Dancing Zombie removed from Plants vs. Zombies

TheBigBadWolf · Site Admin Joined: Jan 17, 2004 Posts: 10356 Points: 656

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Next time you boot up Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone, you may notice something is a little different. That's because Popcap has opted to change the character Dancing Zombie, who bears a strong resemblance to deceased pop star Michael Jackson.

The zombie is a callback to the seminal musical video for "Thriller," in which Jackson appears as a zombie. The game was released before Jackson's death in June 2009, but the King of Pop's estate still isn't happy.

A PopCap representative told MTV Multiplayer, "The Estate of Michael Jackson objected to our use of the 'dancing zombie' in Plants vs. Zombies based on its view that the zombie too closely resembled Michael Jackson."

As a result, PopCap plans to "phase out" and replace the character with an altered version of Dancing Zombie across all platforms.

The iPhone update is now available, but iPhone 4 owners might want to hold off on updating. There's a bug in the update that causes the game to crash on that platform. However, it doesn't affect new purchasers.

PopCap has confirmed that they have a fix in the works, which should be arriving soon.

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