Ninten-ZOO

is a business simulation game in development by . Players are tasked with building zoos while keeping both the animals and visitors happy and turning a profit. The game will be available both at retailers and on the digital store. Subsequent updates and expansion packs will be released in future and will contain new content to make even greater zoos. Players can choose between a variety of games modes such as the Story Mode, Scenario Mode, and a Freeplay Mode. Players can even hop onto the Online mode where they can view other player's zoos or compete in building zoos according to specific guidelines. The game boasts over 50 unique animals ranging from a wide variety of biomes across the world. It has also been hinted at that content from the various Nintendo franchises will also be featured within the game.
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There are multiple game modes featured in Ninten-ZOO for players to explore. These modes can either be played with one person or online with other players. Each Mode is available upon the start of the game but further content needs to be unlocked during play with the exception of Freeplay Mode. Completing various tasks and chapters in these modes can unlock further content across the game.
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Players can take part in the Story Mode where they meet Safari Monita who informs the player that they have been given management of a recently abandoned zoo. Using a small start up fund, the player bring the zoo back onto its feet and make it profitable. The Story Mode is separated into Chapters which has various missions that most be completed to advance the storyline. You can continue playing playing your zoo on Story Mode after you complete it.
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Scenario Mode tasks the player with jumping straight into a pre-established zoo and completing the scenario at hand. These scenarios typically involve completing a set of tasks that take some time to complete. There will be a total of 25 scenarios at the launch of the game.
Freeplay Mode allows the player freedom in building up their zoo. They can choose between a total of 10 different maps with adjustable sizes. Prior to starting the game, players can change the settings of the game to alter the overall gameplay.
Players can enter into the Online Mode where they can participate in several activities such as:
*: You can visit a registered friend's zoo on the Wii U. You can leave comments, monetary contributions, and gifts for when the player enters into Online Mode. You can designate up to five zoos to be viewable via Online mode though your main zoo will be the one featured in Story Mode. The four other zoos can be included from the Freeplay Mode.
*: Compete against an online player to be the first to reach the goal in a competition. The goals include:
*Get over $1,000,000 in net profit.
*Have over 80 animals.
*Get over 300,000 visitors total.
*: Event Mode typically involves players creating a zoo and submitting it based on various criteria. Some of these events will reflect real-time events such as Halloween and Valentines Day. Other events to help conservation efforts with proceeds going to conservation programs to help endangered animals.
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Players are tasked with managing and running a zoo by making visitors happy, building exhibits and housing animals from around the world, bringing in profits from admissions and stores, and promoting conservation efforts. Your co-manager and guide, Safari Monita is there to help the player out. Players guide one of their Miis within their Wii U system throughout the zoo that they have created. The Story Mode is only limited to the Mii that is used within the Wii U account so utilizing a different Mii in Story Mode is only allowed by accessing the game on an alternate account. Gameplay display is split between the Wii U gamepad and the television set screen. The television set screen gives a 3rd "behind the shoulder" person viewpoint while the Gamepad gives an overhead view and will follow along with the player.
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Safari Monita is at the players beck and call and informs them of information and recent events within the zoo. Accessing her menu allows players to view:
* (Number of guests, animals, stores, staff, etc within the zoo)
* (View the amount of money the zoo loses and brings in a weekly, monthly, and yearly period. Advertisement is also included in this section)
* (Spend money on researching to gain access to new animals, flora, conservation programs, etc)
* (View in real-time the status of the animals/guests. This also includes a Guestbook for guests to comment in)
* (View your zoos rating concerning happiness/profit/safety/etc)
* (Ask Safari Monita various questions and see how she responds.)
* (View your pictures and videos that you have taken. You can edit them, share them with friends, or even post your pictures onto Facebook/Twitter/Instagram and your videos onto Youtube)
* (Save your game within the current mode you are on. You can also choose "Save Game as" to name your particular file)
* (Load a pre-saved game within the current mode you are on)
* (Finish your current zoo and return to the main menu. You will be prompted to save first.)
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Starting a zoo and managing a zoo is easier said than done. It requires money, patience, knowledge, and dedication! Safari Monita and the zoo staff is here to help things easier but you are the one who calls the shots. Laying down your foundations and where you put exhibits is the start of your adventure but soon you will begin worrying about satisfying your guests, keeping your animals healthy, managing your workers, and making sure you don't fall into the red with your budget!
