Plants vs Zombies - by Popcap Games [v1.7 Retina Display]

[November's Chopin]

Chocolates are dropped randomly from any zombie from any mode. Though I find endless minigames drop them more often.
Does anyone find that placing a plant on a spot that already has a plant card on it kind of difficult in vasebreaker? I gotta tap slightly above the spot for it to plant, otherwise it thinks I'm trying to tap on the plant card.

[HLW]

Yes, it's a bit easier if you tap and drag the plants though.

[TheClaff]

Originally Posted by November's Chopin

Chocolates are dropped randomly from any zombie from any mode. Though I find endless minigames drop them more often.
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I'm half way through my second adv play and have done a large portion of the mini-games and have yet to see any drop. I just recently bought the snail, so maybe they don't start dropping until after you have purchased that.

[ArtNJ]

Originally Posted by TheClaff

I'm half way through my second adv play and have done a large portion of the mini-games and have yet to see any drop. I just recently bought the snail, so maybe they don't start dropping until after you have purchased that.

That seems possible...it is for feeding to the snail, after all.

[ArtNJ]

Originally Posted by HLW

- the type/number of plants you get is the same each level.
- levels 1-10 have one Gargantuar, 11-20 have two, 21-30 have three, and so on.
- buy a rake.
- smash the green vases first.
- if you get a Repeater and don't have a space on the far right to plant it, smash a vase to make room, you'll have time for the zombie (if there is one) to walk out the way before the seed fades.
- smash vases from right to left.
- give the potato mines time to grow.
- make good use of the lantern - you may need to smash a vase to plant it in a good place.
- Gargantuars take 2 hits to kill - two squashes, two potato mines etc.
- don't spend sun on early levels.
- don't spend sun until the zombie is right by your house - you don't want to risk spending sun on a zombie which might die anyway.

I have only gotten to 10 (havent tried too hard), but:

(1) a rake is useless afaik because it will never last more than a few levels. Unless you can buy a new one mid-game, which I have not tried;

(2) any vase smashed by a Gargantuar always has a zombie in it (I think) so killing them asap is important, BUT if you attack them before you can kill them, they throw the little guy. So dont squash them early unless/until you are set up to stop the midget. Ideally, if there is a lot of fire power in the row, front and back, and not tons of vases left, let him rampage for a bit, then squash him, and one hit should be enough if he has taken a lot of other hits.

(3) re: 3, if its true that any vase smashed by the Gargantasaur always has a zombie in it, try opening vases before he gets there, using the stacking technique described below. I have not really mastered this yet;

(4) if you do have a squash or a potato mine in a row, you have some freedom to stack zombies by timing how/when you open vases. There seem to be some limits on how many stacked zombies will be killed, I am not sure exactly how this works, but a squash will kill at least 3 normal zombies stacked on top of each other. This can be useful;

(5) play slow. Wait for the zombie to die before you pop another vase in that row, unless you are using the stacking strategy noted in (4) above.

[HLW]

Originally Posted by ArtNJ

I have only gotten to 10 (havent tried too hard), but:

1) a rake isn't totally useless, sure it is of very little use (as it only deals with the first zombie of the first wave) but it's cheap and as the poster I was replying to has only got to wave 4 I figured they could use all the help they could get.

2) the vases smashed by Gargantuars are the same as any other vases, they can contain plants or zombies. Yes watch out for him throwing the mini zombie.

5) yes that's the most important tip!


BTW: chocolate won't drop until you buy the snail, and also it won't drop if you have 10 chocolate in stock.

[November's Chopin]

Originally Posted by TheClaff

I'm half way through my second adv play and have done a large portion of the mini-games and have yet to see any drop. I just recently bought the snail, so maybe they don't start dropping until after you have purchased that.

That's correct.
It's the same way with money, you don't get any coins until Dave actually unlocks his shop for you to buy stuff.

[Schutzenegger]

My wide is addicted to this game. I don't remember how many times she's beaten it. Can you reccomend any similar games?

[dclose]

Just a heads up: don't know if this will be a problem with anyone else, but the latest update (1.9.5) reset my coins from 175,000 to 950.

[HLW]

My coins don't appear to have been changed, so I think it might just be a bug rather than anything intentional.