Beating Plants Vs. Zombies 2 WITH ONLY Plants Vs. Zombies 1 Plants [Part 3] 

Just for the sake of clarity, here’s the pinned comment from parts 1 and 2 answering any FAQs regarding the series! *(FYI, this comment has been updated in the most recent installment of this series!)* • Why are you using plant food if PvZ1 doesn’t have plant food? I didn’t think about this going into the challenge, but I’ll be sticking to using plant food due to how PvZ2 is designed around this mechanic. • Why won’t you use premiums from the first game in this challenge? The main reason I’m not using premiums is just to have strategies for this challenge be more accessible to everyone. *There are exceptions to this rule, I can use them if the game picks them for me to use.* But I’m limiting myself as much as possible in order to make this challenge as fun and “freemium” as possible! *Also gem plants and one seed packet plant are exceptions to this rule.* • Can’t you use [insert plant here], they were in PvZ1 China? And what about [PvZ2 plants that function the same as a PvZ1 plant that isn’t in the game]? The way I see it, *plants such as Bonk Choy were designed as PvZ2 plants first, and were added to PvZ1 China later, so I’m not counting them as PvZ1 plants.* Iceberg Lettuce, while possibly based off of a scrapped PvZ1 plant, was also redesigned as a PvZ2 plant. As for plants like Gloom Vine, or PvZ2 plants that have a plant food which acts like a plant from PvZ1 like Ice-shroom and Doom-shroom, I won’t count for the challenge either. A PvZ2 plant is a PvZ2 plant. • Hey, did you know that you can change Peashooter back to level 1/obtain seed packet plants by editing the game’s files? I know that now, thanks to you all! However, I don’t want to edit my save files. I’ve had decent luck obtaining seed packet plants through the shop, and Peashooter hasn’t been significant enough in the run for me to want to edit the files. • I noticed you have [premium plant], aren’t they premium? Just for the sake of completion (or for a later challenge in the future), I’m trying to obtain as many PvZ1 premium/seediums plants as possible! Just because I have them doesn’t mean they’re “legal” for this challenge, I just want to collect them. If I ever use them, make sure to understand the context of to why I’m using them (which would be addressed or implied in the video when I used them). :) I’ll update this with more questions and answers as I find more or come up with more. I appreciate any and all suggestions, but I’d rather you all have official answers before the next part!

32:17 the fact that the developers forgot to add dark ages gargantuar in this level is so funny

I remembered playing the first stage of modern day for the first time and I was like, 'Oh, litteral browncoat basics, I'll just use the tutorial plants for fairness...' until the portals appeared 💀

I gotta say his descent into madness is magnifique. "You didn't need to buff chompers! You needed to nerf sunshrooms!" Simply amazing.

One of the best parts of this video is that he gave names to the levels of modern day and they always worked super well

I liked that part when Alex said "it's zen-boosting time" and zen-boosted all over the endagered plants, really emotional.

this series was honestly great, sad that it had to end but im honestly interested in the other stuff you'll be doing now

12:43 I love how the middle twin sunflower perfectly produced sun just as he says a curse word.

Now play PVZ1 with only PVZ2 plants

25:52 " *WHERES YOUR SAVER NOW BIG WAVE BEACH YOU DIDN'T NEED A BUFFED CHOMPER YOU NEEDED A NERFED SUN SHROOM* " "oh we did it cool:)"

okay now complete pvz1 with only pvz2 plants

I love the fact that the majority of us pvz fans do not understand how beghould twist works after all these years

You’ve single handedly gotten me back into this franchise

It's cool to see your channel slowly growing and it shows how dedicated you are into making videos. Of course, like you said, you just do RU-vid for a hobby but you still manage to make some quality stuff. Can't wait to see the future of your channel! ;P

Didn’t expect this to be almost 50 minutes!

i love that you can see the dwindling sanity from part 1 to now based on the editing alone.

As a battle cats player I respect the reference 1:44

Oh my God! This was such a good series :) It’s also nice to see that your channel is growing so much as well, you’re a pretty cool person and the content is genuinely fun to watch :D

15:15 the harmonica hits hard

23:00 WHY DID I UNRIONICALLY LAUGH AT THIS PART!?

THAT CAT GOD MUSIC WHEN BOOSTING THE SUNFLOWER LMAO

Congratulations for beating this Challenge! and srsly thx for your efforts for not giving up to early.. there are some levels that I thought thats unbeatable without using pvz1 plants but with your skills and perseverance you prove me wrong.🤗

I absolutely loved the massive Battle Cats reference. You saved that sunflower boost for just the occasion, huh?