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Before you can have animals in your zoo, you need to build an exhibit. Exhibits come in all shapes and sizes and it's important to know what kind your animal will like before you begin building it. Building a small exhibit for a pride of African Lions who need a large exhibit will end up making them sad. Placing a small animal like Caribbean Flamingos in an extremely large exhibit will make them feel uncomfortable. Fence typing is also important as animals such as Chimpanzees and Gorillas can escape out of exhibits with walls they can climb on. Elephants and Cape Buffaloes can also bash down weak walls. Certain walls also lend a more stylized touch and allow for more interesting designs. For example, wooden fencing tends to have more angular angles while concrete walls can have a curvature to them.
When building an exhibit, you can either erect individual walls to create a more personalized touch. However, you can also use the Gamepad stylus to drag the fence to create a large square enclosure. Doing this to a previously created exhibit will expand it further allowing for more differently shaped exhibits. After erecting an exhibit, you can select where to put in a gate which allows for maintenance workers and zookeepers to enter into the exhibit.
One particular feature that is available is the . This allows players to input keywords to cycle through exhibits created by developers. There are over 200 exhibits available for players. Using keywords such as "giraffe", "large", "sandy", and "trees" will create an exhibit appropriate for the Reticulated Giraffe that is large in size with more sand than savanna grass as well as more trees than usual. Of course, it is possible to edit and alter these exhibits afterwards to cater to your own tastes.
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Biomes are very important when designing an exhibit because, well, putting a Lowland Gorilla in a desert biome might just well kill the poor thing. Animals, flora, and scenery objects are segregated into biomes. Knowing what animal and foliage goes into which biome is very important to keeping your animals and visitors healthy and creating an award-winning zoo.
The following biomes are:
*: Flowing grass, expansive skies, and a sunny sky. This biome is home to animals such as the American Bison and Maned Wolf.
*: Hot, extremely hot. And sand all around with no sign of water. That is a desert for you but, even in this hostile environment, life finds a way. Dromedary Camels and Fennec Foxes live under this hot sun.
*: This arid biome, dry and hostile it might be is still full of live. The savanna biome is teaming with life with animals such as African Lions and Leopard, Grevy's Zebras, African Elephants, and many more.
*: One look at this scorched plain might lead those to think this place is incapable of supporting life. But where there is a will, there is way. Red Kangaroos, Giant Anteaters, and Giant Elands call this place home.
*: Dripping from humidity and rain is what the Tropical Rainforest practically is. This biome is a treasure trove of animals and plants; some of which have yet to be discovered. Lowland Gorillas, Jaguars, and Bush Dogs reside in it's dark canopy.
*: Covered in coniferous trees with sparkling water and hills. These trees will never lose their leaves even in the dead of winter. Animals such as Grizzly Bears, Eurasian Lynx , and Gray Wolves thrive in this evergreen cold.
*: These trees, unlike the Boreal Forest, will lose their leaves in winter. Fall becomes a brilliant firework display of red, purple, yellow, and orange. These leaf-strewn forest sees animals such as American Black Bears, Racoon Dogs, and Red Pandas as permanent residents.
*: Swamps can be treacherous and not just because of the wildlife. Once wrong step and you might find yourself neck deep in water. Animals who live in the wetlands, such as Nile Crocodiles and Caribbean Flamingos can safely navigate these perilous waters.
*: High up in the lofty peaks lies the Alpine biome. The oxygen is heavy here but these animals fit right in with this high biome. Animals like the Markhor and Snow Leopard are well adapt to live in this lofty realm.
*: Extremely cold and beyond freezing, the arctic wastes is not a place to find yourself without sufficient supplies. However, animals such as the Polar Bear, Arctic Wolf, and Emperor Penguin are the kings of the cold.
*: Crashing waves, rocky precipices, and the smell of salt is the best way to describe this wet biome. Wedged between the ocean and land are numerous tide pools and sharp rocks. California Sea Lions and Sea Otters love such a place.
When builidng your exhibit, you are to paint it in the biome of your choice. Naturally speaking, deserts tend to have less water than wetlands so its important to keep this in mind. There for six levels available for a biome that can be created using the Biome Paintbrush:
* (provide ample diving depths for animals such as California Sea Lions and Polar Bears)
* (provide drinking water for animals like Reticulated Giraffes as well as swimming areas for smaller animals such as Caribbean Flamingos and Ocelots)
* (Perfect for animals who love to roll around in the dirt like African Elephants)
* (For those like the Red Kangaroo who likes a mixture)
* (Grass for grass lovers like the American Bison)
* (Grass with trees for animals like the Red Panda)
* (A combination of grass, trees, and rocks for a picturesque environment, especially for animals such as Black Bears.)
