Overanalyzing EVERY Other Plant [PART 6] - PvZ2 Chinese Version

I explain in detail what each monthly special plant (not tied to any world) does from the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. Hope you learned something new!
My Discord channel in Floral Federation: / discord
FAQ
- How can I play this game?
Tutorial: • [NO LONGER WORKS] How ...
- Will you cover the other plants?
Yes, I'll do every plant in the game.
- Why is the sound quality so bad?
That's how the game is, there's nothing I can do about other than replace the music.
Timestamps:
White Melon Sumo Wrestler - 0:11
Icycurrant - 3:16
Tuliptrumpeter - 7:27
Eggplant Ninja - 11:53
Banana Dancer - 14:53

[@nc7718]

Jester in international version: I am the destroyer of strategies. You must prepare around me or lose. Jester in chinese version: I can only reflect like three projectiles.

[@fwapkiwami]

Something tells me the Chinese devs REALLY REALLY hate Jester

[@helomeplea]

Everyone hates jester

[@rizkidary837]

But intetrstingly the Chinese equivalent of jesters (kung Fu world)come earlier than in international

[@nc7718]

@@rizkidary837 they're a lot easier because they have cooldown between reflections, so they dont nullify certain types of plants completely.

[@thepotassiumqueen2137]

Hammer and nunchaku: I got ya homie

[@milkmonstrosity]

I think the inconsistency with Icy Currant might just be a carry-over from Electric Currant. I've seen Chickens manage to dash right through the electric fields just fine, in fact it's a fairly frequently occurrence. Certainly helped to make that Zomboss fight at the end of the Wild West Expansion just that little bit more insufferable.

[@DiegoGarcia-fv2ue]

That battle is so dumb I wish the gave us at least a peashooter

[@Megajaybreaker4]

@@DiegoGarcia-fv2ue that ruins the gimmick of only hypnotized zombies being able to attack zomboss

[@Bayoll]

That level is the only level that i just couldn't beat. It is so finicky, electric currant and spikeweed does nothing to the chicken considering they spam chicken wrangler at the halfway point. And when you finally reach the last stage they just spam gargantuar. Awful! I even pre boosted hypno shroom from zen garden and i still couldn't beat it. The strategy that is available on the internet is so RNG dependant, one loose chicken and you're done. I spent like a good two hours just tinkering with the strategy, not to mention the tens of thousands of dollars used for power ups. Next time it comes thru I'll either not play it at all for the sake of my sanity or boost every plant that is used in that level. Hypno shroom, spikeweed, wallnut, and electric currant if it's even possible. They should give us endurian instead of wallnut to give us at least a fighting chance.

[@Bayoll]

@@Megajaybreaker4 well in that case just give us endurian. It would make killing the chicken so much easier. And it wouldn't ruin the gimmick considering it cannot attack the boss and they already give us spikeweed and electric currant.

[@ooohgyc5740]

chinese version just likes an incomplete mod, some are pretty strong, but some are so waek even if they are gold (plant division: white, green, blue, purple, gold) - just to show "look we now have a new plant". dont care that so much, we dont know how the editors think either :( well, have you noticed that? it's a episode just for trolled purple/gold.

[@harryvpn1462]

The tuliptrumpeter interaction with turkeypult is the silliest thing ive seen in any pvz game

[@ellusiv5121]

seriously, what the hell

[@georgeuferov1497]

Okay, but hypnotized zomboids were really unexpected. I wonder how this interaction even works, I don't think they would code this on purpose

[@qualitytimewithted5160]

If I had to guess plants and zombies are assigned to a “team”, and hypnosis simply swaps their team. So a hypnotized zombie switches to the plant team, but since zomboids are already on the plant team, they swap to the zombie team. That’s just a guess though.

[@FourthEgo]

It was likely an accident in the coding.

[@danielandycandrawira6206]

@@qualitytimewithted5160 And because zombie with hypnotized effect in the code can't eat nor take damage from plants they just walk pass your defence.

