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{{Infobox VG| title = Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals
|image = [[Image:Extinct Animals.jpg]]
|image_caption =
|developer = [[Blue Fang Games]]
|publisher = [[Microsoft Game Studios]]<br>[[Games for Windows]]
|designer = Justin Jones<br>Joe Freener<br>Charles Miles<br>Shauwn Stone
|series = ''[[Zoo Tycoon (series)|Zoo Tycoon]]''
|engine = [[Gamebryo]]
|version = 2.4
|released = {{start date}}{{vgrelease|USA|US|[[October 17]] [[2007]]}}<br>{{vgrelease|EU|EU|[[October 26]] [[2007]]}}<br>{{vgrelease|ASIA|AS|[[November 6]] [[2007]]}}<br> {{vgrelease|Indonesia|ID|[[November 7]] [[2007]]}}
|genre = [[Simulation|3D Simulation]]<br>[[First-person shooter]]
|modes = [[Single player]]
|ratings = [[ESRB]]: E10+
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]
|media = [[CD-ROM]]
|requirements =
|input = [[Computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[Computer mouse|mouse]]
}}

'''''Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals''''' is a [[video game]] [[expansion pack]] for ''[[Zoo Tycoon 2]]'' released [[October 17]], [[2007]]<ref name=PressRelease>{{cite web|url=http://zootycoon.com/Community/extinctrelease.htm|title=Zoo Tycoon - Zoo News - October 18, 2007|accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref>. The expansion focuses around [[extinct]] animals, mainly [[dinosaur]]s or [[ice age]] creatures, as well as more recently extinct creatures like the [[dodo]] or [[thylacine]].

This expansion pack follows the other expansion packs, ''[[Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species|Endangered Species]]'', ''[[Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure|African Adventure]]'' and ''[[Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania|Marine Mania]]''. ''Extinct Animals'' replaces, and includes the animals and objects from the similar ''[[Zoo Tycoon 2: Dino Danger Pack|Dino Danger Pack]]'' premium download.

The game's [[tagline]] is "''bring 'em back''".

==Pre-release==
During [[2006]], in a similar way to how the ''[[Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure|African Adventure]]'' expansion was first confirmed, [[Amazon.com]] listed a strategy guide for ''Extinct Animals'' under its listings. Curiously, it was listed as "''Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct'' (working title)" , showing [[Blue Fang Games]] were still in very early production and had not yet thought of a title.

Nevertheless, in [[January 2007]], [[Windows Vista]] released its 2007 gaming lineup as well as a promotional video featuring a few seconds of footage. Later, during [[April 2007|April]], [[Games for Windows]] added an ''Extinct Animals'' page to their website and revealed several new pieces of information such as box art and animal confirmations. The text that was shown was in fact the same as in the previous [[Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species|''Endangered Species'' expansion]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/ZooTycoon2ExtinctAnimals.aspx|title=Extinct Animals - Games for Windows<!--INSERT TITLE-->|accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref>.

On [[May 24]], an official press release was released on the official ''Zoo Tycoon'' website revealing that ''Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals'' will be released in "''fall''" with a total of 30 animals, making it the largest ''Zoo Tycoon 2'' expansion pack to date. When [[June 2007|June]] arrived another press release reveled ''Extinct Animals'' would be released on [[17 October]], [[2007]] in the [[UK]] and all of [[Europe]].<ref name=PressRelease>{{cite web|url=http://zootycoon.com/Community/extinctrelease.htm|title=Zoo Tycoon - Zoo News - October 15, 2007|accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref>

Upon the arrival of [[E3 2007|E3]], [[Games for Windows]] and [[Blue Fang Games]] released a second promotional video of several new features and a set of [[screenshot]]s. The ''Extinct Animals'' Games for Windows page was also edited with screenshots and new information. ''Zoo Tycoon''.com, however, was still not updated for E3.

In [[August 2007|August]], [[Blue Fang Games]] released an official trailer showing many of the main features of the expansion, including sonar detection for fossils and minigames to clone creatures, as well as confirming several animals<ref name=Trailer>{{cite web|url=http://zootycoon.com/CoolStuff/videos.htm|title=Zoo Tycoon - Cool Stuff - Videos|accessdate=2008-03-03}}</ref>In the same month Blue Fang employees on several fansites began releasing new information, confirming a total of eight unseen animals. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.zootycoon.com/forums/post/27576.aspx|title=The Official Zoo Tycoon Forum - Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals|accessdate=2007-08-23}}</ref>

[[September 2007|A month later]], the official ''Zoo Tycoon'' website was finally updated with a new ''Extinct Animals'' page, in addition to [[screenshot]]s, the rest of the game's features, a "[[fansite]] kit", [[game demo]] and an official [[screensaver]].