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Animals love plants and rocks where they live. Some animals, such as Bengal Tigers, feel most comfortable with dense foliage to hide in while others, like Gemsbok, prefers very sparse and dry foliage. Certain animals, especially coastal and alpine animals love rocks in their terrain. It is possible to place individual trees, bushes, flowers, and rocks when setting up and exhibit but you can use the Biome Paintbrush mentioned above to automatically place foliage and scenery objects to save time and energy.
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Simply building an exhibit and making it look pretty won't make your animals truly happy. They require enrichment, shelter, food, and a little TLC.
: Enrichment helps keep animals healthy and active while they are the zoo. Assigning Researchers to develop new ways for Animal Enrichment will lead to new objects and increased levels of animal enjoyment from the animals. 
: Animals require food and certain animals are particular feeding requirements. Assigning Researchers to develop new Animal Diets will ensure animals remain healthy and strong. Players can play Food Trays where Zookeepers will deposit food for animals to eat.
: Animals don't sleep out in the pen. Just like humans, they need bedrooms for privacy and to sleep in. Shelters come in a variety of shapes, styles, and sizes to accommodate particular animal types. Placing a Cat Cave Shelter for Dromedary Camels is not the best idea as they are unable to enter. Likewise, placing Wood Shack for a Red Panda isn't in the best interest as it's too large for the Red Panda to feel at ease.
: Players can give care to their animals by filling in the roles of a zookeeper by feeding, washing, grooming, and playing with the animal. The happiness the animal receives from player interaction is doubled compared to that with a Zookeeper. Safari Monita will alert the player with messages such as "The African Elephant, Dumbo, looks rather lonely. He could use a visit from his favorite person."
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After you build, decorate, and fill in your exhibit, the fun doesn't stop there. Assigning a Zookeeper ensures that the animals are closely looked after and taken care of. However, having more animals will needing more than one Zookeeper to take care of the exhibit. However, having more Zookeepers than needed is a drain on the budget and them becoming bored. Players can also name the exhibit with more interesting and exotic names related to the exhibit drawing more guests. Players can also advertise new exhibits to draw in more crowds and can redesign/remodel old exhibits to peak visitors interests.
 is very important as it draws in crowds and increases interest within the exhibit. Generally, a poorly made exhibit with sad animals reflectively has a poor exhibit rating. The nicer the exhibit, happier the animal results in a higher exhibit rating. High exhibit rating not only draws in crowds and profits to your zoo but also helps upgrade the exhibit animals statistics.
Placing a Donation Box next to the exhibit also allows visitors to drop in monetary donations and comments/suggestions on the exhibit. This is very important in Online Mode and Visit Mode where registered friends can come leave donations and comments for the next time you visit the Online Mode. Additional features that players can include into the exhibit are:
*: They can be changed to fit the particular biome. These platforms can be leveled or raised depending on the type needed.
*: These allow visitors to view animals from far away (it also adds a bit more income into your coffers).
*: These will inform your guest about particular information regarding the animal. As your individual exhibit rating goes up, more information will be included on the sign.
*: This speaker will help drive visitor happiness but may result in lowering the animals happiness (though this depends on the species). The music speaker draws in visitors to view the animal and adds a sense of atmosphere to the exhibit. But be careful because adding a Snow theme song to a Tropical Rainforest exhibit may be met with confusion.
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As with anything, exhibit fencing can become old and break apart which not only looks bad but can also lead to the animal escaping if the fence is broken. As well, dirty exhibits tend to turn away visitors and lowers the exhibit rating. Keeping Zookeepers there to sweep up poop, Maintenance Workers to repair fences, shelters, and toys, and Groundskeepers to wash the glass and keep the foliage looking nice will help drive up the exhibit and keep both animals and visitors happy. You can best manage this by assigning staff to a particular exhibit; especially if its a dirty exhibit. Hiring and assigning too many staff can lead to boredom so be conservative in your hiring. If staff members are not punctual in keeping exhibits clean, it's best to fire some of the staff , reorganize them, or provide a prize for a job well done. If the garbage becomes too bad, you can do the job yourself though it's best to leave it to a well-organized staff. If an animal is sad, angry, or sick; Safari Monita will alert the player to its condition. Or you can simply click on the animal using the Gamepad stylus to bring up that animal's status window.