[@calmmoon266]

@@FourthEgo Perhaps Popcap of China didn’t realize the coding While Talkweb never fixed it..

[@zavie3513]

Tuliptrumpeter at first sight: Meh, another projectile plant that isn't very good... Heals: That's actually nice. Level 2: Okay, now that's interesting. Level 3: OMG, I love this plant.

[@cardboardtoaster2169]

Without levels it’s an alright alternative to the OP healer named “Aloe”

[@Squeakybro]

instantly becomes busted. WAIT DON"T USE THE TURKEY PULT

[@Im_Local]

I wish it was in the international version. Of course it would be an arena exclusive which would be annoying but it would open up so many interesting strategies that aren't available with caulipower or hypno shroom

[@Random_ya]

Level 5:I WILL USE THIS PLANT RIGHT NOW

[@theoneandonlymastergunner]

@@Squeakybro lol

[@mrmolasses]

Can I just say how brilliant your music choices are Super Mario Odyssey? Club Penguin? Chowder Bookin' Cook? This is S-tier quality content

[@flagzombie]

Thank you :)

[@Smith-fg1qb]

It’s pretty cool that you used music from extreme pamplona. I haven’t played the game for ages

[@eggshellproductionsblender]

6:09 Icy currant is so cold, it can freeze the game itself.

[@Starfruit1]

Lol

[@user-qg5bp8xf4e]

Good one

[@ZeroPan9759]

9:17 I like how it plays the pvz theme when it’s fed plant food.

[@saufiapriyandi]

Funfact : There's actually no things such a banana tree, While the banana plant is colloquially called a banana tree, it's actually an herb distantly related to ginger, since the plant has a succulent tree stem, instead of a wood one. And the banana is the berry not fruit.

[@mr.jitterspam9552]

Berries are a type of fruit, ones with seeds inside, so blueberry is very accurate naming

[@silverpotato4272]

7:05 I don't know if this exists in pvz2, but in pvz1 zombies have a random speed stat so that could be the reason for the inconsistency

[@KogasaTatara514]

If you watch carefully, you can see that the middle balloon zombie wasn't damaged on the first tick, therefore wasn't slowed and got much farther in that time, letting it get by with its balloon intact. Whether this due to a slightly different speed or just a tiny difference in initial spacing when spawned, that's definitely what's responsible.

[@realPurpleOrb]

I believe the random speed was only in some pvz1 minigames

[@seanlee527]

I believe not due to zombie having the same speed if they are the same one The first one was like that due to the different walking animations for normal zombies in pvz1

[@chillyconmor]

they removed the random speed in pvz2 its all the same now

[@milkmonstrosity]

@@KogasaTatara514 I believe the actual cause is a bit weirder. From what I can tell, the way that Electric and Icy Currant are programmed to deal damage is different from Spikeweed. This is because while Spikeweed only begins its attack while targets walk over it and deals consistent damage with exposure, the two Currants are always attacking. This sounds fine, but the time between attacks is rather noticeable, and the hitbox of said attack isn't nearly as large as Spikeweed. This causes an effect where zombies can walk through the AOE without taking damage because they entered the area between damage ticks. This is the exact reason why a Chicken can dash through a Currant sometimes but never will with Spikeweed. Same with variants like Weasel. These enemies move just fast enough and have such small hitboxes that they have time to pass through the AOE before it hits them if it ticked over just before they made contact. Really stupid, and really frustrating, but it kind of makes sense, at least from a logical standpoint. A simple fix would simply be reducing Currant's damage per tick but increasing the rate at which they hit. But of course, nobody likes Currant, so they'll never get attention.

[@ClonedGamer001]

We've seen a few design choices in the Chinese version that are strange to say the least, but Eggplant Ninja being unable to hit flying zombies might be the most baffling yet. I can't think of any reason for that to be a thing.

[@aubreyathame]

its simply too good so they had to make it slightly less good

[@JustSomeGuy2436]

I think the game considers zomboids and turkeys as zombies walking the other direction. So when they are hypnotized, they move in the opposite direction. Since the game considers them as zombies they can still eat your brains.

