Plants vs. Zombies 2/Upcoming content

This page lists upcoming content for Plants vs. Zombies 2. Please note that things change over time, and that some things listed now might become scrapped later. For these reasons, the concepts page serves as an archive of past features.

Hot Date
As of the beta of 5.7, a new plant called Hot Date was found in the textures. It appears to be the premium plant for Valenbrainz 2017. It acts like a Sweet Potato that warms plants in Frostbite Caves and acts like a Jalapeno when eaten.

Almanac entry
Hot Dates attract zombies from lanes above and below them, and then unleash a lane of flame when they're eaten.

Special: warms nearby plants

Hot Date's a charmer. He's polite, well-read, has lots of interesting opinions, and practices active listening. Zombies line up around the block to be incinerated by him.

Trivia

 * It is based on date, a fruit, and the words Hot Date, meaning an appealing person you are dating.

Icy Currant
This plant has been found in the game's code. There is a texture for it, in which it appears to be an ice variant of Electric Currant. It is currently unknown what it does.

Trivia

 * This is the fourth ice variant of a plant in the main series, behind Snow Pea, Winter Melon, and Missile Toe
 * However, Icy Currant is the sixth overall if you include the spin-off games, which contain Chilly Pepper and Winter Squash.
 * This is still discounting all of the ice variations of classes in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2.

Caulipower
This plant has also been found in the game's code. There is a texture for it, in which it appears to be a cauliflower-like plant with Hypno-shroom-like eyes.

Almanac Entry
Caulipowers use their mental powers to hypnotize random zombies and turn them against their former friends.

Special: hovers above ground or water

Caulipower's eyes spin with distress. He's just thought of a really great ending for his novel, but he's afraid his cousin won't understand it.

Trivia

 * According to the almanac entry, he is amphibious.
 * He could be referencing Hypno-shroom is his cousin.
 * Similarly, both have the swirly eyes in their designs.

Ancient Egypt Additional Levels
The game's code shows that there will be levels from Day 26 to 35 added onto Ancient Egypt. At the moment, only first four levels are finished and have complete data. The other six levels are placeholders, with duplicate data that are identical copies of Ancient Egypt - Day 10. Strangely, the first four levels include Necromancy! attacks similar to the ones from Dark Ages. There are also new zombies included in these levels, one which has a pyramid on its head, possibly an armored zombie, a Flag Mummy Zombie holding a larger flag with 2 arrows pointing to the brain, possibly meaning that zombies can be sped up like in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and it's sequel, and an Explorer Zombie who has somehow lit himself on fire. A new zombot called Zombot Sphinx-inator 2.0 has been found in the code. it is unknown what it looks like. It will be encountered on Ancient Egypt - Day 35.

Modern Day Additional Levels
The game's code shows that there will also be levels from Day 35 to 44 added onto Modern Day. A few new zombies known for these levels are: a zombie with a brick box and a shovel on it's head possibly for protection, a modern version of the new Flag Zombie from Ancient Egypt, and a Newspaper Zombie with a Treasure Yeti on it's newspaper.

New Epic Quests
It has been found in the code that there are 2 upcoming Epic Quests in Plants vs. Zombies 2. These quest appear to be for Valenbrainz 2017.

His & Hers Expert Quest - HIS!
Play extra hard Ancient Egypt levels 26-35 to win 100 Blooming Heart seed packets!

His & Hers Expert Quest - HERS!
Play extra hard Ancient Egypt levels 26-35 to win 100 Hot Date seed packets!

Valenbrainz 2017
It has been found in the code that Valenbrainz will be returning for 2017.

New Vasebreaker levels
Three new levels of Big Wave Beach Vasebreaker have been added to the code.

Arcade Machine
The arcade machine appears to be a new mode where the player gets to play minigames. According to the sprites, the known minigames appear to be Vasebreaker, Wall-nut Bowling or Column Like You See 'Em and a Pac-Man resembling minigame, with the head of a Chomper being Pac-Man. 8-Bit Zombie's sprites are also featured in the sprites for the Arcade Machine, suggesting that 8-Bit Zombie will be featured in some of these minigames. Bonk Choy sprites can also be seen, so it may appear in Vasebreaker mode.

Trivia

 * The sprites that are found in the code are likely low quality to replicate 8-bit arcade systems.
 * The Arcade Machine is most likely based on, or is one of, the arcade machines that the Arcade Zombie pushes.
 * They both have pictures of a Peashooter and a Basic Zombie on them.
 * The icon of this mode will replace the icon of Vasebreaker.
 * The 8-bit scheme may be a reference to the nostalgia of the first game, having its original mini-games, though, the 8-bit may be an exaggeration of how long ago the first game was, giving it a retro feel.

Jukebox
There is currently data for a jukebox in the code. It is unknown how it works or where it can be played, however, it could provide a way to listen to the game's soundtrack.

Resources†ý...UI_PauseMenu..UI_DangerRoomþ, which suggests it could be played in the pause menu or Endless Zones.

It also has UI but currently has no textures.

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This suggests it has a Song List, Rewind Button, Fast Forward Button, Play Button, Loop Button, and Shuffle Button.

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It also appears they will have album artwork.

Imitater
It has been found that Imitater will now turn into gray versions of plants, like the original game. However, if an imitated plant is damaged, it will appear colored for a split second, instead of flashing gray like normal. Also, if a plant that was imitated dies and is resurrected by Intensive Carrot, it will then be revived in color.