Yesterday we told you about how PopCap is soon launching the Great Wall and Kingdoms editions of Plants vs. Zombies in China. This news from the Global Mobile Internet Conference 2012 was then followed up by a Q&A which I thought would be a good read for our readers who want to find out more about PopCap’s plans in China and the Asia Pacific Region.
The person representing PopCap is none other than its CEO, David Roberts himself, who was at Beijing for GMIC. Here’s the Q&A in its full entity:
1. What is Plants vs. Zombies Great Wall Edition/ Plants vs. Zombies Kingdoms?
DR: Plants vs. Zombies Great Wall edition (also known as PvZ Great Wall Edition) is a brand new Chinese localized, android system based mobile game. The robust new edition will deliver long anticipated Chinese elements with new maps and new characters. It also provides the first appearance of Chinese mini games.
Plants vs. Zombies Kingdoms (also known as PvZ Kingdoms) is an Android-based social mobile game. This game will attempt to combine the features of traditional Chinese Three-Kingdoms Stories, emphasizing hero training, and confrontational campaigns. Both games will be launched on Tencent’s QQ Game Center, China’s biggest multi-channel game portal.
2. What is significant about this launch?
DR: Both games are PopCap’s first self-designed and published Chinese mobile game titles and mark a major milestone for PopCap’s global strategy. Built in China for Chinese players, both games demonstrate the company’s increased commitment to one of the world’s most avid gaming markets.
3. What is the gameplay in Plants vs. Zombies Great Wall Edition/ Plants vs. Zombies Kingdoms?
DR: For the Great Wall Edition, this is the first time players can access to the long awaited unique Chinese elements with new maps, new characters, and new games. Also, players can now download the game for free and it’s also the first time that players can purchase in-game items on a mobile device to make them stronger.
For Kingdoms, it’s built on the fundamental core of PopCap’s flagship franchise, but fuses with totally different game elements of the evergreen traditional Chinese Three-Kingdom Story. The new game features a rich kingdom-based story, hero-training and many other new functions that allow players to share achievements with friends, or have a high confrontational campaigns with them. The game is still under development, but this has not prevented it from being the most regionally [anticipated] game on a mobile device PopCap has ever released.
4. How are the new Plants vs. Zombies games different from existing ones?
DR: Players always like to see something with their own cultural background. And we are doing this. For the first time, players use their characters with their own cultural background to accomplish new tasks specially designed for them in the game – such as training their own heroes, strategically designing their own way of playing the game and other rewards.
5. When will PvZ Great Wall Edition and PvZ Kingdoms go live?
DR: PvZ Great Wall Edition will go live on Tencent QQ Game Center Android system on May 18. PvZ Kingdoms is expected to go live in Q3 of this year on same platform.
6. Who built the two games?
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