Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies Wiki Discussion/@comment-2251799-20140926081733

It came to occur to me that some or most of the old plants might not return in PvZ2 because of what it already gave to us.

First is Coffee Bean. Its purpose in PvZ is to wake up sleeping mushrooms. In PvZ2, we don't need to do that anymore since mushrooms are fully awake during daytime. How will we make him useful in PvZ2? Here's my suggestion, One is that the Coffee Bean can become a buff plant. Since coffee can also make some 'hyper' side effects, maybe Coffee Bean will speed up the Plant's actions (i. e. Faster sun production to Sunflower and the like or faster shooting rate). Another option is to make him have the same purpose as before. How? Remember in a Chinese version of PvZ where a zombie puts plants to sleep? The new level will introduce a new gimmick in that level that puts plants to sleep or a new zombie that put plants to sleep.

Second is Scaredy-shroom. Its purpose in PvZ is to be a cheaper version of the Peashooter but sadly didn't return in the Dark Ages. I see why... Because of the Sun-shroom and the Sun Graves. This level lets you plant expensive plants more easily. How will we make Scaredy-shroom return in PvZ2? I imagined a level with divets or ditches. When a zombie gets close, it will hide itself as usual but since it is planted in a submerged portion of the level the zombie will just walk on it. It should not hide if a zombie is behind it would be an improvement I'd say. When the zombie is at a distance away, the Scaredy-shroom can resume its duties.

Third is Cob Cannon. Its purpose in PvZ is to be a replenishable Cherry Bomb at a cost of a larger space. In PvZ2, an upcoming plant will work similarly as Bamboo Shoot (PvZA), Bamboom, and Cob Cannon itself by being slightly less powerful, space effecient, and interactive. How will we make Cob Cannon return in PvZ2? I'd say that this plant would return to be able to destroy a particular obstacle or zombie that would otherwise take ages to do so.

Fourth is Cattail. Its purpose in PvZ is a balloon popping Repeater version of Cactus except that the projectiles home on zombies and is an aquatic plant. The problem arises in the upcoming update in PvZ2 where this plant acts like Cattail but is a land plant. Currently, I have no idea how Cattail would return (other than as a premium plant and a pathetic one too since it is only applicable to one or possibly two worlds).

I can't think of any other plants so if you have one in mind don't be shy and state your opinions in the comments below. 