Ah the lowly but reliable Peashooter in Plants vs. Zombies. This is your basic offensive ranged weapon in the game. It shoots a single pea at a time at the zombies doing normal damage. One key advantage early on is that it only costs 100 sun to plant and it has a fast recharge time. In the first few stages of the game, you’ll be planting a lot of these. However, as the game progresses and you start fighting tougher zombies, you’ll probably leave the Peashooter behind for the more advanced weapons in your seed packet collection.
Here’s the official background on the Peashooter from the game:
How can a single plant grow and shoot so many peas so quickly? Peashooter says, “Hard work, commitment, and a healthy, well-balanced breakfast of sunlight and high-fiber carbon dioxide make it all possible.”
One of my favorite plants in Plants vs. Zombies is the Chomper Plant. This guy isn’t the best overall plant, but he’s one of the most fun ones. Basically, he is a single kill plant that eats up zombies whole. He can kill any zombie except the Gargantuar and Dr. Zomboss (the big boss at the very end). Anything else is lunch. The chomper can even eat zombies from a full square away, meaning that you can set up a Chomper behind a Wall-nut or Tall-nut and it will gobble up from a safe distance.
The really important thing to know about the Chomper, though, is that while it’s chewing and devouring a zombie it is very vulnerable. The Chomper needs about 45 seconds to fully eat a zombie so during that time it’s ineffective. You’ll really need to protect Chompers while they chew. A common technique is to place your Chompers behind a row of Wall-nuts. They’ll eat the first zombies that approach the Wall-nut line and then will have enough time to finish their snack and eat again. Of course, Chompers aren’t enough of a defense by themselves, but they are great for taking out the tougher zombies like the Bucketheads and the Pole Vaulting Zombies.
Slot Machine is a mini-game available early on in the Plants vs. Zombies game. The concept is very simple. Instead of picking plants at the beginning, you win them by spinning a slot machine wheel at the top of the screen. Click on the red lever to spin the wheel. Each spin costs 25 sun and you win different plants and other bonuses as prizes. When you win the items, you can place them on the playing field to defend against the oncoming zombies.
Spin the lucky wheel to earn plants to defeat the Zombies.
The game is played on a standard daytime map, and you’ll be defending against regular zomibes, Bucketheads and Coneheads. You can win regular peashooters, snow peas, wall-nuts, and sunflowers as prizes. On some spins, you can win bonus sun. The game continues playing until you earn 2,000 sun and then you’ve won the game. Overall, this mini-game is very easy to play. The only real strategy is to keep on spinning!