[@LowQualityCarbink]

because the devs have a crippling addiction to making flying zombies spoiled

[@Darkplasma26]

This is probably my favorite series on KZbin at the moment! I think it’s very interesting and fun to watch these! Keep up the good work Flag :)

[@flagzombie]

Wow thank you!

[@centralkaufci]

flag, can you say im cool? id appreciate it.

[@elnamraef4297]

true

[@Darkplasma26]

@@flagzombie Of course man!

[@Berlinh2]

@@centralkaufci lmao

[@mihneababanu4224]

i love how tulip thrumpeteer makes a cute little sound every time it attacks and the plant food plays the menu theme!

[@megatiz123alv]

This guy deserves a rest after making such high quality videos 😃

[@mattgroening8872]

Yes, but he has the all plant rankings soon! Guy doesn’t give himself a break

[@victini7777]

Note how Banana Dancer still has Coconut Cannon's sound effects

[@crazydave5562]

Crazy Dave approved Great video keep up the great work

[@flagzombie]

Thanks Dave.

[@copycat500]

Banana Fan Dancer is the definition of “Reaction Skills 100”

[@SnowyDaisyy]

I really like the detail you put into overanalysing these plants! Keep up the good work, This is a really good series!

[@flagzombie]

Thank you!

[@nickk3077]

I really like the idea of a plant, that when given a plant food, has an entirely different ability! Edit: Y'know Ultomato sorta counts actually! When given a plant food, it basically turns into a Doom Shroom!

[@macar0n.]

lava guava counts..?

[@nickk3077]

@@macar0n. It’s a temporary. I meant, sorta like a buff that changes the purpose of the plant. Think what happens to torchwood and cactus, but they change their entire ability if that makes sense.

[@berdyking7967]

@@nickk3077 so tocobility from the first pvz 3?

[@nickk3077]

@@berdyking7967 Never really paid attention to PvZ3 that game doesn’t look very appealing.

[@berdyking7967]

@@nickk3077 true, but tocobilities are pretty cool.

[@extrasmalltricky6665]

I like it that tulip trumpeter plays the PvZ theme with his plant food, probably meaning he helps play it on the title screen

[@Alifraipye]

you are prolly one of my favourite youtubers to watch probably ever, your videos are INSANELY REWATCHABLE please never stop

[@flagzombie]

That's really sweet thank you!

[@LowQualityCarbink]

I could never agree more with a 1 year old comment

[@phamson7868]

​@@LowQualityCarbink same

[@friskundertale1]

the tulip trumpeter's healing form is so cute

[@mousse1138]

There's something so intriguing about seeing and learning about the Chinese version of PvZ2. Great content regardless!

[@-0__0--]

Flag zombie never dies

[@Neon_Here]

He always come back

[@cesarv7685]

Ironic

[@isaacpaintsemrouboanderline.]

Ironic since you identify yourself as a grim reaper

[@dehydrationmonster66]

Agreed

[@Kelswagsinandballin]

Indeed

[@familyguyfunnies1705]

I just realized how detailed the bios for the Chinese exclusive plants are 😅

[@blackmode1234]

Banana Dancer is just, a very beautiful plant for me ! In fact, her face actually resembles Blooming Heart's :)

[@alexwijaya6857]

Nunchaku and hammer zombie:*reflect sound using hammer Physician:wait, that's impossible

[@SilverFoxeGames]

Its always interesting to see what sort of plants the chinese edition creates compared to the english one, makes me wonder if there is a fangame with almost all the plants from across different PVZs

[@AceFuzzLord]

I know that there's a group of people working on Plants vs Zombies Universe, which is supposed to be a pvz game that includes plants and zombies from all the different official games including the Chinese versions. It totally sounds like a huge undertaking and so far it just seems they have some of the Ancient Egypt levels/zombies/mechanics from pvz online playable in a very early build but I'm not sure how far along they are or what's done since I normally don't keep up to date on game news. They have a yt page but I'm not sure if they have any other spots where they post news

[@Arceus-zl5ur]

Can't wait for part 7! These videos really makes me relaxed, It just feels satisfying for some reason

[@stefanloncar6868]

Love your overanlyzing videos Flag Say ever tought about making your own top list ? Like your own ranking of each PVZ game from worst to best ?

