Zoo

The Zoo is an optional area in South Pawville owned by Kenneth. When an escaped zoo animal is defeated in a minigame, they will return here where you can challenge them again. By playing zoo animals in rematches, the player can unlock an accessory and its colors. They unlock one color every five games regardless of result. There is also a fishing pier and a couple insects the player can catch.
The controls for Zoo animal minigames can be found in the Minigames section of Hints, under Memo in the pause menu.
== Layout ==
=== Southwest Area ===
Entering the Zoo and turning left, the player can enter this meadow path with a sandy pit.
==== Panda ====
Rematch the Panda in Barrel Ride to set a record and unlock the Sailor Collar colors. A quick player can complete the race and win in under 45 seconds. 
==== Giraffe ====
Rematch the Giraffe in Ring Toss to set a record and unlock the Headdress Ribbon colors. The Giraffe will walk back and forth over a small area. It occasionally stops and stretches, giving the player a great opportunity to throw rings on its neck. Another opportunity is when the giraffe turns around, as it doesn't move much horizontally when it does so. The player must score 250 points, or land 25 rings, in 2 minutes to win. 
==== Lion ====
Rematch the Lion in Hockey in the sandy pit to set a record and unlock the Noble Collar colors–the record considers the player's score, not the amount of points they win by. The player must have more points scored than the Lion when the two minutes of the minigame are up to win. After either player hits the puck, the Lion will usually pause a bit and slowly turn towards the puck before pursuing it, giving the player a little time to block the Lion's shots or follow up on their own. Also, the player should be careful when moving to intercept a puck near their goal, and they may bump a missed shot into their own goal by mistake.
Additionally, the Lion's sandy pit may contain the Zoo-exclusive Morpho insect. If it does, the Rainbow Butterfly will be present in the Northeast Area too.
=== Southeast Area ===
Entering the Zoo and turning right, the player can enter this large sandy pit.
==== Gorilla ====
Rematch the Gorilla in Fruit Catch to set a record and unlock the Party Sunglasses colors. More fruit will fall than the player can catch, so it is a good idea to watch for melons (and apples) specifically before chasing fruit shadows, as they give 3x (2x) as many points as the basic bananas. If a spiky chestnut lands on the player, they will be stunned for a couple seconds. The player takes a bit of time to turn around, so if they chase a fruit to the edge of the area, it is a good idea to turn towards the center immediately to chase fruits more quickly. Near the end of the game, the gorilla will throw a wave of durians, and then a wave of melons. The latter provides a good last-chance 30 points, or even 60 if two shadows are bunched together and the player can catch both melons. The player must score 450 points in 1 minute to win. 
==== Vulture ====
Rematch the Vulture in Rodeo to set a record and unlock the Pirate Hat colors. The player must reach the finish line in 1 minute and 30 seconds. The Vulture can buck and force the player to move the cursor in any of the 8 cardinal or intercardinal (northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest) directions. If the player moves in the required direction very quickly, possibly within half of a second, their movement will be "Great!" and the Vulture's speed will rise considerably. If they move in the correct direction within 4 seconds or so, their movement will be "Good!" and the Vulture's speed will rise some. If they move in the wrong direction–the required direction is fairly precise-or don't act in 4 seconds, their movement will be "Miss!", the Vulture will slow down, and it won't buck for a couple seconds. When the Vulture is moving fairly slowly, there will always be a gap of a couple seconds between it bucking, but if the Vulture is moving more quickly, one buck may come almost right after the other. All all-Great! run gave a time of 47'93, but this is not the perfect time, as some "Great!" movements are faster than others.
==== Buffalo ====
Rematch the Buffalo in Chicken Race to set a record and unlock the Aloha Shirt colors. Note the record only considers the player's score, not their margin of victory over the opponent. The race is identical to the race when challenging the Buffalo in Lonesome Park. The Buffalo may score from 0 points to 100 points. The player can score 100 points by stopping their run about 6 seconds after it begins, assuming they take some additional milliseconds to react to the starting whistle and start a stopwatch. However, this time window is precise, so slight changes in one's starting delay, for example, could lead to 0 points. Stopping at 5.75 seconds or so can more safely secure a relatively high score.
The mouth of the sand pit may also contain a Scarce Swallowtail. If it does, the Northwest Area will contain a Scarce Swallowtail as well.
