Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars/Concepts
This page lists unused content and concept art for the game Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars. It should be noted that these descriptions are not fabricated but are primarily found in various versions of the game's code.
Scrapped worlds
Circus City
- Not to be confused with Circus City, a scrapped world from the Chinese version Plants vs. Zombies 2 based off of Roman circuses.
Circus City (马戏城; pinyin: Mǎxì Chéng) was an unused world based off of modern circuses. Not much about it is known besides its lawn.
Circus City's lawn along with the Primitive Tribe lawn[1]
Arabian world
Set of Arabian-themed zombies appear in early UI and in promotional material. It is presumed they were supposed to appear in their own Arabian world.
Magic Carpet Zombie on the Plants vs. Zombies Official Flagship Store with Kongfu World theming
Roman Empire
Roman Empire (罗马帝国; pinyin: Luómǎ Dìguó) was a scrapped world based off of the Roman empire. Not much is known about it besides an unknown zombie, seemingly of a Roman gladiator.
Removed plants
These plants were once playable in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, but were removed in later versions.
Descriptions
Image | Name | Chinese name | Description, in Chinese | Active ability |
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Tropical Cannon | 热带炮 | TBA | TBA | |
Magical Dragon Grass | 神龙草 | TBA | Magical Dragon Spray: Rushes to the first enemy in its lane and sprays fire in a 3x3 area. It needed Brave Plant Food to activate. | |
Liontail | 狮尾草 | TBA | Fatal Blow: Shoots spikes to the enemy with lowest health. It required Brave Plant Food to activate. | |
Lychee | 荔枝 | 对自己面前的九宫格造成伤害 | Deal damage in to the 9 tiles ahead | |
Pea Pod | 豌豆荚 | TBA | TBA |
Gallery
Notes
- Pea Pod was part of its own evolution line which was simply itself gaining more heads for each tier. The evolution line went as follows:
Pea Pod → Three-Headed Pea Pod → Five-Headed Pea Pod
Unused plants
These plants are unused in the code. They don't have corresponding evolution lines, and it is presumed they were scrapped in development before evolution lines existed.
Descriptions
Image | Name | Chinese name | Description, in Chinese | Active ability |
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Aloe Vera | 芦荟 | 后排治疗,拥有强大的群体治疗能力。 | Restores health to the plant with highest and all plants nearby | |
Apple | 苹果 | 后排辅助,能够对最虚弱的植物进行治疗。 | Restores health to the fire plant with highest | |
Artichoke (The Gemstone Flower) | 宝石花 | 后排治疗,拥有强大的群体治疗能力。 | Restores health to the air plant with highest and increases its | |
Bad Orange | 坏橙子 | 通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出 | Restores health to the plant with highest | |
Bamboo Shoot | 竹笋 | 后排输出,可以通过快速移动旋转来打击对手。 | Deals damage in 3 tiles ahead | |
Banana | 香蕉 | N/A | Deals damage to the closest enemy | |
Bitter Melon | 苦瓜 | N/A | Deals damage to the enemy with highest | |
Blueberries | 蓝莓 | 后排治疗,拥有强大的群体治疗能力。 | Deals damage to all enemies in a column | |
Cabbage-pult | 卷心菜投手 | 后排输出,使用卷心菜对敌人进行轰炸。 | Deals damage to the closest enemy and all enemies here and behind | |
Canta-pult | 哈密瓜 | N/A | Deals damage to the closest enemy and all enemies nearby | |
Cauliflower | 花菜 | N/A | Increases of air plant with highest | |
Chili Bean | 巴豆 | 前排输出,喜欢攻击最前列的敌人。 | Deals damage to all enemies and poisons them to take damage every turn | |
Chomper | 大嘴花 | 前排输出,能对大范围的敌人进行疯狂的撕咬。通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出 | Deals damage to all enemies around this plant | |
