Free PopCap AU

*"Don't make a mess, okay?"*This article belongs to KirbiMiroir. Please do not edit it unless you are fixing an error or you are collabing with me. Thank you for taking time to read this, and I hope you enjoy the page!*"Bah! You leave me no choice but to enact... Project Paradox!"*This article describes an **alternate universe**.
This is an idea for a rewritten history that allows certain fangames to come into fruition. It does not describe official games as we know them, and should be treated as a fanon page as a result.
The **Free PopCap AU** is an alternative universe imagined by KirbiMiroir, which permits the existence of various Plants vs. Zombies fangames that he has made on this wiki.

## Changes

Quite simply, EA never buys PopCap. As a result, rather than constantly milking the *Plants vs. Zombies* series, the company makes more sequels to their other games, such as *Insaniquarium*, *Chuzzle* and *Bonnie's Bookstore*. PopCap also doesn't shift to iOS games with in-app purchases, instead releasing their games through their online store and later through Steam. Some of their games do get ported to iOS, however.

Because of the removal of EA, several PVZ games never get released:

* *Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare*
* *Plants vs. Zombies Heroes*
* *Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2*
* *Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighbourville*
* *Plants vs. Zombies 3* (official)

### Changes to PVZ2

While *Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time* did still get released in this AU, it is heavily tweaked. First and foremost, it was PopCap's first game on Steam rather than an iOS-exclusive, though it did later get ported to iOS. The player cannot use real money to purchase in-game money anymore, and in-game money is more abundant to compensate.

The worlds in PVZ2 are smaller, consisting of fifteen days each at most. The difficulty is also lower, with some of the worse zombie types (including the Fisherman Zombie, Octo Zombie and Excavator Zombie) being made weaker and the levels with bonus objectives being less harrowing.

PVZ2 also lacks downloadable plants and the Pinata Party. Plants that were DLC in our current timeline are made available in normal gameplay. The Snow Pea and Power Lily are obtained in Ancient Egypt, the Squash and Torchwood in the Pirate Seas, and the Jalapeno and Imitater in the Wild West. Other DLC plants are available in the worlds they are introduced in - for example, the Starfruit is obtained in the Far Future. No plants that were introduced in limited-time events, or plants released after the completion of Modern Day, make an appearance in this AU.

In this AU, PVZ2 was also changed considerably less over time. It started as similar to Version 1.7 of this timeline's version of the game, and added its new worlds much more quickly without changing anything else. The later worlds were also added in one piece, rather than being done two parts at a time. Once Modern Day was released in early 2015, the game did not update any further and PopCap returned to other games.

### After PVZ2

This AU also gave PopCap the opportunity to collaborate with Ninja Kiwi, who they vaguely knew after the track *Monkeys vs. Bloons* was added to BTD4. This gave them a chance to release the Monkeys and Plants series together.

In 2017, the Plants vs. Zombies trilogy came to an end with the release of Plants Vs. Zombies 3: Round the World.