Plants vs. Zombies 2

Plants vs. Zombies 2: It&#39;s About Time is a tower defense game released by PopCap Games. It is a sequel to the award-winning game Plants vs. Zombies. It was released for iOS devices on Thursday, August, 15, 2013. In this version, the player destroys new zombies in a time travel motif. PopCap Games will eventually release it on other platforms, such as the PC.

Description
The zombies are coming… back. It’s about time! The sequel to the hit action-strategy adventure with over 30 Game of the Year awards is here. Join Crazy Dave on a crazy adventure where you’ll meet, greet and defeat legions of zombies from the dawn of time to the end of days. Amass an army of powerful new plants, super charge them with Plant Food and power up your defenses with amazing new ways to protect your brain.

"This is a remarkable sequel: 9 out of 10.” – Edge Magazine

"As beautifully presented as it is absorbing to play: 8.7 out of 10." – ign.com

Game Features

NEW PLANTS! NEW ZOMBIES! Meet Bonk Choy, Bloomerang and Lightning Reed: Just a few of the powerful new plants that will defend your lawn through time. Go toe-to-missing-toe with dozens of new zombies including Ra Zombie in Ancient Egypt, Swashbuckler Zombie on the Pirate Seas, or Chicken Wrangler Zombie in the Wild West. In every new world, clever new zombies and brain-teasing challenges will test your zombie-zapping skills.

AMAZING NEW WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR BRAIN New Plant Food and power-ups will take your game to new dimensions. Plant Food will supercharge your plants when you need it most. Use your fingers to pinch, flick and zap zombies off your lawn.

LOOK OUT! ZOMBIE CHICKENS! Seriously.

NEW LEVELS OF EXCITEMENT Battle the fun-dead on land, on sea and… on the rails? Unlock ultra-challenging (and ultra-fun) endless levels — Pyramid of Doom, Pirate's Booty and the Big Bad Butte.

THE FUN NEVER DIES Gather keys to unlock brain teasers and new plants. Collect coins to purchase potent power-ups. Earn stars to take you to new worlds. Survive long enough and you'll be rewarded with piles of prizes and achievements. And that's just the beginning! The future holds many mysteries. Also, zombies. Lots and lots of zombies.

Areas

 * Tutorial
 * Ancient Egypt
 * Pirate Seas
 * Wild West
 * Far Future
 * Kung-Fu World (Chinese version only)
 * Dark Ages (upcoming)

Update History

 * August 20, 2012: Plants vs. Zombies 2 is announced.
 * October 19, 2012: Plants vs. Zombies 2 is renamed Plants vs. Zombies 2: Garden Warfare.
 * January 16, 2013, A release date is announced: June 30, 2013.
 * May 6, 2013. A new release date is announced: July, 2013. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is renamed Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time and the first trailer was released to YouTube.
 * June 3, 2013: Another YouTube trailer is made, this reveals PopCap is making the game be released first on iOS and Android, and on other platforms later on. Said trailer features Crazy Dave preparing to go back in time.
 * June 13, 2013: Three "secret transmissions" from the game are publicly revealed, one for each area.
 * June 26, 2013: PopCap Games announced that Plants vs. Zombies 2 will be delayed to later in the summer. The first Behind the Brainz video - What's New has been released.
 * July 9, 2013: PopCap soft released the game to Australia and New Zealand.
 * July 24, 2013: The fourth secret transmission has been released.
 * August 5, 2013: The second Behind the Brainz video - New Worldz has been released.
 * August 7, 2013: The fifth secret transmission is publicly revealed again.
 * August 8, 2013: An update for the app has been released adding a teaser for Far Future.
 * August 10, 2013: Started development under Far Future.
 * August 13, 2013: The third Behind the Brainz video - New Plants has been released.
 * August 14, 2013: The fourth Behind the Brainz video - New Zombies has been released.
 * August 15, 2013: The game is released worldwide on iOS devices.
 * August 26, 2013: An update for the app has been released to fix some bugs.
 * September 10, 2013: An update for the app has been released to fix some bugs.
 * September 12, 2013: PopCap soft released the game for Android to China and says that the game will come out for Android (worldwide) this fall.
 * October 24, 2013: Updates for iOS, adding improved graphics, Piñata Party, And making an end for the ultimate battle sound track.
 * October 24, 2013: The game is released on Android devices worldwide.
 * November 8, 2013: An update for iOS and Android, tweaking Piñata Party alerts.
 * December 3, 2013: A pre-release of the following update was released for some users only.
 * December 11, 2013: A major update for iOS and Android, which added a new map design, Turbo Button to speed up the game, Gargantuars, and changed gameplay speed and sun values.
 * December 23, 2013: An update for iOS translating the Piñata Party alerts was released.
 * December 24, 2013: The 5 Days of Feastivus began, with a new Piñata Party level every day (from 12/24 through 12/29) with a winter theme.
 * January 28, 2014: Info about the Dr. Zomboss fights has been released.
 * January 29, 2014: A 1.9 version has been soft released.
 * February 5, 2014: Version 1.9 has been officially released in the Google Play Store and the App Store.
 * March 27, 2014: Far Future world released. Zen Garden was also returned in this update.

Order of events
Like the first game, the game starts with one lane on the lawn and the first plant you get is the Peashooter. The zombies appear once you plant your second Peashooter. After defeating all the zombies, you win the Sunflower.

The lawn expands to three lanes and the zombies appear once you plant three Sunflowers. After defeating all the zombies, you win the Wall-nut.

The player starts the third level, but before doing so, they have to clear the lawn of backward-facing Peashooters with the shovel. The Conehead Zombie is introduced in this level, and after winning, you get the Potato Mine.