Durian | 榴莲 | N/A | Decreases of enemy with highest | |
Eggplant | 茄子 | 后排辅助,能鼓舞伙伴们,增加它们的攻击力。 | Increases its from a single attack | |
Fire Gourd | 葫芦 | 前排输出,横冲直撞,打击一整行敌人。 | Deals damage to all enemies in 3 tiles ahead and charges forward, moving all fire plants 3 tiles forward and knockbacking all enemies in way 3 tiles back | |
Garlic | 大蒜 | N/A | Decreaes of all enemies | |
Gloom-shroom | 多嘴小蘑菇 | 前排输出,利用毒雾对敌人进行大范围打击。 | Decreases of all enemies around this plant | |
Gold Magnet | 吸金菇 | 后排治疗,拥有强大的群体治疗能力。 | Increases of the plant with highest and all plants nearby | |
Grave Buster | 咬咬碑 | N/A | Sucks all zombies 1 tile in (???) | |
Peach | 桃子 | N/A | Fully restores its | |
Iceberg Lettuce | 冰冻生菜 | 后排输出,能利用魔法随机冰冻2名敌人。 | Deals damage to the closest enemy in its row and freezes it | |
Imitater | 变身茄子 | N/A | Increases of air plant with highest | |
Infi-nut | 全息坚果 | N/A | N/A | |
Kiwi | 猕猴桃 | 通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出 | Decreases accuracy of enemy with highest | |
Lychee | 荔枝 | 前排输出,忍痛割爱,抛出自己的另一半来攻击敌人。 | Deals damage to all enemies ahead | |
Morning Glory | 喇叭花 | 后排辅助,能为全体植物提升攻击力。 | Increases its and of all plants nearby | |
Onion | 洋葱 | 通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出 | Decreases of enemy with highest | |
Orchid Cactus | 昙花 | N/A | Sucks all zombies 2 tiles in (???) | |
Pear | 梨子 | 后排辅助,能够对最虚弱的植物进行治疗。 | Increases and dodge of all water plants | |
Pepper-pult | 辣椒投手 | N/A | Increases its dodge against air enemies. Attacks several random enemies | |
Pineapple | 菠萝 | 前排输出,专打冲在最前列的敌人。 | Increases of all earth plants | |
Pitcher Plant | 猪笼草 | N/A | Deals damage to the enemy 3 vertical tiles ahead (???) | |
Pomegranate | 石榴 | 前排输出,可随机给予1名敌人强烈打击。通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得 | Deals damage to the closest enemy in 3 tiles ahead. All frozen enemies are unfrozen, but take 50% more damage from this ability | |
Potato Mine | 土豆地雷 | N/A | N/A | |
Power Lily | 能量花 | N/A | Increases critical of all air plants | |
Pumpkin | 南瓜 | 前排坦克,能替全体植物增加防御。 | Increases its from earth attacks | |
Sago Palm | 铁树 | N/A | Deflects all received damage | |
Sea-shroom | 水兵菇 | N/A | Decreases of enemy with highest | |
Shaggy Ink Cap | 鸡腿菇 | 后排治疗,拥有强大的群体治疗能力。 | Restores health to the plant with highest | |
Split Pea | 双向射手 | 后排输出,可以喷射出一连串的豆子攻击敌人。 | Deals damage to the closest enemy ahead and behind (??? | |
Spring Bean | 弹簧豆 | 前排坦克,利用自身的弹跳和体重攻击敌人。 | Pushes all enemies back 2 tiles (???) | |
Squash | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Starfruit | 星星果 | 后排输出,利用星星的魔法攻击敌人。通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得 | Deals damage to all enemies around this plant | |
Sugar Cane | 甘蔗 | 前排坦克,拥有自我恢复的本领,续航能力强。 | All fire plants charge 2 tiles but have no knockback effect (???) | |
Tactical Cuke | 黄瓜 | 前排输出,拥有恐怖的核打击能力。 | Unfreezes all frozen enemies and deals double or random damage to them | |
Tangle Kelp | 缠绕水草 | 后排输出,能利用水草随机缠绕并伤害1名敌人。 | Deals damage to the closest target and all targets nearby | |
Threepeater | 三重射手 | N/A | Deals damage to all enemies and knocks them back | |
Tomato | 西红柿 | 后排治疗,拥有强大的群体治疗能力。通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得 | Restores health to the plant with lowest | |
Umbrella Leaf | 萝卜伞 | 前排坦克,团队的保护伞,能为其他植物分担伤害。 | Deals damage to all enemies. Shares all damage taken with plants around this plant | |
Water Snapdragon | 水龙草 | 通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出 | Deals damage in 9 tiles ahead |
