Plants vs. Zombies: Original Edition

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Plants vs. Zombies: Original Edition (植物大战僵尸原版; pinyin: Zhíwù Dàzhàn Jiāngshī Yuánbǎn) was a Chinese-exclusive version of Plants vs. Zombies based on Plants vs. Zombies FREE, repurposed from Plants vs. Zombies 2: Evolve. It was developed to be a mini program on platforms such as WeChat due to the lack of an official downloadable version of Plants vs. Zombies in mainland China, initially developed by Talkweb, later on development passed to Tiandou on WeChat after the rectification of the game, on 23th December 2024. Due to this rectification, the game had received a complete visual overhaul, done as a result of a request from an unknown party, no longer making it a Plants vs. Zombies game.

Gameplay

Adventure Mode

Main article: Adventure Mode

The Adventure Mode differs from the old versions in that it features a level selector, allowing players to select any previously unlocked levels and replay those levels. Noticeable design features of the level selector include:

  • The level selector consists of five tabs representing the areas: Day, Night, Pool, Fog, and Roof.
  • Each level consists of a thumbnail representing the level, and an icon representing the plants or items obtained from that level.
    • The first, third, sixth, and eighth levels will show the new zombie encountered on the thumbnail. (The only exception is Level 1-1 which shows a Flag Zombie, which was first encountered in Level 1-2)
    • The second, fourth, seventh, and ninth levels will show the regular Zombie on the thumbnail.
    • Plants obtained after each level are shown under the level thumbnails.
    • Items and Notes are represented by a smiley Sunflower icon.
    • Clicking on a locked level or trying to start a new level with 2 saved progresses will emit a sound identical to the sound when Jack-in-the-Box Zombie opens its box.
  • Players at one area can preview the levels in the next area at furthest. For example, if a player is currently on a Day level, then he/she can preview the Night area levels, but not further areas.
  • The Suburban Almanac can be accessed from the level selector.

Other game modes unlocked during the game:

More Ways to Play

The More Ways to Play UI provides access to Mini-games, Puzzle Mode and Survival Mode.

Mini-games

Main article: Mini-games

Puzzle Mode

Main article: Puzzle Mode

Puzzle Mode was first unlocked during Level 1-4. It consists of five sub-modes: Vasebreaker, I, Zombie and Last Stand.

More levels are unlocked as the player advance in Adventure Mode.

Each Endless level has its own online leaderboards ranking.

Survival Mode

Main article: Survival Mode

Survival Mode was unlocked once the player finishes Adventure Mode for the first time.

The levels are unlocked sequentially, the same as in the PC version. However, there is only one level (Survival: Day) unlocked by default, as opposed to three levels on PC.

The Survival Mode includes Survival: Day, Survival: Night, Survival: Pool, Survival: Fog, Survival: Roof, Survival: Day (Endless), Survival: Night (Endless), Survival: Pool (Endless), Survival: Fog (Endless) and Survival: Roof (Endless). The hard levels are not included.

Each Endless level has its own online leaderboards ranking.

Zen Garden

Main article: Zen Garden (PvZ)

The Zen Garden allows you to take care of plants in a stress-free environment and make money. It is a subset of the Zen Garden in the PC version (with Tree of Wisdom absent). Some common features unique to the iOS and Android versions are:

Game icons

  • Icon from PvZ2C website
    Icon from PvZ2C website
  • Icon from WeChat and Bilibili
    Icon from WeChat and Bilibili
  • Icon from Douyin
    Icon from Douyin

Plants

Returning plants

Zombies

Returning zombies

Bugs and differences

Bugs

  • Torchwood cannot light up fog.
  • Newspaper, screen door and ladder can block projectiles from behind.
  • The player can manipulate the game to combine two different levels.
  • Zombot can sometimes spawn two iceballs on top of each other in a single blow.
  • Incorrect music/SFX implementation, such as in 4-10 where it plays Ultimate Battle and the rain SFX will not play only if you pause the level and resume it.