==Gameplay==
===Minigames===
Several new minigames (similar to the trick training games in ''Marine Mania'') are included. These are, as follows: [[paleontology|locating fossils]], [[veterinarian|curing diseases]], [[cloning|cloning animals]], building skeleton jigsaws and tranquilizing dinosaurs. As you progress in the game most of these get more challenging.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://zoxaeus.com/ZTForums/index.php?showtopic=8846|title= Zoo Tycoon Unlimited Forums - Blue Fang Rep Notes<!--INSERT TITLE-->|accessdate=2007-05-25}}</ref>

====Dino rampage====
[[Image:Dino tranquilizer.jpg|thumb|200px|Dino rampage minigame, with redone ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]''.]]
<!-- commented out as the image has no source information: [[Image:dtmg.jpg|thumb|200px|A Wallpaper of minigame dinosaur tranquilizer with ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]''.]] -->
This mode is only available when a [[dinosaur]] becomes upset with its living conditions. This causes it to go on a rampage, where it will destroy its exhibit, then break out and attempt to destroy the zoo. However, the player can prevent such disasters by locating the enraged dinosaur and then entering [[tranquilizer]] mode. In this mode the player is holding a tranquilizer gun and can aim at the problemed dinosaur. The player must wait for the gun to charge up, whilst keeping a steady aim. Once the gun is fully charged, the [[spacebar]] can be used to temporarily put the animal to sleep. If the player was to move the gun off target whilst still charging up or fully charged up the gun, the charger will begin to move down again. Once the aim is re-established, the player can fire.

This feature puts ''Zoo Tycoon 2'' under the [[first-person shooter]] category of games, possibly demoting it slightly from its fame among the family friendly world, although moving it up into the teen section. The gun itself is a large disentergrater cannon with an exaggerated [[blast]] tank, which, in the earlier screenshots, had [[CO2|{{chem|CO|2}}]] painted on the tank. However, this was later removed.

The other option for the player is to hire a "Dino Capture Team". The team come in the form of a large building with two golden dinosaur statues on its roof. When a dinosaur starts rampaging, the team will leave their building and set out to tranquilize the problem. The team consist of three units; the "Dino Capture Robot", and two other employees. The robot will begin beeping and distracting the beast whilst his ally shoots it with a tranquilizer. Once the dinosaur is restrained, the third unit will approach the dinosaur and crate it, ready to be released back into its enclosure.

====Creating animals====
=====Fossil finding=====
To begin, the player must purchase an Extinct Animal Research Lab, and then enter 'fossil finding mode'. The player must then find fossils using a hand held [[sonar]] device, which beeps when a fossil is nearby. Once the player has achieved the required number of bones, one must return to the Research Lab for the next step. The player can get upgrades for the sonar device as his star rating increases, which also unlocks the fossils of additional animals. The player must also dig up a majority of the bones, as paleontologists will occasionally abandon a dig site to continue searching for new ones. The player can jump to the dig site using the zoo map.<br><br>

=====Fossil building=====
Then the hunter can enter the lab and put the fossils together like a [[jigsaw puzzle]]. Using the '<' and '>' keys, or left mouse button, the player can rotate each piece of [[fossil]] to fit into the [[skeleton]]. Once completed, the player can then move on to the [[#Cloning animals|cloning
stage]].

=====Extinct animals creation=====
[[Image:Extinct Creation.jpg|thumb|''[[Styracosaurus]]'' being created in the Extinct Research Lab.]]
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This is then followed by the cloning stage, also within the Research Lab. This minigame is more similar to [[Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania|''Marine Mania's'']] trick training game. The player uses a scanner to analyze the [[DNA]], while pressing the left mouse button and arrow keys. Once this is completed, the player can clone the animal in question for no price at any time, but must repeat the DNA minigame to do so.<ref name=YouTube>{{cite web|url=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1XrHAIGyn2I|title=YouTube - Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals|accessdate=2007-05-25}}</ref>

If the player gathers a low score in the DNA minigame, another animal, usually a deformed version of an ambient animals, is given instead. Examples of these include a Giant Bullfrog and Killer Penguin. If the player achieves more than 90% accuracy, one will receive a [[#Super animals|"super"]] version of the animal, that is larger and more immune to diseases.

====Disease curing====
Occasionally an animal will catch a (completely fictional) [[disease]] ("pink elephant disease", and "love sickness", for example). The player is requested to enter "disease curing" mode, a module where the player must help cure the disease. The player must take a sample of the infected animal by pushing the [[spacebar]]. The player must locate the cause of the disease, generally in or near the animal exhibit. The player then takes a sample of the object. Meanwhile, the research lab "scientists" will start researching the problem, while the player can gather tips from them by pressing the 'H' key, the more the player uses hints the lower the reward is. The player can then find the cure, which is generally an object outside or away from the exhibit, and [[inoculate]] the affected animal(s).