[@dawidek8237]

that banana tornado plant is a great concept if only these chinese devs knew how to program her

[@mexxhan5981]

Personally, assuming Auberninja makes it to the English version, I think Auberninja will be decently good. Not too overpowered, but can still pack a punch, or shuriken in his case, when needed. It most likely will be a Spear-Mint plant.

[@voltfox2466]

Bro the fact that Hammer and Nunchaku zombies freaking reflect MUSIC SOUNDS 💀💀💀

[@trannhuhientrannhu8325]

Tuliptrumpeter: Can be reflected Banana Dancer: Can't be reflected Me: Sound can be reflected, but wind can't

[@sabersanimationschannel6385]

The devs: hmmm yes , total logic there.

[@bombglove1670]

The return of the greatest and most informative series on KZbin

[@critbottle3772]

Youd think they'd have her level 3 be 5 seconds so it'd cut the cooldown in half again, but for some reason they bumped the attack cooldown from 2 to 8 so it only becomes a 1 second decrease??

[@theoneandonlymastergunner]

Yeah, banana dancer is kinda garbage

[@AidanTheCross]

Good choice in kirby music, I immediately started recognizing the sountracks you were using

[@grandom7116]

My 2 Cents On The Plants *White Melon Sumo Wrestler* - Just a worst Chard Guard. Half as much damage and can't knock back Gargantuars. The plant food ability is Fine ig *Icy Currant* - wasn't a big fan of Electric Currant cuz you have to use Garlic and Garlic sucks in pvz2 due to their being so many zombies that can instantly kill him. So I kinda feel the same with Icy Currant *Tulip Trumpeter* - very weird. The healing is very weird and the damage is Fine. Its cool ig *Eggplant Ninja* - It's a copy of Boophone Geigi. Nothing special. *Banana Dancer* - why does it have to wait for 13 seconds to attack after 15 seconds of resting? Super weird.

[@cyber0806]

Are you watching the vid and typing in real time? I respect that

[@grandom7116]

@@cyber0806 yes

[@berdyking7967]

But garlic is good, your just bad.

[@grandom7116]

@@berdyking7967 There is just too many Instant kills in Pvz2 that your setup would get ruined

[@berdyking7967]

@@grandom7116 I personally don't bring garlic into a level with instants, or bring removal to kill the instants/ plant food garlic, but that's just me.

[@MelaniesPeriodCramps]

The heian age music in the beginning is just.. ✨✨✨✨✨✨AaAaAaAaAaA❤️❤️❤️😩😩😩

[@nacl4988]

It seems BananaDancer has some wierd code relating to firing. Maybe she checks every 14 seconds~ if there is a zombie in rnage, Which would explain why T3 took her sleeptime down, but attackrate barely changed.

[@dimitri6294]

Your videos are very informative, keep up the good work

[@junlinzhu2634]

There is a supplement to the attack of Eggplant Ninja. His darts stay on the court for the same time each attack. That is to say, the slower his darts fly when planted on the right, the more damage they cause to zombies per second

[@theoneandonlymastergunner]

Cool! I didn't know that

[@nobodyimportant281]

So, it's with these particular set of plants where bugs and glitches really started. Even the animation started to downgrade.

[@valen3792]

Sumo Melon: Enforce-mint Icy Currant: Winter-mint Tulip Trumpeter: Enchant-mint/Reinforce-mint Eggplant Ninja: Spear-mint Banana Dancer: Contain-mint

[@cloudy28]

Sumo Melon's attack is extremely weak tho... it's mainly used for defense

[@cloudy28]

@@ninjapirate123 so? chard guard is reinforce-mint instead of arma-mint

[@cloudy28]

@@ninjapirate123 typo i meant enforce-mint not arma-mint

[@cloudy28]

@@ninjapirate123 ​ endurian and blockoli also do damage, both are reinforce-mint plants

[@theoneandonlymastergunner]

@@ninjapirate123 CHARD does deal dmg albeit subtle

[@ralzsxd]

Your videos are always interesting. thanks for making me enjoy it

[@dawolfmaplays5997]

You're making excellent content. Keep it up.

