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 on iOS devices on Thursday, August, 15, 2013 but PopCap Games will release it on other platforms, like the PC, later. The game is about time traveling.

Description on iTunes
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.

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
 * A futuristic like area (upcoming)

Update History

 * August 20, 2012: Plants vs. Zombies 2 is announced.
 * October 19, 2012: Plants vs. Zombies 2 is renamed Plants vs. Zombies: 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 Worlds 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.
 * 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.

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)

A total of 22 plants return from the first game, five of which are now premium plants - marked by an asterisk ( * ) - that must first be bought from the in-game store with real money before they can be used. The majority of losses from the first game are due to environmental differences between the levels of the two games. For example, there are no nighttime or Pool levels in Plants vs. Zombies 2: it's About Time, so no mushrooms or water plants are present. Additionally, twelve new plants have joined the fray - one of which is another premium plant - bringing the grand total up to 34.

In the months following the game's release, PopCap intends to add more worlds to the game via updates, and these worlds will bring with them more plants. The following list is therefore open to expansion.

Additionally, a few of the plants not returning from the first game instead appear in cameo roles.

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*

New plants

 * Bloomerang
 * Iceberg Lettuce
 * Bonk Choy
 * Snapdragon
 * Power Lily*


 * Coconut Cannon
 * Spring Bean
 * Chili Bean
 * Lightning Reed
 * Pea Pod

(mentioned on book only, may appear later)
 * Magnifying Grass
 * Laser Bean (mentioned in 3rd Behind the Brainz video.)

Cameo appearances
A *ed plant is a premium plant.
 * Marigold - features on the game's loading screen.
 * Gatling Pea - using Plant Food on a Peashooter or Repeater temporarily upgrades it into a Gatling Pea.
 * Starfruit - featured on the main menu (may appear later).

Zombies

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

Returning zombies

 * Zombie
 * Conehead Zombie
 * Buckethead Zombie
 * Flag Zombie
 * Dr. Zomboss - Appears after beating Wild West. (Appear later.)

New zombies

 * Mummy Zombie
 * Conehead Mummy
 * Buckethead Mummy
 * Flag Mummy Zombie
 * Ra Zombie
 * Camel Zombies
 * Explorer Zombie
 * Tomb Raiser Zombie
 * Pharaoh Zombie


 * 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
 * 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
 * Treasure Yeti


 * Future Zombie (mentioned on book only, may appear later)
 * Conehead Future Zombie (May appear later)
 * Buckethead Future Zombie (May appear later)
 * Flag Future Zombie (May appear later)
 * Jetpacks Zombie (mentioned on book only, may appear later)
 * Robot Football Zombie (mentioned on book only, may appear later)

Cameo appearances

 * Imp - Imp Pirate Zombie, Imp Cannon, and Zombie Bull Rider are based on Imp.

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, they block the user's shots. To avoid that, the player can use lobbed-shot plants to break through.
 * 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.
 * Some of the plants' images were changed.
 * Sunflower has two leaves on the stem.
 * Grave Buster is now a group of vines.
 * Twin Sunflower has two leaves on each stem.
 * Spikeweed's color is changed from brown to green.
 * Squash is larger.
 * Split Pea's stalk is in between the heads.
 * Torchwood is shorter and has a larger flame.
 * Imitater, instead of a grayish color, is changed to brown, making it potato-like; Imitater also has a mime face.
 * A cut scene after beating Wild West Day 10 hints that there may be a future area.
 * 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.