Gallery
Chomper at the press conference (Note that the Plants vs. Zombies design is used)
Palm Tree along with Mammoth Rider Zombie and Genie Zombie at the conference
Notes
Despite visually resembling an artichoke, Artichoke's Chinese name translates to Ghost plant
Ice-shroom line
Information about Ice-shroom line was found in the game code, as well as files for Ice-shroom. Evolutions went as follows:
Snow-shroom (白雪菇; pinyin: báixuě gū) → Frost-shroom (冰霜菇; pinyin: bīngshuāng gū) → Ice-shroom (冰川菇; pinyin: bīngchuān gū)
Gallery of unused Puzzle Pieces
Bamboo Shoot's puzzle piece
Chili Bean's puzzle piece
Chomper's puzzle piece
Cuke's puzzle piece
Fire Gourd's puzzle piece
Garlic's puzzle piece
Gloom-shroom's puzzle piece
Gold Magnet's puzzle piece
Peach's puzzle piece
Pepper-pult's puzzle piece
Pumpkin's puzzle piece
Threepeater's puzzle piece
Umbrella Leaf's puzzle piece
Pea Pod's puzzle piece
Concept plant designs
Visually changed plants
Some official artwork of certain plants was released before they were released, but had their visual design changed when they were added to the game.
Choy Ben's concept design
Tai Choy's concept design
Cob Cannon's concept design
Devil Chili's concept design
Diamond Spikeweed's concept design
Fume-shroom's concept design
Walnut Bomb's concept design
Gameplay-wise changed plants
These plants have once appeared in the game code, and were added later with visual and gameplay changes.
Image | Name | Chinese name | Description, in Chinese | Active ability |
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Coffee Bean | 咖啡豆 | 后排辅助,能为全体植物提升攻击力。 | Pushes all earth enemies 2 tiles back every turn | |
Hypno-shroom | 迷惑菇 | N/A | Decreases of all air enemies | |
Lily Pad | 莲叶 | N/A | Restores health to the air plant with lowest | |
Magnet-shroom | 磁力菇 | 通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。攻击成长值较突出。 | Decreases of all enemies | |
Plantern | 路灯花 | N/A | Decreases accuracy of all enemies | |
Rafflesia | 霸王花 | 通过抽卡、冒险掉落、进化获得。 | Decreases of all earth enemies | |
Sun-shroom | 阳光菇 | 后排治疗,吸收阳光的温暖为植物们治疗 | Increases its and of all fire plants nearby. Fully restores its |
Gallery
Unused zombies
Zomboni
The Zomboni was shown at a press conference for Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars.
Zombie Bobsled Team
The Zombie Bobsled Team was seen on the Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars website.
Bungee Zombies
The Bungee Zombie and its Great Wall variant were seen on promotional material.
Fisherman Zombie
Fisherman Zombie from Endless Edition was supposed to appear in this game. Nothing else is known about it.
Fisherman Zombie concept art[2]
Viking Zombies
Viking Catapult Zombie
Viking Catapult Zombie is an unused zombie meant to be used in Viking World. It is unknown what he would have done with all that is left of him are a boss statue and a sprite sheet.
Viking Axe Zombie
Viking Axe Zombie is an unused zombie meant to be used in Viking World. It is unknown what he would have done with all that is left of him are a boss statue and a sprite sheet.
Viking Shield Zombie
Viking Shield Zombie is an unused zombie meant to be used in Viking World. It is unknown what he would have done with all that is left of him is a sprite sheet.
Viking Meteor Hammer
Viking Meteor Hammer is an unused zombie meant to be used in Viking World. It was only seen on map on a boss pedestal. Nothing else is known about it.
Early UI
(Unsourced) A lot of the early UI uses the first game's art style as a placeholder. It is unknown why.