any other games that let the player take care of animals?

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Can anyone make a list of games the let the player that take care of animals?
the only ones I know of are very old games.

ZooTycoon 1 and 2
rolllercoaster tycoon platnium, it actually has some animals and zoo features in it.
insaniqaurium, it's old and kinda cartoon style but still fun.

anyone know any of any others?

Afrika for PS3 and Nintendogs (DS) are the first that come to mind. If you're thinking in the style of zoo, the ones you listed work lol

There must be a million games where you take care of animals! Are you looking for a zoo-type of game specifically or will any type of game do? I played Zoo Tycoon once on the DS and didn't like it. Nintendogs was cute and all, but it got boring pretty fast. IMO the best games where you take care of animals are the Harvest Moon series, The Sims 2 Pets and Sims 3 Pets for the computer. I find most real pets, even dogs, don't need as much constant attention as virtual ones, like when I used to take my Tamagotchi everywhere by wearing it on a cord around on my neck!

Harvest moon is the one of this gameplay type I know most well.

There's games on most of the portable systems, and on Wii.

The Chao Garden from Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. Ya I know they're technically not animals but you still have to care for them. The chao however have an evolution system that depending on how you care for them or who you have care for them can make them good or evil. You can also have them participate in games. Lastly the chao are ADORABLE.

Black & White.

I know these are really old but:
the original Petz games for Windows(Catz 1,Catz 2,Catz 3,Catz 4,Catz 5 +Dogz 1,Dogz 2,Dogz 3,4 and 5 (1995-2002 different in style to the ones you see today which are 2006 onwards) had lots of fun playing those,breeding the critters, and downloading breedz.Enjoyed the fact they actually grew.

3D Pets - Neechez (1998?)
Splat the Cat,PC Pup, Koi, etc-Different to the Petz games in which you can only have one Pet at a time(always the same one) and the fact they can actually die and be reborn unlike the Petz series. Cannot breed.

On the theme of the original Catz and Dogz games, there was also another game that came out with them called oddballs. It was the same sort of thing but with strange little creatures.

The Creatures series. You play as a disembodied hand and take care of these creatures called norns (they look kind of like bipedal fox-cat-things). They have their own biochemistry, genetics code and even a simple brain. It's a really awesome series, because every norn is unique and over the generations they will actually evolve, just like real creatures.

Harvest Moon: Back To Nature

Theres also Spore... That allows you to create your own animals, for the amount I've read about it...

The ones I know were already mentioned in this topic: the Harvest Moon series (I also recommend Rune Factory, by the same creators: it has the same gameplay but it takes place in a JRPG fantasy world with dungeons and monsters), the Chao Garden in Sonic Adventure, Black & White...

However, I agree with Ettina: the Creatures series is definitely the best "pet simulator" ever made (in fact, Ettins are a kind of creature from that series: I am guessing it is where Ettina's username comes from). You can get a free version (Docking Station, a standalone expansion of Creatures 3) in this link: http://www.creaturesdockingstation.com/ (I have not tested it, but you will need to use their offline patch, since the developer's server is currently down and some troll changed the password of the username they were sharing).

Additionally, the Monster Rancher series, available for PlayStation 1 and 2 and GameBoy Advance, is a very interesting variation of the Mon genre: you take care of a monster as if it were a pet, but you also train it to win monster battle tournaments at the Arena. And you can fuse your monsters to create stronger ones at the nearby Lab. Not to mention the monster creation system at the SHrines: using a password in the GBA games (any combination of characters will work) or a CD/DVD in the PS1/PS2 versions (again, any optical media you use will work).

If you have any Apple Products, you can get Tiny Pets, a free app. It's pretty fun, but like Farmville\Clash of Clans\etc. there is some waiting factored in.

I know this isn't what you want for an answer...

But Pokemon

And in Fallout 3 you can get a dog, and in Fallout New Vegas, you can get a Robo-Dog. You can interact with them, give them treats, compliments, heal them, etc...

In Oblivion and Skyrim, you can get Horses.

I'm bad at this.