Zoo Tycoon 2 DS is a simulation and strategy game developed by Blue Fang Games for the Nintendo DS, released in 2008. The game is split into two primary modes. The main mode tasks players with constructing and managing a zoo, drawing on the design conventions of the original Zoo Tycoon. The second mode, Zookeeper, shifts the visual style closer to Zoo Tycoon 2 and centers on hands-on animal care through five distinct mini-games: petting, cleaning up waste, feeding, washing, and healing animals. Together, the two modes offer both the broader management perspective of planning and building enclosures and a more intimate, animal-level experience focused on keeping individual creatures healthy and content.
