Plants vs. Zombies: Match
Plants vs. Zombies: Match, previously branded as Zombie Match or Plants vs. Zombies Forever, is a match-three puzzle game developed by Chocolate Panda and published by Chillingo, both owned by Electronic Arts. The game is a spinoff of Plants vs. Zombies 3 and a successor to Zombie Match, being the third spinoff of the game overall and the first that is not Chinese exclusive. The game was in early access as Zombie Match on both Android and iOS in certain countries as part of a limited market test run by EA.[1] The test started on June 1st, 2021 and ended on ? and the Play Store listing was removed. The game became available once again for early access on May 24th, 2023, where it was rebranded as PvZ Match.
Google Play description
This ain't no garden variety match-3 game!
Join Dave on a totally puzzling new adventure. The zombies are dead set on making life in Neighborville rather dim so it's time to let your matching skills shine as bright as the Sun --because you'll need to collect it, recruit your favorite leafy friends, stem the tide of yet another shambling horde, and save Neighborville... you know the trowel!
Now it's time to meet your match:
Create and combine board clearing Plants!
Wreck Dr. Zomboss' nefarious obstacles and enjoy the occasional treat along the way
Thwart the Zombies around Neighborville with Dave and his potted pals
Don't be green with envy, download now!
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Don’t dread the Undead!
DECIMATE THE ZOMBIES!
Switch and match your way to safety in this action-packed puzzle adventure! Protect your Garden from wave after wave of Zombie attacks and remove all the Goo left behind! With three game modes and 120 levels to play, that’s a lot of Zombies!
DEFEND YOUR GARDEN!
Prevent waves of undead from overrunning your Garden by creating cute (and deadly) plants to help fortify your neighborhood! Upgrade buildings, barriers, and boundaries to keep any unwelcome guests out.
DEFEAT THE ZOMBIE BOSS!
He’s big, he’s mean, and he’s undead. But he needs killing some more. Restore order to the neighbourhood by taking out the kingpin of the cursed!
Gameplay
The gameplay consists of matching items in a grid, each level has a target item to get and an amount of said item to have collected before the given amount of moves runs out. Upon beating a level the player collects Sun and Coins. Sun can be used to clear the fog and defeat the zombies in the current area the player is in. This cycle is repeated until the current area is completely removed of fog and zombies. Once completing said area, the player receives a Piñata containing Coins. They can then progress to the next area, repeating the gameplay loop.
Features
The game currently features 3 currencies: Sun, Hearts & Coins. Sun is used for progressing the story, and is collected at the end of a level. Hearts are used for playing levels, and recharge by 1 every few minutes. Coins currently don’t seem to have a purpose, they are obtained through beating levels and opening Piñatas. The game also features multiple areas, currently, they are as follows:
- Taco Stand
- Pinata Ranch
- Firework Factory
Characters
- Dave
Plants
- Sunflower (known in-game as Sunny)
- Peashooter
- Homing Thistle (known in-game as Thistle Launcher)
- Bombegranate
- Rotobaga
- Pinwheel
- Wall-Nut
- Backpedal
- Bonk Choy
- Squash
- Fire Peashooter
- Sawgrass
- Cherry Bomb
- Chomper
- Bamboo Shoots
Zombies
- Browncoat Zombie
- Taco Imp
- King Of The Grill
- Zomboss
- Immortica
- Fowl Accident
- Chicken Wrangler
- Unknown zombie
- Pitchfork Zombie
- Zom-Bats
- Team Mascot
- Rocket Scientist
- Crossing Guard
- Balloon Zombie
- Imp
- Zombot Drone Engineer
- Zombot Drone
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Plants
- Twopeater (known in-game as Peashooter)
- Cherry Bomb
- Lightning Reed
- Homing Thistle
- Bombegranate
Zombies
Gallery
The game’s splash screen
The game’s logo
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Zombie Match logo
Trivia
- Despite being an official game in the Plants vs. Zombies series, the game has little relation to PopCap Games, being both developed and published by completely different EA-owned companies.
- The game has most of its soundtrack being reused Plants vs. Zombies Adventures's battle music, with its level complete theme being the plant victory theme from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. The game's only unique music currently is its area complete and "You Found SUN!" themes.
References
| V · T · E |
| Main series | Plants vs. Zombies · Plants vs. Zombies 2
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| Shooter games | Garden Warfare · Garden Warfare 2 · Battle for Neighborville | ||
| Other games | Pinball · Risk · Heroes · Stickers · Playing Cards · Match
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| Chinese spin-offs | Plants vs. Zombies 2 (China) · Mini Progams · AR Trading Cards
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| Canceled games | The Board Game · Kingdom · Talking Zombatar · Project Hot Tub |