Plants vs. Zombies BETA Content & Unused Mini-Games | LOST BITS [TetraBitGaming]

[@TetraBitGaming]

What's your favorite plant? (You can't pick Wall-Nut 'cause it's No Nut November )

[@Cliffordlonghead]

First

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome video

[@mikeobannion2129]

Plantern EZ

[@Scribblemations]

Snow Pea. That sound effect is angelic.

[@mikeobannion2129]

Its the best plant

[@lizardinsurance]

Fun fact not covered! In the Bloom and Doom beta, there's a Bassline in the Grasswalk Horde that's exclusive to that beta. It's not present in both the OST version or the In-game version! Alongside that, the beta has an unused intro song cue that plays as well.

[@huebys3cret670]

He also did Not Cover the debug Mode of the Games create a shortcut of the exe And run it with Sexycache command to activate debug hopeful we See a video bout it

[@thestratposter3515]

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[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

There's also an extension to Watery Graves that was cut. It would have been an extra loop of the ending portion

[@thegreatautismo224]

Where can you find this?

[@pvzmariosonica8fan]

@@thegreatautismo224 TCRF

[@_Whyro_]

The zombie children actually fits perfectly with the first games goofy but strangely gloomy style. None of the later games has that spesific feel to them, they follow the more comedic and cartoony path.

[@EX-MartialEmpress9]

They would've fit Garden Warfare 1 very well. That game's style was both goofy and gloomy too, but had a larger emphasis on gloominess.

[@birdbeaked]

Actually, as a person who played gw1, it has the same feel

[@cajunking5987]

Personally, I wish they went more towards creepy.

[@Fernsaur]

Isn't the balloon zombie meant to be a kid?

[@Lissy_YT481]

​@@Fernsaurno...? He's just ment to be dressed with the "generic" kids clothes to fit with the balloon theme, but he's not a kid.

[@Fantasygod930]

I find it pretty cool interesting to see unused content and something that developers thought they deleted or something from the game but still in the game you just can't access it normally it's pretty cool and it gets a sneak peek into the development of a game and might have some leftover features to play with even if they're not in a complete state

[@KeebeThePlush]

The fact that old titles are used as Easter eggs now are incredible

[@YannickJur]

Yeaaah I thought so too. Especially Bloom and Doom appeared alot.

[@Lemimelemonlime]

Bloom and doom appears everytime its on the card where the plant is

[@alexloes7567]

there's has been found new footage from the Mario party beta. Check: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmSkgqtuabaKhMk

[@shoozebelstar6664]

@@Lemimelemonlime and also I think somewhere in the credits

[@DamageMaximo]

3:07 The reason why the antagonists were planned to be aliens, is because Plants vs Zombies was originally going to be an Insaniquarium sequel, but slowly turned into the Plants vs Zombies we know today

[@Silkunii]

I honestly think PVZ has one of the most interesting game developments, there are so many cool concepts and ideas, and I've always loved this franchise for how creative it is. glad you covered this!

[@davey_rulez7301]

it's probably more so that there's a lot more information that's public about PvZ's development compared to other games

[@Silkunii]

@@davey_rulez7301 probably. it's still interesting nonetheless.

[@theman13532]

i agree but second place would definitely go to a hat in time, the amount of cut things in the game add up to basically a whole other storyline and game entirely, we could've had a laboratory themed world along with a desert world according to the cut content wiki if you look around enough, and even a hub that was inside an hourglass

[@jacobthefunny]

who knew there’d be so much unused stuff about a game where you kill zombies with military plants…

[@mikeobannion2129]

True

[@Games21479]

Damn bro was so interested in unused pvz content he watched the video 8 hours before it got uploaded

[@Gilbert101.]

This was posted just a few minutes ago... how tf did you post this comment 8 hours ago

[@mikeobannion2129]

@@Gilbert101. they are a member

[@mikeobannion2129]

@@Games21479 they are a member

[@VinCactus]

At 2:55, that multiplayer mode (or at least something similar) was featured in the DS version. One player controls plants and has to shoot targets at the back of the screen, and one player controls the zombies. They each have their own kind of sun to collect

[@jessveness]

That was my shit back in the day

[@jessicarussell9644]

True

[@jessicarussell9644]

Also on xbox on a different mode

[@jessicarussell9644]

On 2p mode

[@CarneiroDaNeve]

@@jessicarussell9644 Xbox and PS3 are basically the only plataforms to really include a 2-players mode, you can play adventure mode in 2P, survival modes in 2P and there's also the versus mode

[@lukesterboi7693]

The “double jump” alien could’ve been turned into the ladder zombie because it can go over a tall nut

[@KimFareseed]

I would say Pogo Zombie.

[@CashB0t]

I thought the double jump would be the pole zombie but it can jump twice

[@xdsmile5359]

Maybe it the idea behind imp and giant zombie

[@tatsumakivee4201]

There's mods for PvZ that make it way harder. I can't remember if it's Hard or Brutal, but one gives this "Double Jump" to the Pole Vaulter, having him do the jump as normal, and then again before walking slowly as usual

[@Snowyvr138]

@@tatsumakivee4201 plus?

[@casualamber]

this game is still my childhood! glad to see what could have been

[@YannickJur]

I am so hyped to see unused Plants and Zombies! As a huge PvZ nerd this just warms my heart, and I NEED to list all who appeared in later games: First, about the other enemy types. George Fan stated in multiple interviews that they first had the tower defense mechanics planned with the plants, but couldn't decide on an enemy. They wanted to change something slow, and the final decision was zombies because they were just booming at the early 2000s. 1:59 Carrots and Beetroot both got added in PvZ 2. In the same world even, Neon Mixtape Tour. Onions appeared in the Ice Age. There are multiple iterations of these veggies in later games like Heroes and Garden Warfare. 2:34 Multiple peapod-looking Peashooters made their way in PvZ 2. Also the Peashooter in garden Warfare has Peapods as arms. 4:30 I think many of these unused zombies give a vibe of Garden Warfare and also the card game Heroes. The zombie monkey appeared in PvZ 2 and also as a costume in Battle for Neighborville. 4:48 These t h i c c Zombies' body shape for me looks kinda similar to the Cardio Zombie in PvZ2 and some Zombie classes in Garden Warfare. 19:10 The snow level, of course, appeared in PvZ2 being the Ice Age. ALso, the quote "Bloom and Doom" was said in many later PvZ games. For example, the card game PvZ Heroes was adverticed as "A battle between bloom and doom".

[@thatonecrimsonecho]

You’re the best friend I never knew I needed

[@YannickJur]

@@thatonecrimsonechoYou could tell me your Discord. :3

[@plantimations1232]

I think it’s cool that originally, the zombies would have outfits that relate to why they’re wearing protection (cones, buckets etc)

[@eliana68]

I'm so glad you're showcasing PvZ, it's one of my favorite game in the whole world!

[@tatsumakivee4201]

From what I saw from other videos, Zen Garden is actually a 6-Seed Packet minigame. You choose your seeds but your seed packet upgrades don't apply. The mechanic of the level is that you play in the Zen Garden, and you get to move your plants around with the Gardening Glove. Imagine Minecarts in Pvz2 Wild West but different

[@Sonikks]

I watched your first video on PvZ last week and have been playing it nonstop since in downtime. Holding you responsible!

[@m0rty161]

6:54 Fun fact, the ending notes actually transition pretty well into Korn's 'Freak on a Leash'

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

Cool stuff, always interesting to see just how much content was actually left out on some of these games. a lot of the ideas shown were really good, can't imagine why they were scrapped.

[@adoorwithstaronit8573]

Fun fact about the "Deck" mechanic in prototypes (According to game's wiki where i got it): The mechanic itself is actually inspired by the Magic the Gathering's deck building systems which is not far from how plants are chosen in the prototype. Another cool thing is that we are still choosing which plants we are going to bring in the level in the final build which still has this "Deck building" sort of idea is used in it.

[@alexvalicko7122]

1:30 fun fact: the bottom left robot looks like one of the robots from the Far Future PvZ 2 (the Shield Zombie). The fly like enemies could've been inspiration for the Bug Zombies that's in the Lost City in PvZ 2.

[@chriscanul4075]

What are the odds I literally just got back into this franchise. Great video as always!

[@mikeobannion2129]

I think the double jumper might have been able to jump over tall nuts or it got turned into the pogo zombie.

[@apeashooterhead]

fun fact: in the comics, dino might has tugboat wearing clothing similar to the zombie at 4:28, the only difference i remember is that the middle part on the arm is split on the left arm in the comics, here it's together.

[@matthewgaming2408]

Someone acknowledging the comics? I guess it's more likely than I thought!

[@BraidensWorldEntertainment]

2:03 fun fact: a dandelion plant did make it into the Chinese plants vs zombies 2, it would shoot explosives at the zombies. And then it got moved to gw2 as a plant that would charge at zombies and explode instead of shooting explosives. It also went through a lot of changes through those 2 games and that sketch

[@Fusednebula]

cant wait to see you cover the garden warfare games! so much cool stuff!!

[@sonicxenoexenewman5137]

16:35 “BIGGER NUT” got me good

[@Mits_]

This is going to be a great evening! I'm watching this while completing some half-finished homework, while drinking some warm tea. Today is a good day, and you make it even better. I love your content Tetra!!

[@CelesteOSC]

Ok so the reason that the concepts gone over in the beginning of the video mentions aliens is because originally pvz was going to be an insaniquarium sequel for DS where you would control the fish in the bottom screen and on the top screen there would be a separate tank with aliens that would teleport to your tank and you would have to defend your tank.

[@johnnyseefried463]

one other thing with the songs: in the early version of watery graves, towards the ending where the song would normally loop, a part of zombies on your lawn would play. during the final wave version, the beat would be different, along with some of the instruments.

[@Luca_Sm1337]

7:10 i think i actually remember hearing that instead of the final version when first playing it when i was younger.

[@Margulan217]

Nice work, I'm Enjoying Unused PvZ content!

[@TetraBitGaming]

Thanks for watching!

[@VexedSteak]

21:44 oh that's why i couldn't see any squirrels while playing the game

[@trinitroid7893]

Funny thing is that the zombie with a jack-in-the-box and a monkey has made its way back in Plants VS Zombies 2 for an event. It basically spawns chimps that attacks plants at a higher rate.

[@MuffinTheGamer2009]

4:39 bro skipped every single leg day that he could.

[@Cre4k3d]

No way he's sponsored by gfuel but also a healthy food alternative 😭

[@johnwolf9704]

So happy that u continued this

[@Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent]

4:34 HES HIS HOLDING TEA OUT

[@CarneiroDaNeve]

2:55 This mode is in the console versions, it is called "Versus Mode", each player has 6-7 slots (I don't remember). The plants must kill 3 out of 5 target zombies and the zombies must reach the house (zombies uses graves to defend their target zombies, and the grave also produces brains, a currency used to summon more zombies, just like the sun)

[@zedleyPop]

Unsodded is such a cool idea for a minigame. Threepeater is one of my favourite plants and I would love the challenge.

[@Willow_Ethelson]

4:00 In fact, this strange concept can explain why in the first part, Doctor Zomboss was tall like an ordinary zombie, and then in subsequent games and comics he became much shorter, he is now a little taller than an imp

[@xanniest]

Great video overall, but small correction: 4:24 the "leather jacket" zombie you showed on the concept zombies part of the video was actually just a design for an internal popcap shirt Rich had designed, not an unused variant or anything Still a great video though, liked it tons

[@MysticMike]

@9:15 That whole pick a deck of card and then random other cards show up makes me think of Mega Man Battle Network card mechanic.

[@gorfelbt]

You know it's good when it starts with the mini game music 🙂

[@stripeproductionsofficialreal]

You’d be surprised that there is a handful of unused content in the Zoo Tycoon games. I’m just saying that. Oh and it’s really nice to see you talk about stuff like this

[@ramcoonart]

Nice video! I'd love to see more tower defense games covered in this series.

[@a_9196]

17:13 I remember there being a mini game one the DS version of pvz where the level would randomy change the fire rate of the pea shooters you were given as the it got less/more sunny. And I think the level was called sunny day. (I remember everything else except the name lol)

[@YourNormalProgram]

I think on the pool levels there was a feature where plants would overheat in the sun and you had to blow on the mic for them to cool down

[@essie3741]

5:05 is probably an early furry zombie

[@Southparkfan598]

Bro the zombie had way too much fun with kinks

[@CarlytheWolf23]

I noticed in the short clip of the place holder lawn mower caution bars, that when it blamoed the zombies out of existence, only one of the caution bars disappeared, which I find interesting as it implies that in that early build that you could have the zombies get past your defenses twice before getting game over for each row of the lawn, as in the finished build with the lawn mowers, once the mower was used, it was a one and done, and couldn't be used again in that row for the rest of the level. I also wonder if that idea of a second line of defense partly made it into the rake mechanic, a rake you can buy from Crazy Dave that instantly kills just about every variant of zombie, but instead of being at the back with the mowers it's near the front, being two slots back from the zombie spawning area. This is pretty damn neat seeing an on depth look at some of the behind the scenes of my childhood classic game I first played on those play games online for free websites, where it had the demo. I eventually got to play the ds version and beat it so many times I actually have no idea how many times I had lmao, and then I played the mobile version and beat that one several times too, and finally I'm trying to figure out where I placed my pc port of it as I really would like to play that one for the first time in the full version rather than the demo on an ad ridden website with so many flash games its probably a graveyard by now lmfao, I also would love to get the console versions to look at how different each port is from each other, as from what I've seen so far, there is quite a lot of differences, makes me wonder if Cut content in one is used in another, or exclusive content like the zombie choking animation, which if I recall correctly that it is real, it should be part of the console ports.

[@Svajunas-Masian]

i love this series man keep it up

[@Slimenten]

5:04 thats the best zombie design ever

[@ProjectMirai64]

Never knew all of these! How about we see the whole PvZ franchise? That would be amazing

[@0_Bl00regard]

18:36 Fun fact: the name would later be re-used for an unrelated minigame in the DS version.

[@nicholasho1595]

That Gymbro zombie is in the final game with a different design. He still uses a telephone pole to attack, and he's called a Gargantuar.

[@arthursnyder6935]

That zombie and the dog-walking one are in the mod called Modern Extension

[@iNeon-03]

Man, it’s crazy to think that we almost ended up with “Plants vs Arachnids”

[@yetan0theruser]

Honestly, it's a shame Unsodded was unused in the final game. Sounds like it'd be an interesting challenge, albeit a simple one.

[@irutocchi]

Unsodded came back in PVZ2 but only for Chinese Ver. And its a Brain Buster for Lost City In China

[@Damian-cilr2]

i mean you can still technically play it,its just a whole lot more complicated than just clicking the minigames button.

[@somethingmemorablegtmt9227]

3:57 Imagine fighting goofy zombies with adorable plants the whole game then a giant frankenstein zombie steps onto your roof... Actually it would be cool to see a more threatening horde with modern extension/beta zombies and the concept Zombot.

[@waffos8055]

4:37 Boomer!

[@Zer0Studioz]

Thought I'd share this cause I found it interesting. There's a mod called PvZ2Pak, which changes the graphics to look like PvZ2. The only reason I bring this up is cause there is 1 notable change. All the missing Survival Endless were moved to the Survival page. I know it's not vanilla, but just wanted to share it

[@Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent]

21:41 ayo....😶

[@Dr_Dan_]

19:52 this minigame was actully supposed to be a tutorial level when you get the shovel

[@willistired]

Very cool to see all of this! I love the pea shooter, a little unoriginal but a classic!

[@wweeeee]

how are you guys commenting on a 23 min video in 1 min saying stuff, how you guys watch the video so fast

[@willistired]

@@wweeeee I just meant that the video is cool.. I haven’t watched all of it but Im doing that..

[@mikeobannion2129]

@@willistired same

[@wweeeee]

@@willistired nice i understand that

[@zoetbh6048]

The "Peanut" or something at 2:25 is most certainly an early design of an imitater - its almanac description makes clear references to him being a veteran.

[@jourysondakhsondakh1899]

16:32 🤨📸

[@GCRMGAMER]

you were a big part of my childhood and this just came up on my recommended and I'm glad your channel is doing well

[@redthecrusader007]

There was a scrapped PvZ movie by Sony with concept art

[@arthursnyder6935]

Some of these unused concepts like the grasshopper-like enemy have become used in PvZ 2 such as the Bug Zombies from Lost City

[@trigyachakraborty7367]

Fun fact:that huge garg thing is the garg in modern extension which smashes plants in a 4x4 area

[@elpoop2819]

Theory: 2:28 is imitater during “the zombie wars”

[@waluigi3459]

2:28 could also be an early sketch of Gatling pea

[@MollyDollyy774]

6:42 I Love to PVZ OST, PVZ is One of My Childhood Games, I Played, PVZ 1, 2, GW1, GW2, Battle for Neighborville {Some I didnt Play} But Saw, But the Music is great in PVZ!

[@salmuttotabreabittlecochicarac]

i think the zopmbie designs were basically meant as why the have the item like the cone and bucket, but they made it look more simplistic and made them look the same but with the item.

[@birdboy1092]

A large portion of these early concepts for plants and zombies can be seen in the book: The Art of Plants Vs Zombies. The book's a little dated, but if you want a good look at some of the art in this video, I highly recommend checking it out.

[@Urkikk]

Spikeless Spikerock isn't real, he can't hurt you. Spikeless Spikerock: 13:02

[@dogscratch]

I thought the elevated part in the backyard was just surrounded by a weird fence, still making it so only catapult plants could shoot over it and giving ladder zombies something to do besides harass tall-nuts. Glad it was changed to the rooftops though, makes more sense overall

[@agoogleaccount5207]

There is an old version of PvZ deleted from the App Store, it was removed in 2016, but there is an option for quick play which allows you to play a more difficult version of bungee blitz, it just isn’t named anything.

[@vibecheck146]

fun fact: crazy David is actually based off a pop cap employee. every time there’s a party or gathering he always wears a pot in his head.

[@segatv2426]

The early zombot design makes sense why the early version(s) had organic legs instead of robotic it was essentially a Giant Frankenstein

[@noah.reissmann]

i love how this guy does the ad at the beginning. just tells us what the product is and what code to use. thats how it should be done

[@Guywithtwotails]

2:12 The "Coffee bean soldier sketch", I think its just design for the Gatling-pea or a WHOLE different plant that just look similar to gatling pea, A plant like that does sound cool though For the zombotany name, I guess they just ran out of cool names for the Zom-plants minigame they just took the early prototype name Plus I hear somewhere that during the ice level april fools level, if you stay in there long enough, a loud scream will be heard, Apparently it was just used to prank the playtesters

[@shapshapshapshap2829]

4:39 that is most definitely an early gargantuar concept looking at the muscles and choice of weapon

[@Kamiakirothereal]

6:56 the 4 note ending is actually used in the OST (not ingame) version of the song

[@lizzybach4254]

2:10 Many of these plants came later in PVZ 2 as well in the form of Intensive carrot and dandelion.

[@Damian-cilr2]

3:45 actually it was turned into the sunflower,the money collection thing was repurposed into the marigold

[@LinkenMcIntosh]

I believe that the early concept sketches of the aliens and other creatures were originally from a time where Popcap was making a sequel to insanaquarium that involved the 2 screens of the DS that would have the player defend the aliens using plants but things changed so far from insanaquarium that they decided to change the entire game. Now I’m not entire sure about this so…

[@Delta_09]

8:31 field of hopes and dreams just playing in the background

[@manioqqqq]

oooooOOOOOOOOOOO

[@trigyachakraborty7367]

Also the zombie looking infront is also in modern extension

[@WOKEchair]

4:37 There's a zombie like that in the game: Gargantuars. I'm 99% sure they first appear between 5-6 and 5-9. Take 2 instas to kill, crush plants with the pole, throw imps.

[@esteebangus]

George Fan in a 2012 presentation about the development of PvZ's tutorials and how to overall make good tutorials showed or mentioned in some way the "Squirrel" and the two "Can you dig it" levels in the hidden limbo page as attempts to introduce and teach the player the shovel and digging mechanic. He said these respective variants of introducing the shovel and digging mechanic made it seem very repetitive and/or could have made the player think you need to use it a lot more than actually needed, making people overuse the mechanic and hinder their in-game performance. With George himself indirectly revealing the actual purpose of these three limbo page minigames, it seems that generally the limbo page isn't as much of an unused minigame section as it is just a spot for developers to store random, unused, in-development at the time, miscellanous levels.

[@robertlupa8273]

4:30 These kid zombies are adorable!

[@goldenboi4733]

7:45 it’s also named after 2 of the mini games in the game somehow

[@noname-jt6kl]

Honestly I wish a lot of the scrapped minigames were kept, they've got really cool ideas.

[@OneJadeZombie]

Small interesting fact about the Air Raid minigame, it’s one of the exclusive minigames on the DSi version but it’s completely different with you fighting Dr. Zomboss again as a Cuphead style boss fight

[@honker5723]

4:37 i looove the THICCCCCCC zombie so much lmao

[@clementeschubert448]

8:00 That was sooooo beautiful

[@henrikasmasian8226]

Fun fact about ice level it has a soundtrack and unused zombotany track was used in prototyoe as main menu song

[@Fort-Nate]

The other survival endless levels were actually used in the Xbox and PlayStation version of pvz, idk why not in any other version

[@NotRainbowSteve]

FUN FACT: In the Xbox360 Edition of Plants Vs. Zombies, ALOT of the unused mini games are released into that specific edition! I know this because I have it!

[@ttyt4078]

I'd recommend covering the plants vs zombies 2 unused content, since that game has a ton to offer

[@cosmictelluride]

At around 3:00 when you mentioned the 2-player mode, it actually did end up being released but only to the console versions where it was easiest to play 2-player.

[@TetraBitGaming]

Yeah, but it's not the same idea I don't think

[@comixwabbit6680]

13:50 when a zombie is on the elevated portion, will they fall when they get to the end of it?