Zoo Hospital

by Majesco

Product Features

• Learn about animal care, endangered and exotic species
• Use the touch screen to treat varied medical illnesses
• Get help from a friend in 2-player cooperative mode
• Earn award plaques for your trophy room as you become an expert vet
• Treat 40 different patients from bird, mammal and reptile families.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000TGB4Q4
• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 23, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,054 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo DS

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Product Description:

Aunt Lucy, a veterinarian at a world-famous zoo, invites you to intern for the summer. With her help, you'll treat a variety of exotic animals from around the world as you learn how to read body language, soothe animals, perform thorough examinations and treat them so they can return to their zoo habitats healthy.

Features:

• Explore the amazing world of animals and learn about animal care, and endangered and exotic species. Budding vets can become experts on their favorites.
• Use the Touch Screen and stylus in medical mini games to treat varied illnesses. Administer injections, apply ointment, pull teeth, remove deadly microbes, X Ray organs and much more.
• Treat 40 different patients from the bird, mammal and reptile families. Start with 10 unlocked animals including: eagle, kangaroo, jaguar, zebra, chimp, panda, hyena, male lion, fossa and cobra.
• Discover how best to calm stressed species through soothing touch. Develop new skills via observation, problem solving and motor control that help you successfully decipher a patient’s body language, perform a thorough examination and then determine the most appropriate treatment.
• Consult the Doctor’s Observational Computerized Clipboard (DOCC) to learn what’s ailing your patient while checking vital signs and statistics.
• Get help from, or help a friend in, 2-player cooperative multiplayer.
• Earn award plaques for your trophy room as you become an expert vet.

Product Description

Aunt Lucy, a veterinarian at a world-famous zoo, invites you to intern for the summer. With her help, you'll treat a variety of exotic animals from around the world as you learn how to read body language, soothe animals, perform thorough examinations and treat them so they can return to their zoo habitat healthy!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Inticing, Educational FUN Game, December 6, 2007

By 

Lucinda Parker "AZfarmer" (Cottonwood, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zoo Hospital (Video Game)

As an old gamer(literally) I am very new to the Nintendo DS Lite system and games. Shoot em ups and fast action requiring a lot of button manipulation are not my style. This game uses the stylus almost entirely with only scrolling with the buttons. I love animals and many years ago thought of becoming a vet, so I gave this game a try.

The graphics and sound are impressive. It is scientifically accurate in the description of the animals as well as 'cures' for the animals. It does make you think as to causes of ailments and the mini games within are challenging but not impossible with the stylus and older hands. It truly is fun!

The 8-12 group will love this game, and learn a lot along the way. Saving the game is easy. Restarting a new game is easy. Sound isn't mandatory to play the game, which is good if you're playing where sound would be a problem, yet the sounds and music do add an element of fun.

Definitely worth the money.

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addicting game, November 8, 2007

By 

Rachel Reese - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zoo Hospital (Video Game)

This game can be addicting. I brought it because I love animals. In this game your character is an intern at the zoo and helps the character's Aunt Lucy to treat different types of zoo animals such as: a zebra, elephant, panda, snake, buffalo, koala, turtle, wolf, and so on. You treat the animals by doing different mini games. A must buy for people who love animals and/or want to become a vet.

22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unrealistic and repetitive...., January 5, 2008

By 

K. L. Zedeker "shopaholic" (Louisville,KY USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Zoo Hospital (Video Game)

I typically love games for the DS that heavily rely upon the stylus for gameplay. This game, however, was not fun for me.

As previously mentioned, you are an intern at a zoo. You start off with a set number of animals in the zoo that thankfully, only become sick one at a time. After you treat the sick animal, you are rewarded with a new animal's arrival at the zoo. Eventually you will also begin to earn awards such as "African Animal Expert" etc.

The game is good in that the graphics are nice. There are very realistic looking- and sounding- animals here. A hyena looks and sounds like a hyena, etc. There are also facts about each animal that you can read up on such as diet, habitat, etc.

One of the main problems I had with the game is that it is not realistic at all. Actual veterinarians would laugh at the treatments administered here. Of course it's a game and I don't expect it to be completely realistic, but come on. How many spoons do I have to yank out of something's digestive track before the zoo employees stop leaving them around to be eaten? How many snakes and lizards do I need to treat for *sweating* when reptiles don't even have sweat glands? An animal broke it's leg? No problem. Simply move the bone pieces back into place and the animal will be fine. No cast required. A komodo dragon is uncomfortable? Simply pet it to relieve it's stress (pet a komodo dragon in real life and you will lose a hand). I have games like Cooking Mama and Trauma Center which simulate cooking and surgery quite well and far more realistic than what is being depicted here.

Realism would not matter so much if the gameplay was actually fun. It is fun for about the first hour. But after playing for an hour or so, I had already unlocked all the extra animals and I kept doing the same procedures over and over again. I literally removed about 10 spoons from 10 different animals all in the same exact way. The same goes for the other procedures. For example, If a bird, lizard, or lion has a broken leg, you will repair it in the exact same way every time. This got monotonous very quickly. Once the new animals are unlocked, the only thing left to do is keep treating sick animals so that you can earn your award trophies. But there's really no point to the game, no way to "win".

I am an animal lover and I was really wanting to like this game. I thought this would be more of a simulator on what it's like to be a vet---it's not. Good game for kids, not so much for adults.

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