[@silverpotato4272]

So Banana Dancer Costs 375 sun Can't even one shot a buckethead Takes 30 seconds to attack And has a garbage plant food ability This is actually the worst plant in the game

[@idontknowbruh]

jackfruit be like : my skill more worst than yours

[@calmmoon266]

Banana Tree from PvZ OL:skill issue.

[@TostOlabilir]

Hey Flag! I love the PvZ2 China videos. Keep up the great work. But something I always wondered is how you manage to do these showcases. Like which version of the game are you using and where can I find it (im terrible at looking things up i can never find what im looking for)

[@UnrealSuperSonic04]

tuliptrumpeter is literally an amalgamation of scaredy-shroom, caulipower and [insert healing plant]

[@theoneandonlymastergunner]

Peach

[@Its_bloon.yt2011]

Aloe

[@connercraig6379]

I like the fact that when fed plant food , tulip trumpet will play the main theme of pvz

[@GrassKnuckles]

LOVE THIS SERIES i play china version but deleted week ago i knew all plants but still love this!

[@Cholincy]

Will you ever tackle already existing plants? Like Peashooters Level 1-5 and Costume Plant Food Effect Special.

[@theoneandonlymastergunner]

Yeah,he said he'll do it like 40 times now

[@mr.jitterspam9552]

Hoho

[@Pain-nc1kh]

Everytime i see a video from this series i get super happy, love your videos!

[@flagzombie]

Thanks!

[@blackdashh433]

I cant wait for the best plant video.

[@viktorbarnic7549]

Me too

[@mattgroening8872]

Saaame

[@mattgroening8872]

I voted for lily pad lily pad op

[@xItzNelly]

THANK YOU FOR DOING THE EGGPLANT!!! I LOVE YOIR VIDEOS!!!!

[@denkikaminari2883]

I really enjoy this type off videos,so make more cause i love them

[@jiahuazhang959]

Just because it is not mentioned in the video Eggplant Ninja is considered a great plant because it could potentially deal a considerable amounts of damage to the zombies. Yes, I mean it. It deals damage per frame so if you place it in the front (causing it's bullets to fly slower) its bullet will hit the zombies for more frames therefore dealing insane amounts of damage. Also if you speed up the game it does less damage.

[@matsmeulenkamp5515]

Tuliptrumpeter is actually a tulip a flower seen in the netherlands

[@superpapermariofan]

As a netherlander. I can confirm this is true

[@randomnoob6524]

Does anyone else remember when eggplant ninja was like the most op plant ever?

[@theoneandonlymastergunner]

Yeah

[@Ithinkofnothingbutsomehing]

I know I'm late to this comment, but how?

[@lapatatachusca29]

grettings from Peru, love ur content

[@foxstromp]

I have been waiting for another one of those

[@magikmudkipz809]

Now i really want to see you just playin around with these guys in a few levels

[@berdyking7967]

T-t-t-three hundred sun? For a inconsistant citron? Its funny how chinese plants are eather very powerful of paper miche week.

[@ecbrd8478]

i hope there was a pun at least on par with "electric current" in chinese when they made fucking "icy currant"

[@lilharm]

I think the Shield Zombie is acting like the bull, it’s shield is getting disabled because it *is* being knocked, it’s just knocked forward instead of in the proper direction

[@boi8963]

Theze videos are absolutly great could you make them more often please

[@ouioukuo6729]

i really look forward for the next part

[@exe.wilhelm3578]

10:20 and 10:35 Plant : They betrayed us

[@omgman5745]

Thanks to you using Kirby and the forgotten land music I want to replay that game now.

