Piñata Party

Piñata Party is a game mode in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. It usually takes place at the Player's House, but sometimes takes place in other worlds, and has zombies from all areas. They are essentially daily versions of various Brain Busters, with most being Special Delivery, and occasionally Locked and Loaded or Save Our Seeds. Regardless of the format, there may be extra goals to be met to complete the level as well. Piñata Parties are now playable everyday at 12:00 AM, and they can only be played after Crazy Dave tells the player how to purchase Power Ups before starting Day 6 in Ancient Egypt.

After the player wins, they will smash three piñatas, which may have free Power-ups, Coins, Gems, sprouts for the Zen Garden, or even costumes for plants. Before the 1.7 update, it was also possible to obtain Keys in piñatas.

Piñata Parties sometimes let the players use premium plants even if they have not purchased anything such as the Jalapeno, Power Lily, Snow Pea, and the Squash, among others.

When the player completes five consecutive levels of Piñata Party in a row, Señor Piñata appears after the player opens the three regular piñatas. It requires three taps to break and always contains a plant costume or large amount of coins. Before the 2.5 update and after the 2.9 update, missing a day would restart the counter.



Levels

 * See Piñata Party/Level History.

Gallery

 * See Piñata Party/Level Gallery.

Feastivus
There was a "5 Days of Feastivus" Party running from December 24 to 29 2013 (the last Feastivus Party lasts for two days). It's just like a normal Piñata Party, but the area was changed to a Christmas look with snow and other various Christmas-related stuff with Pianist Zombie, Swashbuckler Zombie, Camel Zombies, Poncho Zombie, Gargantuar and Imp having a new Christmas look. After completing a day of Feastivus, instead of Piñatas, the player could whack open three presents. After three days completed the player would whack a giant gift, replacing Señor Piñata. During this event, the Pianist Zombie will play Christmas Carols instead of its usual music. Its description was "5 Days of Feastivus On Now! A new holiday party level every day until 12/29." It may return in 2014.

St. Paddy's Day Party
This party ran on March 17 2014. Money pots with Imps fell down randomly, adding a hidden sneak peek for Far Future, a new ambush called "Leprechauns!" and defeating them would always reward a Gold Coin. Most of the Imps appeared to wear a Leprechaun costume, except for the ones who were on the back of Gargantuars. Its description was "St. Paddy Party Is On! Special limited-time level. Win prizes!"

Future Piñata Party
These parties ran on March 20 and 24  2014. These parties introduced new types of plants and zombies from Far Future as sneak peaks, as it was not yet released at the time. These included Laser Bean, Future Zombie and its variants, Citron and Robo-Cone Zombie.

Easter Party
This was a removed party that was originally supposed to appear on April 20th, 2014, a day early, as before May 1st, Piñata Parties only happened once every three days. Even though the party itself is removed, the costumes for Gargantuar and Imp are still available if hacked in.

Birthdayz Party
This party series ran for the whole month of May 2014. It celebrates the five year anniversary of the Plants vs. Zombies series. Some zombies were seen wearing birthday-themed costumes all month long. When Basic Zombies from the present die they throw confetti from the inside of their necks, and a sound effect plays. Its description was "Birthdayz Party. On Now! Celebrate Plants vs. Zombies fifth birthday with parties every day in May."

Dark Ages Piñata Parties
Starting on June 19, 2014 and ending on June 27, Piñata Parties were released featuring some of the plants and zombies from Dark Ages. These included the Puff-shroom, Hypno-shroom, Pea-nut, Peasant Zombie and its variants. The parties take place at sunset. The Piñata Parties reappeared at July 26 and were still up advertising the release of Dark Ages - Part 2, but ended again on August 7. In its reappearance, instead of saying "Party every day until the Knight falls! Dark Ages is coming soon!" its description says "Party all Knights long. Mash it up with new characters from Dark Ages!"

Gargantuar Week Parties
Starting at July 16, 2014, Piñata Parties were released always featuring Gargantuars in them. Video

Extreme Super Challenge Week
Starting at August 8, 2014, Piñata Parties have had some of the hardest parties ever created. Its description was "Piñata Party Extreme Super Challenge Week! Our hardest mash-up levels all week long."

