Zoo Tycoon DS

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  • Publisher: THQ
  • Release Date: Oct 11, 2005
  • Also On: PC
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44

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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

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  • Summary: Encounter the ultimate zoo experience in Zoo Tycoon DS. Create the zoo of your dreams as you select your favorite animals and re-create their natural habitats. Get up close and personal while collecting and caring for the world’s most popular animals from every continent. Manage yourEncounter the ultimate zoo experience in Zoo Tycoon DS. Create the zoo of your dreams as you select your favorite animals and re-create their natural habitats. Get up close and personal while collecting and caring for the world’s most popular animals from every continent. Manage your environment properly and achieve the ultimate goal of a zoo full of happy animals and customers. [THQ]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 11 out of 19
  1. Nintendo Power
    75
    Faithfully reproduces the ZT experience, from building exhibits and guest facilities to managing cash flow. [Nov 2005, p.112]
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  2. Game Informer
    60
    About as much fun as giving an elephant a suppository. [Jan 2006, p.157]
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  3. GameZone
    53
    The forced or rushed feeling of this title just weighs too heavy on me. And with the lacking graphics and clunky gameplay, this title just fails on all levels.
  4. Gaming Target
    45
    There is certainly enough content here, but the poor controls and graphics don't give players any incentive to check it out.
  5. IGN
    40
    There's very little to redeem a generally poor effort to create a tycoon game for the DS that has any personality or creates any real fun for the player.
  6. G4 TV
    40
    The tiny, blocky graphics do little to immerse you into the park, and the unwieldy controls make relatively simple actions needlessly difficult.
  7. Gaming Age
    16
    I'm so bored, I started watching people on the security cameras...and this happened today.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. CloeD.
    Aug 4, 2006
    10
    I think its a great game full of suprises for every age!!!
  2. ColleenH.
    Oct 12, 2005
    10
    I love the original and this one as well!! Its also easier to use in my opinion!
  4. JuanP.
    Oct 15, 2005
    10
    Awesome game. This roXXors. Totally PWNs.
  5. [Anonymous]
    Jul 17, 2007
    7
    Good game but had flaws should have waited before rushing to relese it.
  6. KaitlynM.
    Oct 13, 2007
    7
    Welll, its ok, but its so freakin whaked! my Giraffes started acting like Elaphants, being happy with an elephant shelter, not a giraffe Welll, its ok, but its so freakin whaked! my Giraffes started acting like Elaphants, being happy with an elephant shelter, not a giraffe shelter, and its just bad! Its fun to a point but then all your animals are not happy or dont like their exibits, FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON! i cant figure out how to name the guests either, but apparently everyone else can! And please, can someone tell me how? PS Sorry if I made Zoo Tycoon sound horrible, its actually pretty fun, but it just frustrates me :D.… Expand
  7. RobinG.
    Aug 21, 2007
    5
    I loved this game but, it had so many bugs that I had to take it back and get another 2-3 times. ... I just kept my money. I wish it worked.
  8. fsdu
    Oct 9, 2013
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The controls of this game are infuriating. I guess it's a successful port but the fact that it takes so much tapping to do anything really sucks the fun away.

    Be prepared, this is one of the games that will destroy your bottom screen if played a lot.    … Expand

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Awards & Rankings

58
#58 Best DS Game of 2005
30
#30 Most Discussed DS Game of 2005
27
#27 Most Shared DS Game of 2005