Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection Fact Sheet

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Product Overview: The "Zookeeper Collection" provides the ultimate zoo experience with three of the most popular titles from the award-winning "Zoo Tycoon" franchise, allowing players to step into their zoo where they will be face to face with 70 animals, hundreds of building objects and guests in a completely 3-D world. In "Zoo Tycoon 2", enhanced building options and more management choices allow players of all ages and skill levels to be even more creative in building and managing habitats and zoo attractions so that guests are happier and animals are more entertaining. With "Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species", players will come face to face with some of the world's rarest animals while doing their part to bring these unique species back from the brink of extinction. Going on safari takes on a whole new meaning with "Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure", where gamers of all ages will experience firsthand the biodiversity of the African continent and the animals that live there.

Features:
- Get closer to the action. Players can now step into their dream zoo via the all-new Zootopia functionality and enhanced 3-D graphics to experience it all firsthand. Walk around with guests and enjoy the zoo via Zoo Guest mode, or come face to face with animals while caring for them, feeding them and improving their happiness in Zookeeper mode.
- New ways to build. "Zoo Tycoon 2" features more than 300 building objects including exhibit materials, themed buildings, guest attractions and toys. Additional features are also introduced in both "Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species" and "Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure", including the new desert theme pack that brings the wilds of Africa to life as players build exhibits from new maps based on legendary African locations.
- Deeper gameplay. Random and Dynamic challenges in the Campaign and Freeform modes offer players even deeper, more interesting gameplay scenarios. Gamers can take on additional challenges, such as nursing an animal back to health through Random challenges presented during the course of zoo building, or accepting Dynamic challenges that relate directly to the scenario or map the player is currently playing. With the expansion packs, gamers can balance the changing needs of the endangered species or adopt and successfully breed African animals.
- Amazing new animals. Seventy animals and hundreds of building objects complete "Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection". "Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species" features a cross-section of the world's endangered species. From the scimitar-horned oryx to the Galapagos giant tortoise, gamers will discover and interact with a menagerie of exotic and authentic animals. "Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure" allows players to care for 20 new animals from eight biomes, ranging from the striped hyena roaming the desert landscape and the wildebeest roving the savannah to the African buffalo wandering the wetlands.
- All-new vehicles, tours and transportation. Players will experience all-new zoo transportation modes, including the sky tram and vehicle tours, featuring new animal-skin paint jobs. Getting up close and personal with an elusive caribou or gelada has never been easier.
- Interactive edutainment. Children and parents can broaden their knowledge of the animal kingdom to improve their zookeeping skills. The exclusive Zoopedia, with excerpts from the Encarta multimedia encyclopedia, provides interesting facts about each animal's specific dietary and habitat needs.

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