The Chosen Ones Party Week
Starting at August 25, 2014, Piñata Parties will have been determined by players on which parties should be played for that week. Its description was "The Chosen Ones! Player faves all week long!"

Imp Week Parties
Starting at September 10, 2014, Piñata Parties were released always featuring Imps in them. Its description was "Imp Week is on!, Nothing short of amazing. Limited time."

Chicken Week Parties
Its description was "Chicken Week is on!, Limited time. Win big clucking prizes."

1st Zombiversary PvZ2
Starting on September 26, 2014, Piñata Parties have been chosen by game developers, its description is: "Celebrate year one with studio favorite Parties throught Oct 2"

Big Wave Beach Parties
On October 8th, 2014, Piñata Parties were released featuring plants and zombies from Big Wave Beach. The parties were reintroduced on November 6th, 2014. A few of them ran in the gap between the Lawn of Doom and Food Fight events, but most were just normal parties.

Lawn of Doom Piñata Parties
Starting on October 24th 2014, Halloween themed Piñata Parties were released. There are skeleton zombies, including a Frankenstein Gargantuar with the bride of Frankenstein as its Imp.

Gallery
The Food Fight Piñata Parties began on November 26th, 2014. They feature Sweet Potato and have Thanksgiving themed zombies such as a chef version of the Jester Zombie and a turkey version of the Chicken Wrangler Zombie and the Zombie Chicken.

Backyard Brain Bowl Parties
Starting at December 6th, 2014. All parties introduce Mecha-Football Zombies.

Feastivus 2014
Feastivus returns in 2014, however, Gargantuar and Imp have new costumes, and so do the Basic, Conehead, Buckethead and Flag variants. The other zombies with winter costumes however, retain them. Unlike before, this Feastivus is eighteen days long, instead of five.

Trivia

 * Piñata Parties can sometimes have five or six flags. The maximum number of flags in normal levels and levels in Endless Zones is four.
 * If the player does not get a plant costume or bag of coins after three tries, the piñata with the costume or bag of coins will be revealed.
 * Piñata Parties can be played even if the plants, zombies, or both encountered have yet to be seen or unlocked.
 * This includes premium plants and, as of the 2.0.1 update, plants that have not been released.
 * When the player plays a Piñata Party level with zombies that they have not encountered, the Almanac entry of any zombies used in that party are unlocked.
 * This does not apply to zombies from worlds that have have not been released yet or zombies that do not have Almanac entries.
 * This is the only instance the player can play the updated versions of the Player's House stages in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time aside from the Tutorial levels and Vasebreaker.
 * By modifying a device's date and time settings, it is possible to play the day before's, or day after's, Piñata Party.
 * Usually when there's a Piñata Party with a premium plant, the premium plant shown in that party will be on sale for a limited time.
 * The player has to pay 1000 coins if he or she wants to restart a Piñata Party level since the 1.9 update.
 * The music from opening Señor Piñata is later used as a remix of the Disco-tron 3000's music.
 * Regardless of time period from where a certain zombie came, they will all use the modern time period zombie groan.
 * However, some zombies will keep their own sounds in these parties, like the Pharaoh Zombie will always use the coyote howl.
 * Dark Ages Piñata Parties feature a false castle wall as a decoration and flags with Crazy Dave's saucepan on them.
 * Starting on August 11, 2014, the Piñata Parties can take place in other areas than the Player's House. This is similar to the Time Travel mode in Plants vs. Zombies Online.
 * The only areas used so far are the Wild West and Dark Ages. Sometimes zombies from another time period will appear in a different time period (for example: Imp Cannons and Jester Zombies in Wild West, Chicken Wrangler Zombie and Seagull Zombie in Dark Ages).
 * If player plays Piñata Parties in an area other than the Player's House, the player will notice lawn mowers have their present time design.
 * According to Rob McDaniel, the game designer, his favorite Piñata Party involves the presence of the first four Gargantuars.
 * There is a similar event in the Chinese version of the game called Daily Event.
 * Pumpkin makes a cameo appearance in the Halloween Piñata Parties on the Flag Zombie's flag and on the icon of the Halloween Parties.
 * Feastivus, starting on 16th December, has returned, even though it says take a sneak peek.