinct Research Lab to receive the Red-Hot Research Award.

Create 25 super animals in the Extinct Research Lab to receive the Super Scientist Award.

Find all of the first-level fossil pieces to earn the Pail and Shovel Award.

Find all of the level-3 fossil pieces to earn the Durable Digger Award.

Find the fossil pieces for every extinct animal to earn the Perfect Paleontologist Award.

Successfully piece together your first fossil at the Extinct Research Lab to earn the Novice Fossil Builder Award.

Build 10 fossils at the Extinct Research Lab to earn the Expert Fossil Builder Award.

Successfully piece together 25 fossils at the Extinct Research Lab to earn the Master Fossil Builder Award.

Find the cure to three diseases to earn the Medical Marvel Award.

End a dino rampage with your tranquilizer gun to earn the Dino Safety Award. To receive this award, you must end the dino rampage yourself. No Dino Capture Team help allowed!

203.173.232.111 00:44, 7 October 2007 (UTC) (GrimpyNZ logged out)

So, all of this was found in the demo files? Sounds nice, but I did notice something about the objectives that you listed. If there are Irish Elk/Megaloceros and Imperial Mammoth statues in EA, wouldn't it be possible that these are also in EA but in a similar manner as the Quagga (vandals PLEASE don't get any ideas)? Or, otherwise just the statues are put in EA? Maybe they can even be future add-on's like the Addax was to AA? What do you guys think?

I speculate too much. THS | ^(Talk) 03:10, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

I also dont understand this, so if you want a pteradon statue you have to find the fossil and you cant even clone it!I know this may be fasle but i trust GrimpyNZ Ironman33 13:47, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Anyone else notice that it says Extinct Education Center for the zoo entrance skeletons, but the building where you clone animals is the Extinct Research Lab? Dinomaster30 14:31, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Those things are into the game, and they are found in the files of the demo. Up to now, everything included in the demo in that way has been included in the final game. That, together with the animal escapades screenshots, mean that the only thing left to know is Velociraptor's biome, and we can speculate about it being desert, due to the existance of a Gobi desert map... Eriorguez 16:07, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Not necessarily...after all, some of the animals have been shown in more than one biome. We, for example, don't yet know for sure whether the Sloth is mainly Grassland, Scrub or Savannah CBFan 22:32, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Where did you foind this mate, Give us a quick link. Bingodile 15:14, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Cave lion and Protarchaeopterix biomes.

[1] [2] I think those confirm the biomes of those two.Eriorguez 16:10, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Where did you find those? Dinomaster30 21:21, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Official site, animal escapades. For some reason, unaccesible from English site. Try Spanish or something like that.Eriorguez 21:26, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Whoops. Please red-add those. I didn't realise they were foreign-only. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce!} 09:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Actually, they exist in the English site. They are just not linked:

http://zootycoon.com/Community/cavelionescapade.htm http://zootycoon.com/Community/protarchaeopteryxescapade.htm http://zootycoon.com/Community/bluebuckescapade.htm http://zootycoon.com/Community/elephantbirdescapade.htm http://zootycoon.com/Community/gigantopithecusescapade.htm http://zootycoon.com/Community/warrahescapade.htm http://zootycoon.com/Community/mastadonescapade.htm http://zootycoon.com/Community/javanrhinoescapade.htm

The URL are the same for every language, so set the main page in English to get it in English.Eriorguez 17:56, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Great findings! Anymore hidden ones out there? Dora Nichov 14:29, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I forgot about them: They are from ES animals, but they are escapades:

http://zootycoon.com/Community/fennecfoxescapade.htm http://zootycoon.com/Community/spectacledbearescapade.htm Eriorguez 16:39, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Interesting! How did you find them? Dora Nichov 02:27, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, I found out. Dora Nichov 13:39, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

A quagga escapade! Dora Nichov 14:19, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Velociraptor

How do you know the Velociraptor biome? ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce!} 13:10, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

We don't. We can assume it's desert, but we don't know for sure yet.Eriorguez 14:13, 10 October 2007 (UTC) Someone typed in 'tropical rainforest'. Idiot. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce!} 08:22, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Quaaga CONFIRMED

Bluefang has released a quagga animal escapade found at : Quagga Escapade. Dinwrest 19:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Biomes

The Bluebuck and Quagga's biomes HAVE NOT been confirmed. There are no screenshots of either.

Dinwrest —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 18:44, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Umm....you're wrong on both accounts. Screenshots of the Bluebuck HAVE occured, and it clearly shows it in a grassland environment. Also, the Quagga is not even confirmed to be in the final game, so we're not putting it. CBFan 20:03, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

While I found you are correct on the Bluebuck part, you are not on the Quagga. It has been found to be unlocked by releasing one of every extinct animal into the wild. If you want to edit Wikipedia, at least try to keep up with information. The uncofirmed section is no longer needed. The Giant Bullfrog is not an animal and there is nothing in the picture. Dinwrest

Excuse me, but do you own Extinct Animals? And by that, I mean the final version? No, you do not. Demos can change over time. It may have been their original intention, but we won't know until the game comes out. Until then, leave it out. CBFan 22:46, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at it now. I think that's a fair compromise, both sides of the argument are added. Dinwrest —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 00:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

You're supposed to put new discussions at the bottom of the page, not the top. Anyway, now the bluebuck has been but sadly the quagga has no picture.

