Yep! Plants vs Zombies, it seems, is a game that it's impossible to kill, which is quite on brand, let's face it, and now a new remaster of the original fortress defence-styled fun is headed to Switch and Switch 2.
As announced at today's Partner Direct, the game, which gives the stellar original a nice makeover, whilst also adding co-op (which is great news!) will drop on Nintendo's consoles this October 23rd. So, not too long for fans to wait.
Plants vs. Zombies is back in glorious HD! A familiar lawn. A familiar threat. A whole lot of nostalgia. Use an arsenal of quirky plants to fend off waves of hilarious zombies in Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted.
This Remaster of the OG Plants vs. Zombies experience is a tribute to the classics. The same charm, chaos, and sun-powered defense players know and love. Whether you grew up with Peashooters or just met Crazy Dave, this one's for the fans.
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I might keep an eye on it. And if I do play it here’s hoping that I can beat it now that I’m older and not as easily scared! 😅
MY GOAT IS FINALLY BACK
it's a great game but this port looks so lazy
Best part of the direct! I’ve been waiting since the switch 1 was released, one of my favorite game of all time.
I have mild interest. I enjoyed it on iPad way back when.
Now in HD! I remember playing in HD on an iPad back in 2010. It's still one of the Goats.
I feel like this was the highlight of the Direct.
I was hoping the rumor was actually a garden warfare collection for switch
@jojobar agreed. Didn't the Xbox version have co-op already?
Looks good! C'mon EA, please don't include any microtransactions like the mobile version...
I got through the campaign and a fair bit of extra unlocks back on NDS, but unlike the cases like Flashback where I picked up the Switch port mostly to add a proper receipt into my relationship with the game, this one might just tempt me to do another run from scratch. And couch co-op can come in handy, too.
I’ve played it so many times. I hope they add a hard mode.
@ShieldHero same. I kept the original version on my phone despite all sorts of glitching so that I could avoid IAP and play mini games when I liked. Of course that meant no hd updates so it looked like it was drawn in crayon and viewed through a Vaseline-smeared telescope lens.
EA has milked these games so much that the cow must be dead already
There was a worryingly large amount of EA in this
New song (or at least a remix/update) from Laura?
I adored this one my Vita. I might go blow the dust off the old girl.
Misleading to advertise "now in HD" since it has been at least for the past 15 years and appears to look the same as it always has. Fun game though!
legitimately one of the best-designed games ever made. very happy to finally see it on Switch.
Never played it, but my son (who also has never played it) is obsessed with the characters. May pick it up to check out with him.
I loved this game when it first came out. I actually just downloaded it again a couple months ago, and EA has (unsurprisingly) ruined it with microtransactions and ads. If this is the full game, polished up and without microtransactions, and reasonably priced, I'll definitely pick it up.
I mean...I didn't see any news of microtransactions or DLC, or expansions...>.>
Don't eff this up, EA.
This was such a great game, played it so many times, don't think I need another go. Maybe I'd spend the time if twas included in a paid subscription service but buying it yet again probably isn't going to happen.
Maybe if the included the original Michael Jackson dancers I'd do them the courtesy, but it's been so long EA may kit even know they were originally in there.
I've never played a Plants vs. Zombies game, if this remaster ends up being good (it certainly looks so at least) then I'll eventually get it for sure!
Dunno how co-op would work in a game like this, but I'm more curious about the controls.
Like, are there touch controls for both versions? Mouse controls for Switch 2?
Hmmmm.... lazy cash-grab springs to mind.
Looks mostly the same as the original PvZ. I was hoping they would redo all the sprites and animations like PvZ2 did.
I don't know, this is free on mobile, and even without the paid bonus features it's probably the most popular version of the first game currently.
There better be more content than usual or otherwise the price tag would be a bit unjustified by.. 10$ more.
Oh well, at least it will be best played on Switch 2, and a good way to use its mouse feature :/
@jojobar hopefully any laziness in a port won't affect performance. More levels would have been a great addition. I really didn't want anything more from PvZ1 other than to play it on a modern console.
If it’s a physical release for either switch or the 2 I’ll bite in this. I’ve never played these that much, only a bit of garden warfare way back in the day and thought it was pretty fun.
The last time I played this game was on DSiware I think. Yeah, I'm down at the right price
Oh okay, so if I buy this on Switch 2 will there be ads? Because I purchased PvZ on iOS years ago and they updated my paid copy to have ads. I trust EA as far as I can throw them.
Since it's owned by EA now, I'm not getting this game, besides I already completed it 100% I am not eager to do so again. We had a nice run, but this is a hard skip for me.
Oddly not coming to iOS/Android.
If this works with mouse mode on Switch 2 I might consider it. But suspect EA would be too lazy to cater to different consoles like that
This game got on my radar strangely because of bingeing Chrono Trigger OST covers. The composer for PvZ made a vocal version of Schala's Theme. I wondered who that angelic human is and found that she is a composer with an OST credit.
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