[@marigold_lord]

Who the hell changed all the Chinese Exclusive Plant Names. Egrett Flower --> White Egret Flower Fighter Plane Firebloom Queen --> Flame Flower Queen Frostbloom Queen --> Crystal Orchid R.A.D Missiles --> Mischief Radish Auberninja --> Eggplant Ninja It's honestly stupid.

[@ItsCandyindefinitely]

You know it really feels like we came a long way with these plants like we had a bit absurd ones sure like monkey-fruit but we never really had plants as complicated as this like aside from icycurrant every plant is complicated in some way shape or form here

[@bleachedeiyes6468]

Banana dancer is the definition of terrible. I legit thought this thing was gonna have a niche role of a low sun attacking troop that had a very slow but somewhat decent power but omg it is absolutely terrible.

[@MyChannelIs450YearsAgo]

Notice how the face of tuliptrumpeter is similar to thyme warp's just the teeth is a little bit different

[@ENDZI0]

It was worth to wait :D

[@uekibachi9780]

I love your content so much

[@flagzombie]

Thank you

[@SCP---049]

It's funny how the tuliptrumpeter is actually playing a sousaphone

[@crzybxrry]

I really want to to cover Ice Cabbage, or whatever the name of the icy cabbage plant is, pelase cover, in one of the videos, there's a brief cameo of Ice Cabbage, and they shoot a a icy pea, and it kinda works like in the international version of pvz2, please cover them!

[@alzhanvoidsansado]

Man, the chinese version has so many more plants. Everytime I think 'this must be the last one' I am proven wrong. They may be broken in many ways, but they sure are plentiful.

[@theoneandonlymastergunner]

There is like 50 more plants left

[@viktorbarnic7549]

Yeah baby a new video

[@jellyhi1604]

Even at level 2, tulip trumpeter already reached its power spike and still better than caulipower

[@DeliriousPersona]

6:08 nah, he doesn't crash the game; he freezes it to death!

[@auberninja5090]

You analyzed my favourite plant, myself

[@brawlmaster0190]

10:25 Intriguing

[@bartbluey7597]

I LOVE THIS SERIES

[@vietkoala303]

You're back :D

[@monsterlover6015]

I noticed, that on 12:18 the Zombie on the bottom Lane didn't get hit (even if he has been hit before). Could he be too fast for the shuriken? Anyways, nice video, I really love to see all the special plants from the Chinese PvZ2 version.

[@theoneandonlymastergunner]

Went down and around

[@Games-zs8un]

YAY PART 6

[@Yushen-ep1qo]

Can you do a video on Plants that are in both versions to see if they had any changes or not?

[@yoshihammerbro435]

I love that u use Sonic Unleashed music.

[@Dr.MordinSolus]

I think icy currant wanna be a little special since the ice in the middle is less colder since its farther from the conductor

[@THEnicholasvancosky]

I've noticed that if Banana Dancer's plant food effect sucks in zombies that were sliding on ice tiles, it'll throw them away like flying zombies.

[@Gachabuoi69420]

Icycurrant can work really good with spikerock there

[@ButterGoat]

0:35 So it’s basically chard guard and spring bean combined into one plant

[@Night-J]

10:26 that is the most painful betrayal ever you can't kill either

[@Elotroso3194]

yayyy more of this

[@EliteScoutVN]

8:17 one must imagine trologbite happy

[@beetosdoesstuff544]

don't use white sumo melon at all! Edit: also I think tuliptrumpeter should be like this: if no zombies in lane, heal. if zombie on lane, attack.

[@sermsakulpkts5822]

I have question about Chinese version: 1. The Ruby plant shop can or having a chances to sells Sun producer some kind like Sunflower Singer? 2. This only Happens on Steam ages? Or all Gangartaur are can’t being shrink by Shirnking Violet 3. How to easily get Plant’s and Costumes Puzzle fragment? 4. From your ideas, Which is the hardest world to collect 3 stars all level?

[@jhoannferreira23]

cool video!!!

[@Ballinballer01]

Flag zombie you should do the over analyzing for PvZ online