=== Northwest Area ===
Entering the Zoo and going up-left, or going up from the Southwest Area, lets the player access this plain by the river.
==== Boar ====
Rematch the Boar in Flag Race to set a record and unlock the Star Glasses colors. The player can choose three tracks of varying difficulty, each of which have their own records. Players must collect the flags in ascending numerical order and cross the finish line to finish. The player travels fastest on the path and wood planks, a bit slower on the grass, considerably slower on the sand, and slowest when swimming. Players can navigate between the islands more quickly than swimming by jumping onto and between them in specific places, which are marked by small wooden pegs on all 4 corners of the crossing space.
==== Kiwi ====
Rematch the Kiwi in Treasure Hunt to set a record and unlock the Postman Cap colors. The player must have more points when the 1 minute and 30 seconds of the minigame are up. They can use the Whiskers (Catz) / Sniffing Radar (Dogz) to dig up treasures. Treasures can be a bronze coin worth 10 points, a silver coin worth 20, a gold coin worth 30, and a pile of gold coins worth 50. Unlike normal digging, the player can move and use their Whiskers or Sniffing radar very quickly after digging up an object, allowing them to dig up items more quickly. The player and the Kiwi may end up moving towards the same buried treasure, but it's possible for both to end up collecting the same object in the same place.
==== Elephant ====
Rematch the Elephant in Sled Pull to set a record and unlock the Mexican Hat colors. The player can choose three tracks of varying difficulty, each of which have their own records.
There may also be a Scarce Swallowtail between the Elephant and the Boar. If there is, the Southeast Area will contain a Scarce Swallowtail as well.
=== Northeast Area ===
Entering the Zoo and going up-right, or going right from the Northwest Area, lets the player access this riverside plain with a small sandy section and ice floe.
==== Monkey ====
Rematch the Monkey in Dodge Ball to set a record and unlock the Chinese Hat B colors–the record considers the player's score, not the amount of points they win by. The player must have more points when the 1 minute and 30 seconds of the minigame are up. A good strategy is to keep moving unless the player has a good angle to hit the Monkey, as this will make it harder for the Monkey to hit them. A great time to hit the Monkey is when in runs out of dodgeballs and has to collect more. To secure a win, the player can keep moving to force the Monkey to waste all his balls with misses, hit him many times quickly as he refills, and repeat this cycle until the game ends. The Monkey will also occasionally pause to taunt the player. If either player is hit with a dodge ball right before they throw, the throw will be canceled. For both players, balls appear to curve slightly towards their target to reduce the precision needed to land a hit. Both players can hold up to 5 dodge balls at a time, and refilling at either of the back-corner ball baskets will immediately give them all 5 balls.
==== Penguin ====
Rematch the Penguin in Curling to set a record and unlock the Angel Wing T-Shirt colors. Note the record only considers the player's score, not their margin of victory over the opponent. The player must have more points across their three attempts than the Penguin has across theirs to win. The control scheme for this game may be unintuitive, so seeing its controls in Hints can help. If the player is charging their power and charges too much, they can just avoid launching and allow the charge to reach its maximum, which will reset their charge with no penalty.
==== Bear ====
Rematching the Bear will have him assign another fishing quest. This is the only Zoo minigame that does not unlock an accessory. Unlike his original quest, where he always assigns the player to catch a Brook Trout, he can assign several fish to catch at the Zoo pier. The quest is active until the player catches the desired fish, which automatically completes it, or talks to the Bear and cancels it. The player must cancel the quest to leave the Zoo. This rechallenge is generally not worthwhile for the purpose of earning G, as the player can usually earn more on average by just selling the fish at the Pawn Shop. This is especially true if the Bear assigns the player to catch a Marbled Lungfish, which sells for 2000G more than the Bear's quest reward.
The Bear can assign several catches with varying rewards:
Brook Trout - 100G
Kokanee - 100G
Sweetfish - 200G
Eel - 200G
Marbled Lungfish - 500G
The Zoo fishing pier also has several other fish available, most notably the rare Ito. See the Fishing article for more details.
Additionally, the grass between the Bear and the Penguin may contain the Rainbow Butterfly. If it does, the Southwest Area will also contain a Morpho.