In the fourth level, the player encounters the Buckethead Zombie, and after winning the level, he gets the Hot Sauce. Crazy Dave arrives and eats his taco with the Hot Sauce. Then he wants to eat it again. His time-machine Penny arrives and, along with them, you time travel to eat the taco once again, but you "accidentally" arrive in Ancient Egypt.

Plants

 * Main article: Plants (Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time)

Returning plants

 * Peashooter
 * Sunflower
 * Wall-nut
 * Potato Mine
 * Cabbage-pult
 * Grave Buster
 * Twin Sunflower
 * Repeater


 * Snow Pea*
 * Kernel-pult
 * Spikeweed
 * Cherry Bomb
 * Spikerock
 * Threepeater
 * Squash*
 * Split Pea


 * Torchwood*
 * Tall-nut
 * Jalapeno*
 * Melon-pult
 * Winter Melon
 * Imitater*
 * Blover
 * Starfruit*

New plants

 * Bloomerang
 * Iceberg Lettuce
 * Bonk Choy
 * Snapdragon
 * Power Lily*
 * White Radish^
 * Bamboo Shoot^
 * Laser Bean
 * E.M.Peach
 * Magnifying Grass


 * Coconut Cannon
 * Spring Bean
 * Chili Bean
 * Lightning Reed
 * Pea Pod
 * Fire Gourd^
 * Heavenly Peach^
 * Citron
 * Infi-nut
 * Tile Turnip

Cameo appearances

 * Marigold - Features on the game's loading screen, the Zen Garden, and in the shop in the Chinese version.
 * Gatling Pea - Using Plant Food on a Peashooter or Repeater temporarily upgrades it into a Gatling Pea.

A plant marked with * is a premium plant.

A plant marked with ^ is only found in the Chinese version.

Zombies

 * Main article: Zombies (Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time)

Returning zombies

 * Zombie
 * Conehead Zombie
 * Buckethead Zombie
 * Flag Zombie
 * Gargantuar
 * Imp
 * Dr. Zomboss (using new robots)
 * Disco Zombie (Rides a jetpack)

Ancient Egypt

 * Mummy Zombie
 * Conehead Mummy
 * Buckethead Mummy
 * Flag Mummy Zombie
 * Ra Zombie
 * Camel Zombies


 * Explorer Zombie
 * Tomb Raiser Zombie
 * Pharaoh Zombie
 * Mummified Gargantuar
 * Imp Mummy
 * Zombot Sphinx-inator

Pirate Seas

 * Pirate Zombie
 * Conehead Pirate
 * Buckethead Pirate
 * Flag Pirate Zombie
 * Swashbuckler Zombie
 * Seagull Zombie


 * Barrel Roller Zombie
 * Imp Pirate Zombie
 * Imp Cannon
 * Pirate Captain Zombie
 * Zombie Parrot
 * Gargantuar Pirate
 * Zombot Plank Walker

Wild West

 * Cowboy Zombie
 * Conehead Cowboy
 * Buckethead Cowboy
 * Flag Cowboy Zombie
 * Prospector Zombie
 * Pianist Zombie


 * Poncho Zombie
 * Chicken Wrangler Zombie
 * Zombie Chicken
 * Zombie Bull
 * Zombie Bull Rider
 * Wild West Gargantuar
 * Zombot War Wagon

Far Future

 * Future Zombie
 * Conehead Future Zombie
 * Buckethead Future Zombie
 * Jetpack Zombie
 * Robo-Cone Zombie
 * Mecha-Football Zombie


 * Disco-tron 3000
 * Disco Jetpack Zombie
 * Gargantuar Prime

Others

 * Treasure Yeti

Trivia

 * There was a milk carton in the trailer saying that Squash was missing. This refers to how Squash is now a Premium plant.
 * In this game, tombstones, instead of zombies spawning from them at the end of the level, they are simply there to block non-lobbed shots.
 * In the old map, one of the levels on the main path (1-8, 2-5 and 3-5) are a small version of the side paths (Mummy Memory, Cannons Away and Not OK Corral respectively).
 * Some music has been brought back from the original game, but remixed to match the time the level is set in. For example, in the final level and mini-games of Wild West, Ultimate Battle and Brainiac Maniac can be heard, respectively, but with a western soundfont.
 * The time of the present in this game most likely takes time in 2009. This can be proven by the phrase "Stars can help us get back to the year 2009 and your taco.", said by Penny. It is likely 2009 was chosen because that was when the original was released.
 * In the first game, the player cannot plant on Roof, they must plant a Flower Pot first. However, in this game, they can plant without Flower Pot in the three worlds even though there is no grass at all.
 * This is because they did not liked the idea of planting Flower Pots in almost every level.
 * Despite this, there are Flower Pots on the lawn in the official trailer.
 * After finishing the Wild West, players are encountered by Crazy Dave and Penny, who notice a locked area looks futuristic. Dr. Zomboss makes a brief appearance after and will most likely be encountered in the future.
 * The v1.7 update has a lot of changes.
 * There is a new map design, Brain Busters are now normal levels. There are no more gates, keys, and stars, but there is a new World Key.
 * One normal sun is now worth 50 sun, but the sun costs of plants still remain the same, making it easier to plant.
 * There is a new Turbo Button onscreen that makes plants and zombies move faster like in the mini-game Zombie Nimble Zombie Quick.
 * The Day 8 and Challenge Zone of each area has Gargantuars.
 * Dr. Zomboss "appears" before you play Day 8. (He only tells you that a Gargantuar is coming in other worlds, he doesn't appear as a boss)
 * In the Chinese version of the game, there is a new world called "Kung Fu World." It is possible this can only be China-exclusive.
 * In the v1.9 update, the power up Power Pinch has been replaced with Power Snow.