I bought this for my daughter and it seems i play it as much as she does. It's a lot of fun. There are more features, slightly better graphics & better game play. It is an expansion pack, so you must own Zoo Tycoon 2 to add this.

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I like the new animals and the new features in this expansion. The new animal shows are interesting to create. The animals in this expansion are like the others in the previous games, they keep you busy for many hours of fun. The new aquarium buildings and all the ocean life are interesting aspects of the game to create realistic homes for your animals. If you love the previous expansions you will love Marine Mania.

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I've always enjoyed the Zoo Tycoon game series. I was looking forward to the release of Marine Mania, and have been quite satisfied with it since the purchase. Great variety of animals.

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I purchased this expansion pack for my husband and two boys, ages 7 and 11, after they had so much fun with Zoo Tycoon 2, the dinosaur pack, and the extinct animals pack. They have really enjoyed this game, and have had a great time incorporating the aquatic animals into their zoos. I recommend adding this to your collection, no zoo is complete without killer whales and seals! And you can swim with the animals as well!

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Great game for zoo tycoon fans. Adds a fairly wide variety of marine fauna and underwater plants as well as sea shore plants. This Zoo tycoon 2 expansion pack also provides a couple of pre-made tanks with animals as well as a koi fish in your scenery section of Zoo tycoon . Note:to play this pack you must have Zoo tycoon 2 the main pack to play.

great game!!!

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Marine Mania was--in my humble opinion--the best xpack in the original Zoo Tycoon series. It holds the same position for me in the second run of the hit game--only because it cannot go higher.

In the orginal Marine Mania, marine animals were added to your already impressive arsenal of critters (such as whales, dolphins, sea otters...). Most of these creatures live in tanks, so you were given tank walls instead of fences for enclosures, or you could split them to make a hybrid tank. Some of the animals could also perform in shows, which you could set up to awe your guests--or lull them into sleep.

Sounds like it couldn't get any better, huh? Well, it did. Everything in the original Marine Mania is here in the second version--plus a few other things. In this version, you can actually dive into the tanks with the animals (The catch is you don't have to breathe--since it's an E-10 game, i can see where Microsoft was going with that) and even swim with a select few of them. You can actually train your future stars yourself, or hire a trainer (a trainer takes longer to train the animals--but it gets boring really quick if you do it yourself. your choice). It's cool that you can actually sit and watch your show--if you can stand it. It is nearly impossible to create a show that your guests actually like (the closest i've gotten is 'that show was OK'. not exactly perfect, huh?)

Nevertheless, this is still a fantastic expansion pack, and I think that the good balances out the bad pretty well. It may not be perfect, but is better than the original. Play it and I think you will agree.

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I purchased this game for my grandchildren and they absolutely love it.

They spend hours playing this game with their Dad and always want to know if it is their turn yet. It is entertaining and fun.

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I originally bought Zoo Tycoon 2 (Zoo Keeper version with two expansions)for my daughter and I. It was so great that we got the Marine Mania expansion as well. We were not disappointed. The entire set is a fantastic game as well as a learning experience. Although the game recommends ages 10 and up, my daughter is six and would play this game all day if we let her. Marine Mania has great new features such as tank walls and training marine animals for shows. The game and all the expansions are rather pricey but I think it's worth the price.

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I love the marine animals, the water tanks, the shows, the filters. The expansion certainly has "expanded" the FUN

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This expansion adds marine animals which are great fun to teach tricks and then they attract visitors to your zoo

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This addition only enhances Zoo Tycoon 2. You can create marine biomes using walls, or just a natural water feature. You can create shows with the dolphins and orcas, and some of the animals you can interact by riding them!. It is a little difficult to set up the shows, because they won't perform unless they are perfectly happy in their environment, but it is worth the purchase.

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I liked this game from the start. It took me about 5 minutes to download. When I started to play it I loved the fact that you could teach the water animals tricks. The bad thing is you cant teach all the animals tricks. This was the first Expansion pack I got and I think it is a good one to start with because it is really easy.

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Marine Mania is the best expansion pack out. The graphics are wonderful. I have learned a lot about marine animals since I got it.

-Add 20 beautiful marine animals (mammals, fish, reptiles).

-The game also comes with a useful tool-- the eyedropper. It is used to easily duplicate objects.

- Now the trees, bushes, and grasses now sway with the add of the expansion; making it look even more realistic as you tour your zoo.

You can now go under water in the ponds, lakes or tanks you construct. Even add koi to ponds.

- Train orcas, dolphins, seals and more to make incredible shows to wow your guests.

However...I would recomend it be a tad more realistic in some ways (carrots cost $50 ea., animals get stuck in the ground). The game itself should be about $20 (that's how much I got it for on sale). Do not get it if you don't have a NEW computer. Older ones can't handle the game. Overall I give this game a high rating and recomend it to animal lovers.

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Note: This game Requires Zoo Tycoon 2 or Zoo Tycoon 2 Zookeeper Collection

This expansion gives a new challenge for players with the need to keep tanks clean and the option of traing animals to perform tricks the price

currently the price around $20 is a little too much for its contents unless you are a big fan of the series.

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This game is fun for more than one person to sit down a create together. A great family time game. Teaches kids to be responsible for the lives of animals.

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