Differences

  • Zombies no longer drop arms and heads due to censorship.
  • One account can only have one save, but cloud save is accessible.
  • Week Login, and later Month Login gives daily rewards.
  • Players can access the WeChat game community from the main menu for extra rewards and game announcements.
  • Achievement menu removed a lot of references to PopCap's other games, leaving only the pipe and Chinese zombies.
  • When starting a new save, the player can choose to skip to level 1-3.
  • Some plants and zombies' Chinese translations are changed.
  • Most levels have star requirements similar to Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition.
    • Flying Imp is absent. The requirements are: Beat the level, do not lose lawnmowers, and do not lose more than 3 plants.
  • A level can be skipped, but the player will only get 1 star in return.
  • Gatling Pea can only be obtained by sharing the game link or watching advertisements twice.
  • Twin Sunflower can only be obtained in Month Login or by sharing game link to five account friends.
  • Winter Melon can be obtained in Week Login after sharing game link or watching an advertisement.
  • In a level, the player have access to three types of items (some levels ban certain items), one gives 500 sun, one enables auto-collection coins and sun, and one plants Cherry Bomb on every tile. The player can also share game link or watch an advertisement to get a free upgrade plant.
    • In the seed-choosing menu, the player can purchase more items.
  • A level can be sped up to twice or quadruple the normal speed.
  • Creativity Mode can be accessed from the main menu.
  • There is no Tree of Wisdom, and thus no tree food.

Version history

Main article: Plants vs. Zombies: Original Edition/Update history

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Game Modes

Welfare

Achievements

Concepts

Main article: Plants vs. Zombies: Original Edition/Concepts

Upcoming content

Main article: Plants vs. Zombies: Original Edition/Upcoming content

Trivia

  • Physical Strength, a life system, was added on August 17th, 2024, but it was quickly removed just 3 days later on August 20th, 2024.
  • After the addition of Adventure Mode 2, there would be two different Zombologist achievements, one being impossible to clear.
    • This was fixed in an update later which added Physical Strength life system.
  • Gramophone Datura, Birthdayz Zombie, Birthdayz Pharaoh and Birthdayz Jester all make a cameo appearance in this game as a tribute to the 11th Anniversary of the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2.
  • The game was scheduled to shut down on October 11th, 2024 according to the global announcement[1], however it ended up not shutting down, for reasons unknown.
    • The game later on went into a rectification period on November 20th, 2024 due to the request of an unknown copyright party, which was partially officially completed on December 23th, 2024.
      • It was partially officially completed firstly on December 17th, 2024, however the update of this rectified version was reverted very shortly after some hours, for reasons unknown, but most likely due to accidentally releasing the update.
      • On that same day, the game had temporarily went under the name of Tower of Overwatch (守望之塔; pinyin: Shǒuwàng Zhī Tǎ), a game developed by Talkweb, as well changing the icon of the mini-program to a character from that game, before changing the name to Plants Eliminate Zombies and the mini-program's icon to represent the current state of the game on December 23th, 2024.

References

V · T · E
Plants vs. Zombies (series)
Tower Defense Plants vs. Zombies · Plants vs. Zombies 2 · Plants vs. Zombies 3: Welcome to Zomburbia
Discontinued Adventures
Shooter games Garden Warfare · Garden Warfare 2 · Battle for Neighborville
Other games Pinball · Risk · Heroes · Stickers · Playing Cards · Match
Discontinued Use Your Brainz EDU
Chinese spin-offs Plants vs. Zombies 2 (China) · Mini Programs (Original Edition) · Plants vs. Zombies 3 (China) · AR Trading Cards
Discontinued Endless Edition · Great Wall Edition · Social Edition · Online · All Stars · Pinyin Adventure · Magic Book · Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Tencent Edition) · Mr. Zombie's Called Jam Hsiao
Miscellaneous Comics App · Watch Face
Canceled games The Board Game · Kingdom Edition · Talking Zombatar · Project Hot Tub · Prototype · Brainiversity
Officially recognized mods Hybrid Version · Plant Girls vs. Zombies
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