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Zoo Tycoon DS

Easy to learn, hard to master! Encounter the ultimate zoo experience in Zoo Tycoon DS! Get up close and personal while collecting and caring for the world's most popular animals in a custom zoo you create!…

11 October 2005

Zoo Tycoon DS is a simulator developed by Altron, released 11 October 2005 on Nintendo DS.

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What Zoo Tycoon DS is

Zoo Tycoon DS is a simulator game developed by Altron and released in 2005. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Easy to learn, hard to master! Encounter the ultimate zoo experience in Zoo Tycoon DS! Get up close and personal while collecting and caring for the world's most popular animals in a custom zoo you create! Manage your environment properly and achieve the ultimate goal of a zoo full of happy animals and customers.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Zoo Tycoon DS launched on 11 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005).

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005).

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When did Zoo Tycoon DS come out?
Zoo Tycoon DS was released on 11 October 2005 for Nintendo DS.

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