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Visitors are just important as animals as they help bring in the funds to run and expand the zoo. Visitors love coming to the zoo and making them happy only drives up the zoo's overall rating. You can view a visitor's status by using the Gamepad stylus to view their current condition, thoughts, and desires. For example, a visitor to your zoo might desire to see a Saltwater Crocodile. You may be able to purchase a Saltwater Crocodile but you have yet to build an exhibit for it. Building an exhibit and including a Saltwater Crocodile while that visitor is in the park will double his or her happiness level and will donate money to the exhibit and zoo. It's best to listen to your visitors and provide what they want.
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V.I.P.'s typically include Mii's from your Wii U system or from your registered friends. These particular visitors have a set requirement in which Safari Monita will inform you of. If you complete that requirement while they are in the Zoo, they will graciously donate large sums of money, provide free animals, scenery, objects, or buildings, speed up your R & D, and/or increase your Zoo Rating. In addition, a satisfied V.I.P. will spread his or her cheer to other visitors thus increasing the overall happiness which lingers even after they leave.
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Visitors have several factors that help contribute to a Mii's overall happiness:
*: Feed your visitors hunger by providing ample food stalls and restaurants for them to purchase food at. If you have many hungry visitors, building a few new food stalls will help the problem.
*: Walking around a zoo and viewing animals is hard work but a thirst quenching Lemonade sure hits spot. Providing locations to purchase drinks will help quench that thirst.
*: Animals are always fun to watch but watching a bored or sick animal just isn't fun. Happy animals drives up this excitement rating. Visitors tend to go bonkers for animals playing with their enrichment toys, seeing a new exhibit or visiting a new store, and participating in guided tours.
*: A visitor who has been on his or her feet the entire day and viewing animals will need a rest every so often. Providing benches, chairs, tables, and other sit-able objects will help decrease this rating. In addition, visiting restaurants will also decrease this rating.
*: Everyone has to relieve themselves and bathrooms are a much needed service for a zoo. Providing a place to do one's business is extremely important.
In addition to these five factors, players can also view the visitors thoughts, favorite animals, purchased products, and money. Once a visitor runs out of money, he or she may leave so it's important to provide ATMs so they can bring in more money to spend!
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Visitors come in the form of Mii's and you may recognize some of them as being apart of your registered friends or within your system. To fill in the role of a visitor, being connected to the internet will also pull in Mii's from across the world. Selecting one of them will indicate where they are from and allows further networking between players! Mii's from players who do not have a copy of Ninten-ZOO may also show up. Maybe even your Mii's may show up in someones zoo randomly!
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Foliage, rocks, flowers, and other scenery items is very important it not only making the best exhibit for your animals but also impressing your zoo visitors! Some of the foliage within the game works best to be included in exhibits while others purely serve as aesthetics. Including a Thorn Acaia Tree in a savanna biome exhibit makes sense but including an Elephant Fountain as well will just make an African Lion upset.
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Foliage is broken down into two categories: trees and cover. Trees can also be extended to large flowering plants, cacti, and bushes. Cover is extended to grasses, flowers, vines, and other ground-dwelling plants.
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🌴Mangrove Tree 🌴Banyan Tree 🌳🌳Sourgum Tree 🌾🌾Cattails 🌱Lily Pad 🍃🍃Duckweed 🌱Indian Lotus 🌱🌱Tuckahoe 🌱Marsh Fern 🌿🌿Sundew|-|Alpine=
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Exhibits can be nice and beautiful but what about the grounds of the Zoo? Of course, zoos need to look pretty and well-maintained and scenery objects help with that! A nicely placed fountain or clean garbage bins really bring in the visitors. Scenary Objects are split into categories which will be explained below:
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🥀 Rose Bed 🌼
Daisy Bed 🌷
Tulip Bed 🌺
Pansy Bed 🌺
🌺Geranium Bed 🌺
Violet Bed 🌺
Carnation Bed 🌺
🌼Sunflower Bed 🌻
🌺Town Flower Bed 🌺
Exotic Flower Bed 🌺
🌺Ancient Flower Bed 🌺
Heart Flower Bed 🌺
🌽Corn 🌽
🍅Tomatoes 🍅
🍆Eggplants 🍆
🎃Pumpkins 🎃
🥔Potatoes🥔 
🥬Lettuce 🥬
🌺African Violet Bed 🌺
African Daisy Bed 🌺
🌺Impala Lily Bed 🌺
African Iris Bed 🌺
🌺Proteas Bed 🌺
Mountain Aloe Bed 🌺
🌺Anemone Bed 🌺
Mistflower Bed 🌺
🌺Milkwort Bed 🌺
Star Grass Bed 🌺
🌺Marigold Bed 🌺
Jacob’s Ladder Bed 🌺
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Simply building an exhibit, throwing in an animal, slapping down some trees and rocks, and sitting back an watch won't necessarily make the animal happy. Animals need things to help keep themselves happy and entertained just like how visitors need animals to keep themselves entertained. Animals also need shelters to sleep in and food trays to eat from. This section will list all of the possible enrichment, shelter, and food items.