This process can also be done for the player with the help of a zookeeper.

===In-game humor===
[[Image:proof of stokesaurus wearing glasses.jpg|thumb|''[[Stokesosaurus]]'' wearing glasses while painting.]]
''Extinct Animals'' is also the most joke-filled ''Zoo Tycoon'' game. The [[#Unlockable animals|unlockable "killer penguin"]] is a reference to the original ''Zoo Tycoon'' game, where penguins could kill any herbivore, although ''Extinct Animals'' version can kill any animal. The fact that the penguin is from [[Madagascar]] may be a reference to the agent penguins from [[Madagascar (film)|the film ''Madagascar'']]. Sometimes the killer penguin will appear in the research lab, replacing the scientist. The killer penguin's Zoopedia entry states that "If someone offers you a penguin for free, you should say no". In challenge mode, occasionally a message comes and states that a zoologist has found a penguin wandering the [[Arctic]], and offers it to the player's zoo for free. The penguin is really a killer.
<br>The [[#Animal biomes|glacier]] temperature object will occasionally have a [[caveman]] frozen inside.<ref name=FrozenCaveman>{{cite web|url=http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/6821/cavemanrr1.png|title=An image of the frozen caveman|accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref>. As the [[glacier]] melts, the caveman will thaw out and then act like a guest before leaving the zoo.<br> Inside the ''Stokesosaurus's'' Zoopedia, it states that the creature wears glasses. This will indeed happen in the game when an adult Stokeosasaurus uses an easel enrichment object. <ref>http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stokespc3.jpg</ref><br>

Guests can get [[sugar rush]]es and "caffeine crazes" from eating or drinking too much sweet foods or [[coffee]].

==Content==
[[Image:T-rexes compared.jpg|thumb|250px|A comparison of the ''Extinct Animals'' and ''[[Dino Danger Pack]]'' ''[[Tyrannosaurus]]'']]

===Animals===
There is a total of 34 animals in this expansion pack, plus severable bonus and unlockable animals, the first in the [[Zoo Tycoon franchise|''Zoo Tycoon'' franchise]] to have one. The ''[[Zoo Tycoon 2: Dino Danger Pack|Dino Danger Pack]]'' animals are included, and all are updated.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 65%;"
! Animal
! Biome
! Star rating
! Notes
|-
| [[American Mastodon]]
| [[Boreal forest]]
| 4.5
|-
| ''[[Ankylosaurus]]''
| [[Wetlands]]
| 4
|
|-
| [[Aurochs]]
| [[Temperate forest]]
| 1
|
|-
| [[Bluebuck]]
| [[Grassland]]
| 0.5
|
|-
| [[Eucladoceros|Bush-antlered deer]]
| [[Temperate forest]]
| 1.5
|
|-
| ''[[Carnotaurus]]''
| [[Boreal forest]]
| 3
| Included in the ''[[Dino Danger Pack]]''.
|-
| [[Cave lion]]
| [[Alpine]]
| 3.5
|
|-
| ''[[Deinonychus]]''
| [[Tropical rainforest]]
| 2.5
|
|-
| ''[[Deinosuchus]]''
| [[Tropical rainforest]]
| 4.5
| Like the [[whale shark]] from [[Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania|''Marine Mania'']], it will grow twice its size after several game years.
|-
| ''[[Dimetrodon]]''
| [[Wetlands]]
| 3.5
|
|-
| ''[[Diprotodon]]''
| [[Wetlands]]
| 2
|
|-
| [[Dodo]]
| [[Tropical rainforest]]
| 0.5
|
|-
| ''[[Doedicurus]]''
| [[Scrub]]
| 2
|
|-
| [[Elephas falconeri|Dwarf Scillian elephant]]
| [[Grassland]]
| 3
|
|-
| [[Elephant bird]]
| [[Wetlands]]
| 2.5
|
|-
| [[Titanotylopus|Giant camel]]
| [[Grassland]]
| 1.5
|
|-
| [[Megatherium|Giant ground sloth]]
| [[Scrub]]
| 5
|
|-
| [[Metridiochoerus|Giant warthog]]
| [[Savannah]]
| 3.5
|
|-
| ''[[Gigantopithecus]]''
| [[Tropical rainforest]]
| 4.5
|
|-
| ''[[Kentrosaurus]]''
| [[Wetlands]]
| 2
|
|-
| ''[[Protarchaeopteryx]]''
| [[Wetlands]]
| 1
|
|-
| [[Smilodon|Sabre-toothed cat]]
| [[Boreal forest]]
| 4
|
|-
| [[Arctodus|Short-faced bear]]
| [[Tundra]]
| 4
|
|-
| ''[[Sivatherium]]''
| [[Savannah]]
| 1
|
|-
| ''[[Stegosaurus]]''
| [[Boreal forest]]
| 4
|
|-
| ''[[Stokesosaurus]]''
| [[Boreal forest]]
| 1.5
|
|-
| ''[[Styracosaurus]]''
| [[Tropical rainforest]]
| 1
| Included in the ''[[Dino Danger Pack]]''.
|-
| [[Thylacine]]
| [[Temperate forest]]
| 3
|
|-
| ''[[Triceratops]]''
| [[Boreal forest]]
| 4
| Included in the ''[[Dino Danger Pack]]''.
|-
| ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]''
| [[Tropical rainforest]]
| 5
| Included in the ''[[Dino Danger Pack]]''.
|-
| ''[[Utahraptor]]''
| [[Boreal forest]]
| 4.5
|
|-
| ''[[Velociraptor]]''
| [[Desert]]
| 0.5
|
|-
| [[Warrah]]
| [[Grassland]]
| 2.5
|
|-
| [[Woolly rhinoceros]]
| [[Tundra]]
| 3.5
|
|}