"Oh, we did it... cool!" Was funny

This was an amazing journey to go through and probably a lot more hellish for you(sorry), but I appreciate your dedication to beat most levels with the 1st game's plants The first video you did on this kinda inspired me to do a different challenge on a classic mobile game

Man what a ride I loved this series and i cant wait to see more content of yours

I loved this series! I remember when the first part came out! Thank you Alex for this entertaining journey!

you have a good chance of besting don’t let the zombies step on your flower if you have a spike weed on your flower 35:34

This was really a fun series to watch as a pvz2 enjoyer! I admired the effort you put into completing this challange and the dedication making this series aswell :D Thank you for making us the viewers entrertainment and I wish you the best of luck in the future in continuing what you do!

CONGRATS ON COMPLETING IT! part 1 to 3 was awesome, can't wait to see more of what you upload!

It was a great ride my king, hope to see another series like that :)

i love how it got to points where you stopped talking about only pvz1 plant levels and end up just ranting about how bad the levels are in general, or just not even usable with only pvz1 plants lol, its fun how passionate you get there (genuine)

35:52 This level is pretty easy if you put Spikeweed on the flowers which makes it so the Zombies can't trample them since they'll be walking over the Spikeweeds. You then just have to watch out for the Gargantuars since they can destroy the Spikeweeds (you can also gradually replace the Spikeweeds with Spikerocks).

So cool seeing the editing getting better and better each episode!

Fun fact: if you allowed plant leveling, Grave Buster gains the explosion effect of Potato Mine at level 6

I watched all 3 parts in a row, really amazing video and series and I can't wait to see what you do next!

Great video! Your channel is amazing and i cant wait for more videos! The jokes are hilarious I loved the part where Alex said "Where's your savior now Big Wave Beach?!" And the Rest of Big wave Beach's Massacre.

1:53 The Battle Cats music it's so good the lyrics btw are shyesyomyaah shyesyomyaah shyeeesyommyaah

36:48 good old times

i loved and appreciated EVERYTHING about this video! i can't imagine how long it took to get all the footage, then the editing and voiceovers. all the memes and perfectly timed jokes are insanely entertaining. also, bonus points for playing one of my favorite songs; KINGSLAYER! :D

I love your content so much, also your avatar is so adorable and I loved the mad parts, can’t wait to see you grow your channel 😭😭 ❤️

sick! ur dedication to this is awesome, ur truly an amazing RU-vidr Alex.

1:47 I like how you just change the background music to make it like you we're facing a boss level lol, reminds me back then when I'm facing bun bun for the first time

wow this series felt like a movie, i really enjoyed this series it was so fun seeing you beat all of the levels with only plants vs zombies 1 plants.

YES THANK YOU IVE BEEN WAITING I LOVE THIS SERIES!

I'm so happy about these videos, and I'm so sorry for how much struggle you put through. Honestly if they had more normal levels instead of those God damn flowers, mold colonies, and those... save our seeds... 😤 this game would be so much better.

may be interesting seeing a follow up series where you go at the unbeatable/hard levels with later PVZ 1 plants that weren't available when you played em , this series was a blast

this is a beautiful series, which has also made you grow as a channel (before this series you had about 4,000 subscribers, now you're at 12,000!)

Neon mixtape tour feels like a punishment for not levelling plants

My man is devoted. I would have never thought of this idea. Also, let’s appreciate how he can do this WITHOUT leveling up any plants, and a majority of them without premium plants. Give this man some respecc

My man went insane from 25:52 to 26:00

You are back with this, so I'm returning to watch. Can't wait to see the final part. Maybe I should attempt this challenge?

In all seriousness though, great job on this, I hope you get the recognition you deserved

Bro These are all fire, I hope you keep doing These sorts of challenges since they are really fun Great vid bro❤️🗿

I wasn't expecting kingslayer lmao that shit rocks

I recently returned to the game and found your channel. Your editing skills are great keep it up.

12:27 You Have Made Creeps20 Immensely Happy Right here

I'm simultaneously shocked and impressed that you figured out Garlic was actually a good plant in Jurassic Marsh, solely because Dinosaurs are so broken that just moving zombies out of the lane is infinitely more viable than actually trying to defend. Pretty ironic that one of the worst plants in the game counters one of the hardest worlds.

So happy to see Chomper be used, I would love to see more Chomper gameplay.

Great Editing style man, watched the entire video with a big ass smile on my face whenever a meme came up

i enjoyed this series! your editing was hilarious i laughed at the zen garden boosting part in bwb. great job!