*: Perfect for your Gray Wolves and African Wild Dogs.
*: Perfect for your Bengal Tiger and Ocelot!
*: Perfect for a wide range of animals!
*: Perfect for your smaller critters like Red Pandas.
*: Perfect for your not-so-small critters like Chimpanzees.
*: Perfect for your larger animals like Grizzly Bears.
*: Perfect for bodies of water for those who like to play.
*: Perfect for those animals who need to trim their claws.
*: Perfect for our resident elephants.
*: Perfect for our bovine and equine friends!
*: Perfect for our cute monkeys!
*: Perfect for those monkeys who love to play!
*: Perfect for our big cats like Lions and Cheetahs.
*: This fake tree has a fort built it into it that offers Primates places to climb and jump around! Playful Primates
*: This net stretches from one side to the next. Primates love climbing up and down it! Playful Primates
*: This rope is attached to a branch that allows Primates to perform amazing swings back and forth! Playful Primates
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Zoos need to be maintained by staff and staff need to be paid in full. This is one of the important aspects of managing a zoo is to budget your employers pay! Staff fill in a number of important functions and, without them, the zoo wouldn't be able to turn a profit! From curing sick animals to sweeping up poo to maintain stores and researching new conservation methods; staff are just as essential to the animals in a successful zoo.
Staff members come in a variety of shapes and ethnicities as well as male and female. The staff member is randomized upon being hired and has no bearing to previous hired staff. In addition, staff members can upgrade their skills by performing certain tasks regularly. For example, a maintenance worker who often repairs fences will level up that skill point thus allowing him to better repair and upgrade fences.
Upgrading your staff also has other rewards as it allows them to change colors with more colors being available at levels 5, 25, 45, 65, 85, 100. This is especially essential to Performers who wear suits such as the Elephant Suit. Staff will level up when they upgrade their skill points. Upgrading them not only increases their wage but also causes them to be more attentive to their duties, faster when traveling, and performing their duties quicker. They also spread happiness to those around them.
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What zoo wouldn't be complete without a Zookeeper? These busy staff members watches over the every day needs of the zoo's residents. If an animal becomes sick, they are there to cure them. If the animal needs a bath, they are there to wash them. If the exhibit is full of poop, they are there to clean it. You can also assign zookeepers to a particular exhibit where they will attend to. Assigning more zookeepers than is needed will result in them becoming bored and neglect the duties. The starting wage of a Zookeeper is $25 an hour.
* (decreases the chance of an animal becoming sick again)
* (increases the nutritional value of the food)
* (increases the happiness factor of the animal)
* (increases the speed of sweeping up poop)
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Maintenance Workers are hired to repair old and broken fences, broken-down buildings, damaged scenery objects, and other tasks of this nature. Fences, buildings, and scenery items deteriorate over time with some lasting less than others. Maintenance workers ensure the zoo functions normally and its facilities are up to speed. A maintenance worker can be directed to watch a specific zone, building, or exhibit and will spend his off time walking the area or sitting on benches. The starting wage for a Maintenance Worker is $20 an hour.
* (increases the strength of repaired fences)
* (increases the speed of repairing buildings)
* (decreases the cost of purchasing an identical item of the repaired item)
* (increases the value of the walkway)
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Groundskeepers are brought into make the zoo looks beautiful. Without them, the flowers would be dead, bushes would be unkempt, and grass would be five feet high. Groundskeepers water plants, trim bushes, sweep up garbage, empty garbage cans, and mow the grass. The Groundskeeper can be set to patrol a particular zone to make sure its spotless. The starting wage for a Groundskeeper is $15 an hour.