====Unlockable animals====
[[Image:Extinct Killer Penguin.png|thumb|150px|According to the Zoopedia, the "killer penguin" was an accident in the Extinct Research Lab.]]
These animals can be unlocked either by completing a goal (the quagga), or by achieving a score between 10% and 50% in the animal creation minigame. None of them besides the killer penguin and quagga have Zoopedia entry and proper stats. The movable ambients can frighten guests like a true animal.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 75%;"
! Animal
! Biome
! Unlocked by
! Notes
|-
| [[Squirrel]]
| N/A
| Minigame
| Selectale ambient
|-
| [[Springhare]]
| N/A
| Minigame
| Selectable ambient
|-
| [[Giant Bullfrog|Giant bullfrog]]
| N/A
| Minigame
| Selectable ambient.
|-
| [[monarch butterfly|Giant monarch butterfly]]
| N/A
| Minigame
| Selectabe ambient. Cannot be contained, as it can fly through anything.
|-
| [[Eudyptes|Killer Penguin]]
| [[Tundra]]
| Minigame
| See [[#In-game humor|''above'']]
|-
| [[Quagga]]
| [[Savannah]]
| Release of all extinct animals into the wild; fossil hunting
| This is the only unlockable that is a real extinct animal. The quagga can be earned through fossil hunting before unlocking it. It is also able to be unlocked in freeform (after you have managed to release all the extinct animals), which is rare for rewards in the game. It is able to interbreed with the common zebra. Once unlocked, it will become available at Challenge and Campaign games at 1.5 stars.
|}

====Super animals====
When in the Extinct Research Lab, once fossils have been pieced together, during the DNA minigame, if 90% or higher accuracy is achieved, a super animal will be created. The name of the animal will be '[[Super]]' followed by the animal name and number. Super animals are slightly larger than their original size, get ill less often and instead of the regular circle around the animal when it is selected, a DNA symbol with a star surrounds the animal. Also by the gender of the animal, a test tube symbol will signal a super animal. It is impossible to purchase super animals and can not be produced by breeding two normal animals. However, if one breeds two super animals the offspring will occasionally be a super animal. Also if one breeds a super animal and a normal animal, the offspring will occasionally be a super animal.

====Animal biomes====
As explained by Blue Fang employee Keith Carpentier on various ''Zoo Tycoon'' fansites, ''"Extinct animals aren't fully happy with correct biomes. Since extinct animals have not been around for quite a while, the climates in your zoo just are not quite what they are used to, so even when they are placed in their recommended biome, their environmental need won’t quite be satisfied. The animals require ''"temperature-changing"'' objects to be placed inside the animals' exhibit. These are [[tar pits]] to raise temperatures, [[glacier]]s to lower temperatures, and mist fountains to raise humidity. These will work for non-extinct animals as well as their extinct counterparts."'' According to Carpentier, the items will "give the player a lot more options when it comes to making mixed animal exhibits." Also: The animals will not directly interact with these objects although they are classified as "enrichment objects" ''

==Reception==
{{Expand-section|date=March 2008}}
Critically, ''Extinct Animals'' did well, receiving a 7.2 critic score and 8.6 user score on [[GameSpot]]. The [[first-person shooter]] mode of the game attracted slightly older audiences, but brought the expansion's [[ESRB]] rating up slightly.
==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[List of Games for Windows titles]]
*[[Zoo Tycoon franchise]]

==External links==
{{Wikibooks|Zoo Tycoon}}
*[http://zootycoon.com/Products/ExtinctAnimals/default.htm Official Site]
*[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/zootycoon2extinctanimals/ GameSpot Page]
*[http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/ZooTycoon2ExtinctAnimals.aspx Games for Windows Extinct Animals page]

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