Hooray, the final installment in the second greatest PVZ RU-vid series has released! Haven't watched the full thing yet. But thanks for the great vids, keep it up!

You’re series actually got me giving PVZ2 a shot. As a dumb little kid I couldn’t beat wild west cause I didn’t know about the counter to chicken zombies

Dang finally part 3 of this series!! Really enjoyed it man!! Cant believe this is the end now..

Hey man, I’ve been watching since the beginning of this series and just want to say, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. it’s really enjoyable to watch, funny, interesting, and very clean editing. A cool but painful idea you could try is beating the Chinese version like this, although they are very hard to obtain, there are way more pvz1 plants you could use. In the version, you can also choose which world you want to go to. I hope for the success you deserve comes to you

This series was so cool! Congrats dude love your video

1:45 I see a Battle Cats reference, I give a like (Fr tho, cool video)

12:33 Seeing that Garg fly away got a laugh out of me

i watched your WHOLE series in a day, and boy was it fun to watch

Damn, I've been watching u because of this, great job bro, But in 35:43, if u use spike weed/spike rock in the flowers, it can bypass the don't trample the flower thing

1:45 WAS THAT A CAT GOD FROM THE BATTLE CATS REFERENCE!?!?

i am really loving this series, its actually what got me to sub! i know this aint the point of the video but i gotta say what's been said 100 times over. the PVZ2 level design is SO EMBARRASSINGLY BAD sometimes. the fact that plants can be world gimmicks (meaning you cant use em anywhere else: thyme warp, golden leaf...) really just shows there wasnt much forward thinking when it came to world balancing. thank you for coming to my TED talk

Well done for making it this far😊 the plants you have been using and the timing of plant food is amazing 😊😊

1:45 Am I seeing a Battle Cats Reference?

This guy has a real potential I wish the best for you and your channel

13:37 this killed me-

10/10 video also certified harmonica dance moment it has shined a new light on the world we need more harmonica dance moments

Can i just say that you're possibly one of my most favorite pvz youtubers

1:43 battle cats sound effect has enters the chat

fun fact: if you place spikeweed or probably spikerock too (haven't tested spikerock) on flower beds in "don't let the zombies trample the flowers" levels, the zombies CAN'T trample the flowers because spikeweed/rock is covering them. This makes gargs the only way to lose in those levels by special causes.

THE LEGEND CAME BACK WHEN WE NEEDED HIM THE MOST

This series was incredible!

1:58 as soon as I heard it I got the reference lmao

The sound of the sun censorship is top tier creativity.

this was an amazing series NOW DO IT IN REFLOURISHED but no seriously this was one of my favorite pvz2 challenge series can't wait to see what other stuff you can do mate

did not expect to get so pumped over pvz when he threw on kingslayer

I loved the callback to the Baby Boom parallel lmao

10:17 I'm obsessed with a fucking water commercial because of this Jurassic Marsh bit, and I blame you for it Thank you :)

Hello, I am a new viewer and I LOVE this series!

What a fantastic series, would love to see a reverse series where you only use pvz1 plants that were also added to pvz2 in pvz1 (for example not using doom or scaredy shroom cuz there were not in pvz2). I know other youtubers have also done it, but I would to like to see it from you :)

37:58 love how he timed the garg kill just as the music ended epic

1:59 suddenly, battle cats

9:09 finishing with 4 mowers left is more impressive than this entire challenge

27:57 this got me laughing so hard at 3:00AM

You're not the only one who struggle at this level. I hated this level. Day five was so hard for me. My plant beats tough on getting eaten before I even notice and then they're already dead and then I can't do anything about it and then start over. I have failed this level multiple times so you're not the only one

Great episode. Appreciate the Kingslayer instrumentals

Fun fact: the Jurassic Marsh harmonica is scientifically proven to boost the quality of any song it's in by at least 76%. Also random side note: I think the name "Demonstration Mini-Game" is stupid. The community literally calls it that because AVP called it that for some reason. How did we not go with Brainiac Maniac, you know, the track being remixed in the first place? That's like calling Ultimate Battle "All-Out Challenge" or something. Anyways, thank you for the thrilling finale to this gem of a series!

For the people out there: Day 30 can be a lot easier if you use spikeweed. In this level spikeweed (and spikerock) can cover the flowers, saving you a lot of the time

I've never played this game but i love you continue this keep it up!

I really enjoyed this series!!! If you ever consider playing some of these levels again, you should note that plant food can reset the cool down for any plant slot that you use it on.