Well, the sooner we get a screenshot, the better. Then we can see exactly "what it's made of", so to speak. CBFan 10:34, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I have noticed that on the Bluebuck escapade it shows the bluebuck in alpine! 203.173.232.111 02:31, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

No...no it doesn't.. Dinwrest 00:13, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Zoo Admin Link

why isnt the zoo admin link to the animal confirmations working?68.145.77.173 04:08, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I think Zoo Admin is down at the moment. CBFan 20:12, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

I'm sorry for vandalising, but my little brother figured out my password . . . I'll change it Ornithomimus 20:35, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't get it

Acording to the narater of walking with beasts, there is no such thing as a saber tooth tiger but in the Ea page on the website, it says also known as a saber tooth toiger but the correct name is saber tooth cat. Bingodile 09:59, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I think you should open your mind and do your own research, rather that stiking to what some media says. Saber-toothed cats are members of the subfamily Machairodontinae, of the Felidae family; while tigers are of the Pantherinae subfamily. Saber-toothed cats are not closely related to any living cat, but the common name of the genus Smilodon is saber toothed tiger. It's inaccurate, though, but it's popular. There are other inaccurate popular names, such as Common sawfish, who is actually a critically endangered species. Eriorguez 15:22, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Mammoth

In the box art it moight a wooly mammoth, It may possibly be an unlockable animal and another thing, can you put in the status on every extinct animal. Love Bingodile 11:33, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

No, you just want to see a wooly mammoth. Ornithomimus 13:45, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I won't put that in anymore till it is released. Bingodile 14:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank You. Ornithomimus 18:30, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Release Date

Is it coming out on the 15 or the 16 Ornithomimus 18:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

16th in America, 26 in the UK. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce!} 01:15, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Gallery (Continued)

You people need to stop ALL of this squabling!!! Especialy you Cuddly Panda, not everyone is as "smart" (if that is what you want to call it) as you are! Ornithomimus 18:46, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, I've sent a messege to Dinwest in an attempt to stop this...basically, a request to wait until the game has come out, then we can find out for sure what's going on. I hope he accepts it, because frankly, I'm fed up with it. CBFan 18:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

What did I do? I have left the gallery as it is, and I try to avoid squabbling. What did I do? ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce!} 01:09, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

V'raptor Biome

when was this confirmed?68.145.77.173 04:45, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

How many times do I have to tell you, it isn't! ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) ^{review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce!} 00:24, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Desert. Confirmed by person with the game. Eriorguez 18:58, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Does that mean that you have the game, or you know someone with the game? Whichever way, some answers on the biomes for the other animals, plus the true nature of the Quagga, would be great. CBFan 19:27, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Someone with the game, over the Internet. The quagga seems to be unlockable after a campaign or something similar, I'm waiting an answer. Both the Kentrosaurus and the Ankylosaurus have Wetlands as a main biome.Eriorguez 19:30, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Who has the game? Please tell me, I would appreciate it. JohnVMaster 21:19, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

It is Desert. 203.173.240.251 16:52, 19 October 2007 (UTC) (GrimpyNZ logged out)

It's 10/16, Where's EA?

It's not out today. I've called several stores. None have gotten it. --JohnVMaster 22:10, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

It's called shipping date for a reason. And the stores in the place you live are not all. Nor all stores get it on time. Just CALM DOWN AND WAIT. Eriorguez 22:13, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Maybe it will come in the 17th of October. Bingodile 07:21, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Shipping date.Eriorguez 13:15, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

All I said was That no stores got it. That doesn't mean I'm angry or anything. Any anyway, when will the game be out then? Because I've been waiting since Febuary, it's been a year since MM. JohnVMaster 21:17, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

IT IS OUT! Do you even care to read? People are playing it. Just because YOU can't find it, it doesn't mean it's not out. Eriorguez 21:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I did a google search. Link me to a site then. JohnVMaster 21:50, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Wiki won't let me put a link to an Invisionfree page. Search for Zoomania, it's an affiliate with ZT2 Designing Center, and, in the gazette secion of the forums, check the Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals topic. Eriorguez 22:26, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

When Will It Be Out In Arizona!! 10/17/o7

Extinct symbol

The Dino danger article has the extinct symbol, but why can't I put it in this article. Bingodile 20:24, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Because it's too blatantly obvious. Of COURSE the animals are extinct! And learn to spell. CBFan 20:30, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Some kids don't known about extinct animals so I best put the symbols in it but I won't bother that now. Bingodile 21:03, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Will you STOP with this "Some kids don't know" garbage! It'd be explained within the game, it's that obvious. And stop with all this nonsense. CBFan 21:07, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Utahraptor biome.

It is Boreal Forest, acording to people who own the game.Eriorguez 17:47, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Quagga?

Anyone know how to unlock it? Josh 06:47, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Release one extinct animal into the wild the unlock a Quagga. Bingodile 12:06, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

One OF EVERY SPECIES. Eriorguez 15:56, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Does this include the DD animals as well? CBFan 17:23, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Who knows, Try. Bingodile 18:03, 19 October 2007 (UTC)