* (increases the mowing speed)
* (decreases the number of times plants need to be watered daily)
*(increases trimming speed)
* (extends the area of cleaning)
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Stores don't sell products themselves. They need a Shopkeeper to ensure the store is managed and items sell. Stores, stalls, shops, and restaurants are the prime source of income for the zoo and important is it's stability. Regardless of whether the store is selling plush toys, shark teeth, or selling hamburgers or pizza, the shopkeeper is there to make sure money is brought in for the zoo. Shopkeepers should be assigned a store to be in charge of though they will also head to the closest unoccupied store as well. The starting wage for a Shopkeeper is $10 an hour.
* (decreases the time to stock bought-out items)
* (increases visitor happiness upon visiting the store)
* (increases the amount of visitors who come to the store)
* (speeds up time for new items to arrive)
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Security Guards patrol the areas of the zoo to watch out for escaped animals, hooligans, thieves, poachers, and other unsavory people. Animals who do escaped are reported by the guard and can be subsequently captured by them or the player. Hooligans will cause property damage by breaking things like benches. Theives may try to swindle money out of stores or visitors. Poachers are particularly bad and will try to capture an animal and take it away for some evil purpose. Security Guards can be set to zone a particular area. The starting wage for a Security Guard is $22 an hour.
* (increases chance of a successful capture)
* (increase radius of spotting trouble)
* (speeds up movements while on a chance)
* (decreases chances of vandalism and crime within the park)
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Tour Guides gathers visitors and guides them around to certain exhibits; telling them about information regarding the animal. This not only increases the visitors overall happiness but may also give the player information about a certain animal which will increase the relationship between it and the player. Tour Guides can be connected to up to 5 exhibits and will move to each one after each tour. It is best to keep them close together as keeping them far apart causes wasted time in traveling. The starting wage for a Tour Guide is $18 an hour.
* (increase visitors happiness)
* (increases relationship rate between player and animal)
* (holds greater attention to players thus preventing them from leaving)
* (increases chances that tour participants will donate money to the exhibit)
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Performers come in a wide range of sizes, colors, and shapes by donning on a suit and parading about the zoo. Performers, while not essential to running a zoo, provide happiness to the visitors and increases the overall rating of the zoo. Performers can change suits though will need to go to the Staff Shack to change. They can also be set perform in a certain area. The starting wage for a Performer is $12 an hour.
* (Increases visitors happiness which spreads as long as they are nearby)
* (draws in nearby visitors to watch the show)
* (increases chances of visitors donating to the zoo)
* (increases endurance level so as to not have to take so many breaks)
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Researchers help Safari Monita by going out of the zoo and researching animals in the wild. They will report to Safari Monita on possible ways to get new animals, foliage, buildings, and other researchable means. Players can select the items they discover and commission them to research it. While employing more than one Researcher to a task is overall beneficial, having too many may hamper, delay, or even cancel the research. Researchers will then return back to the zoo after completing a successful trip and will need to rest before going back out into the field. Researchers starting wages begin at $30.
* (Increases chances of finding new items to research)
* (decreases chances of Researchers dropping the task at hand and coming back to the zoo in defeat.)
* (decreases time needed to rest after a trip)
* (increases overall speed of research)
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Researching and Development or "R&D" for short is important for bringing in new animals, foliage, and ideas into the zoo that will better the zoo overall! Safari Monita and Researchers will help make this possible...granted they are given money at the beginning. First off, players must higher a Researcher and commission them to go out into the field and investigate one of many categories. These include:
* (Research on how to bring new animals to bring into the zoo. This is also extended to devising new ideas for animal enrichment, dietary, shelters, medicine, and animal care)
* (Research on new foliage items to bring into the zoo's exhibits)
* (Research new ideas and concepts for scenery objects. This also includes non-exhibit foliage like bushes and flowers)
* (Research new designs for yet-to-be-built buildings or new products for ones you have built. You can also research new exhibits to put into animal houses)
* (Research new ways to help support endangered animals and participate in conservation programs to bring revenue into the zoo.)
Once a Researcher discovers a new item to research, you can either give him or her the task of researching it or to give it to a Researcher who is currently available. Tired or weary Researchers may drop the research and return back to the zoo to rest. You can see how difficult it is and approximate length of time to complete the research to determine whether to give the task to the current Researcher or give it to an available one. If during the researching task, the Researcher ends up leaving the assignment; the task will pause and then start back up once a new Researcher arrives and begins.
