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Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania (2006), © Microsoft Corporation

Typically very large, offering between 20 and 30 animals, at least one new building/scenery theme with some general additions on the side, a healthy amount of new foliage, a few new maps, new challenges, between 1 and 3 new campaigns and - in the real crème de la crèmes - novel, game-changing gameplay mechanics.

Four expansions were released under Blue Fang:

• Endangered Species spotlighted threatened animals and conservation success stories and introduced tour vehicles and elevated paths to the game

• African Adventure offered a slew of charismatic African wildlife and improved animal behavior but was generally extremely bare-bones (no new foliage, a single three-scenario campaign, no new additions to gameplay...)

• Marine Mania was all about the ocean and went all-out with expanding the game to accompany its creatures (brand new biomes, tanks, marine foliage, Seaworld-style shows, player diving mechanics, etc.)

• Extinct Animals brought a heaping helping of extinct wildlife and three new minigames accomodating them to the table.

Musk Ox & Tundra Theme Pack (2005), © Microsoft Corporation

The smallest possible package for a download - at largest, the original bonus downloads comprised of one animal and a theme pack or a decently fledged beautification pack, and they got as small as one animal with nothing accompanying it and a pack including four guest variants and a drinking fountain.

A total of nine official bonus downloads were released (discounting the Asiatic black bear), from the Black Leopard & Stuffed Prey Dummy in November 2004 to the Holiday Pack in December 2005, to the website-exclusive Addax at some point in mid/late 2006. There were evidently plans for other downloads, but none of these materialized.

A collection of UBDs, split across a few separate pages, can be found on the dedicated Downloads page. Below are some inaugural Nano's Zoo 2 Zone downloads: