COSTUME WATCH 👀

Okay, so apparently I'm missing at least 44 legit costumes. This is unacceptable 😤

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@PowerToss wrote:

Okay, so apparently I'm missing at least 44 legit costumes. This is unacceptable 😤

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Very Nice! Don't know how you'll annotate, but Shadow Pea and Zoybean were a Premium Bundle. Bonkchoy, Torchwood, and Shadowshroom came out with a Heros event only. I'll do some more digging, when I have time.

These might not release again 😔

All of the Iceberg Lettuce came back one time as a Community Contest Winner, so that was out of cycle.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/82hvqt/iceberg_lettuce_costumes_added_to_the_store/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Valenbrainz event only, but you don't get to keep those:

@FantastiXxPVZ Thank you for digging into the costume thing. I'm mainly interested in the costumes that are listed as unused on the fandom page and are also in my list: https://plantsvszombies.fandom.com/wiki/Plants_vs._Zombies_2/Concepts/Costumes

I couldn't find any footage of players getting them in a Pinata Party or in the shop etc. but since you have those costumes there must have been a time they were obtainable :/

Not sure where you got the Pepper-Pult image from but Intellectual Games is not a good source. He modded the code to get the costumes and has a lot of videos earning costumes in Pinata Parties that weren't released at that point in time. 

Maybe Haem can give us some more insights about the release of old costumes. I've read somewhere that "special event costumes" might make a return someday but this could just be a delay tactic^^

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@PowerToss wrote:

@FantastiXxPVZ Thank you for digging into the costume thing. I'm mainly interested in the costumes that are listed as unused on the fandom page and are also in my list: https://plantsvszombies.fandom.com/wiki/Plants_vs._Zombies_2/Concepts/Costumes

I couldn't find any footage of players getting them in a Pinata Party or in the shop etc. but since you have those costumes there must have been a time they were obtainable :/

Not sure where you got the Pepper-Pult image from but Intellectual Games is not a good source. He modded the code to get the costumes and has a lot of videos earning costumes in Pinata Parties that weren't released at that point in time. 

Maybe Haem can give us some more insights about the release of old costumes. I've read somewhere that "special event costumes" might make a return someday but this could just be a delay tactic^^

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Not sure who that is, but I'll look when I have time or am not playing, lol.

Not sure why they would list Wall-nut, Peashooter, and  Sunflower, as those are always events/special occasion for cosmetic, but you don't get to keep them. Also, if they are going to list them, then there are tons they are missing. They should have created it's own category '"Special Event Only."

Also, why Marigold? I have never different costumes for an Almanac and Zen Garden only plant.

The Fandom site Is outdated. I know for a fact that some of them, if not in a Pinata, have been in the store.

The Puff Shroom Cowboy Hat, Marching Band Hats for Pean Pod, and the Backwards cap for Pepperpult are most likely fan (on Devian Art) made or scrapped.

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@FantastiXxPVZ wrote:

Not sure why they would list Wall-nut, Peashooter, and  Sunflower, as those are always events/special occasion for cosmetic, but you don't get to keep them. Also, if they are going to list them, then there are tons they are missing. They should have created it's own category '"Special Event Only."

Also, why Marigold? I have never different costumes for an Almanac and Zen Garden only plant.

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Well, that's the concepts/costumes side. The normal costume side has a rubric with special events and whether you got to keep the costume https://plantsvszombies.fandom.com/wiki/Costumes 

Guess Marigold is on that list because the texture including the top hat is/was in the code:

Also, when you look up a plant on the fandom site there is a list with the costumes the plant has. For instance, Bonk Choy:

But as you said this might be outdated since this doesn't include the Bonk Choy suit and others.

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@FantastiXxPVZ wrote:

The Fandom site Is outdated. I know for a fact that some of them, if not in a Pinata, have been in the store.

The Puff Shroom Cowboy Hat, Marching Band Hats for Pean Pod, and the Backwards cap for Pepperpult are most likely fan (on Devian Art) made or scrapped.

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This is why I needed your help 😉

@HenryThePear Here you can see which costumes are in the cycle:

oh no !! that laser bean black suit is not in there ☹️ all the tile turnips costumes I missed are not in the cycle too ☹️

@PowerToss and @FantastiXxPVZ I can't believe how much effort and research you have both put into this, what has @MAGICDAVESHROOM started?! LOL!

This for me is a fantastic source of information even though I'm very sad at how many I'm missing 😥 As I've only ever not played this game maybe a handful of days a year I can't believe how many I've not got!! Still, it gives me something to aim for 😁

@PowerToss who writes the Fandom page, is it like Wiki where anyone can contribute? I think with your efforts and your skill at making the collection pictures you should make a new official costume page!!

@MortStella No idea who contributes to the fandom page but I would guess it is like wiki. If I ever do an update about the costumes I will definitely wait until we've heard from an "official" (Haem) about the costumes. It is funny that it seems like we are missing the same costumes. Maybe you could screenshot your spreadsheet and post it here 😉

@FantastiXxPVZ What I mean with Intellectual Games isn't a good source is for example this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lReN8NA9DoY

He won Laser Bean's suit during the Food Fight Event in 2014 but the only costumes that could be won during that event were the Big Wave Beach costumes. He only could have obtained the Laserbean costume by a) overwriting the pp.dat, b) modding the code (changing some HEX numbers). He is btw the guy you got the screenshot of the Pepper-Pult costume from 😜

That doesn't mean that Laserbean's suit wasn't released later on, though. 

3rd January

@MortStella  @PowerToss  do u guys have the Laser Bean suit? as @FantastiXxPVZ  said,it is the prize from Pinata Party.

Ha ha, it's more like a list than a spreadsheet right now, it's nothing like as clever as anything you've done! It's not complete yet but hopefully I'll get it done at the weekend. It's on my laptop though and as its a document I might need to attach it as a file? I'll tinker with it and see what I can come up with 😁

@HenryThePear no for LB I only have the cape and the bling necklace. 

@MAGICDAVESHROOM Thanks!

Here the update of the costume cycle. It is the second week and if you bought all the costumes you would now be 42,000 coins and 255 gems poorer. 

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@PowerToss wrote:

@MAGICDAVESHROOM Thanks!

Here the update of the costume cycle. It is the second week and if you bought all the costumes you would now be 42,000 coins and 255 gems poorer. 

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But happy! 😁

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@PowerToss wrote:

@MortStella No idea who contributes to the fandom page but I would guess it is like wiki. If I ever do an update about the costumes I will definitely wait until we've heard from an "official" (Haem) about the costumes. It is funny that it seems like we are missing the same costumes. Maybe you could screenshot your spreadsheet and post it here 😉

@FantastiXxPVZ What I mean with Intellectual Games isn't a good source is for example this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lReN8NA9DoY

He won Laser Bean's suit during the Food Fight Event in 2014 but the only costumes that could be won during that event were the Big Wave Beach costumes. He only could have obtained the Laserbean costume by a) overwriting the pp.dat, b) modding the code (changing some HEX numbers). He is btw the guy you got the screenshot of the Pepper-Pult costume from 😜

That doesn't mean that Laserbean's suit wasn't released later on, though. 

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From what I understand is Haem was hired later, as she has made reference to "Old Popcap" and decisions by them before her, several times, but yes, still our best resource.

It seems that in your extensive research you have stumbled on a Hacker, but I am NOT subscribed to them. The only Hackers/Modders I am aware I am subscribed to are kGame, Nighty Knight Gaming, and Alien Gurke, because they have been nice in the past and from what I witness, aren't actually hacking their game play, like PvZ2 Battlez (or whatever his YT is named now). The screenshot was downloaded and an old one, but came from a forum. So, I suppose they may have known your reference. On a side note, It is puzzling though as why they would hack a save game and yet it appears in his video, so I'm not sure it was done that way. I did click on some of their other videos and see comments resembling the ones kGame gets "How are you previewing this already?" So, for certain you are right. Also, my showing the Pepper-Pult shows that it was in the game, during a Valenbrainz event time-frame, even it wasn't actually collectible. It may have been scrapped and shouldn't be counted as a missing costume, was my point.

You have shown Sprite Sheets, but how do we know those are current or accurate? Not a good method for Fandom to show Hacked material to prove existence, as they may have been changed or scrapped. Like, for instance the Marigold might not have different color costumes, but may be used in animation to show flashing or something, rather than as a definitive collectible.