Research is broken down into levels 1, 2 and 3 with three being the most difficult. Research tasks in level 3 may require multiple Researchers to tackle it and tends to take a much longer time to complete. Each task can have up to 3 Researchers assigned to it at a time though is is unadvised to task three Researchers at a Level 1 assignment. This may lead to the Researchers not completing their work or delaying it. The level and assignment difficulty will effect the price needed to research the item.
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Advertisement can bring guests to your zoo and also helps increase zoo eating and income. Advertising is a great yet expensive way to boost your zoo overall. There are five ways to advertise your zoo:
*: Print out and distribute fliers! Cost is low but less coverage. 
*: Tune in and listen to your advertisement! Cost is low and Co averages is moderate.
*: Air a commercial about your zoo on television. The cost is moderate with high coverage.
*: Go high tech and show some ads on zoo-related websites! Cost I s I ohh and coverage is high.
*: Some television programs like national singing competitions and national sports tournament are draw in millions of watcher sites.This is the most expensive but has the highest coverage.}} 
While technically not advertisement, a good write up by a VIP will also bring in guests and generate income.
After choosing the method, you can choose what you want to advertise!
*: Pick an animal and set how many weeks you want to advertise!
*: Pick an food and set how many weeks you want to advertise!
*: Pick an attraction/ride/building and set how many weeks you want to advertise!
*: Set how many weeks you want to advertise your entire zoo!
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Conservation is a great way to bring attention to your zoo and to highlight key issues in regards to animal conservation. Through Conservation, you can help vulnerable to critical things endangered animals through breeding, education, research, and protection. Players can pick an animal to help conservate and successfully breeding and making these animals heathy educates people on the needs of these animals.
When you successfully help an at-risk Species, you also increase your Conservation seating which brings it more rewards when milestones are passed. This also positively affects your Zoo sting and income. However, failing to help conservate an animal or missing a particular requirement may result in a negative rating which negatively affects your zoo.
Purchase of Ninten-ZOO helps with Conservation as inebriate third of your purchase goes to Conservation programs in real life! This is also true for downloadable content. If you are also able to help donate real-life currency to Conservation program so through an in-game advertisement function.
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Ninten-Zoo will be releasing periodically updates via DLC content. There are three times: free updates, mini-packs, and expansion packs.
Amiibos can be used for included new content in your zoos! When you scan an amiibo into your current zoo Ninten-ZOO, it will unlock content specific to that franchise! To date,t he only Amiibo that can unlock content is The Legend of Zelda Amiibo which includes the following:
Amiibo_Link.png|Link Amiibo
Amiibo_ToonLink.png|Toon Link Amiibo
Amiibo_Zelda.png|Princess Zelda Amiibo
Amiibo_Sheik.png|Sheik Amiibo
Amiibo_Ganondorf.png|Ganondrof Amiibo
Amiibo_WolfLink.png|Wolf Link Amiibo
Amiibo_Zelda_E32016_char01_Link(Archer).png|BotW Archer Link Amiibo
Amiibo_Zelda_E32016_char02_Link(Rider).png|BotW Rider Link Amiibo
Amiibo_Zelda_E32016_char03_Guardian.png|Guardian Amiibo
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| style=";text-align:left;background-color:rgba(247,247,247,.8)"|:Bring some farm animals to your zoo! Include animals such as Jersey Cows and Suffolk Sheep! You can even put in a pettingzoo! Mini-Pack - $5.99
: Get legendary and bring some famous LoZ monsters into your zoo! Free Update 
: Get on the Wilde side and bring some african critters into your zoo! Animals such as the Masai Giraffe and Serval will delight guests! Expansion Pack - $14.99
: Get cold-blooded an add some reptiles to your zoo! Wether it’s the giant Komodo Dragon or the critically endangered Gharial. Mini-Pack - $5.99
: Come and explore the new world! It’s ripe for the picking! Adding in animals such as the Kodiak Bear, Coyote, and White-Tailed Deer will be well appreciated! Expansion Pack - $14.99
: It’s time to monkey around with these playful primates! Wether it’s the striking Colobus Monkey, noisy Red Howler Monkey, the beautiful Golden Lion Tamarin, or the mysterious Aye-Aye; these pronates will be the perfect addition to your zoo! Mini-Pack - $5.99
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