So on the wiki page for It's Raining Seeds (https://plantsvszombies.wiki.gg/wiki/It's_Raining_Seeds#Plants) it is stated that Umbrella Leaf does not appear in the minigame. However, there is an image in the gallery (https://plantsvszombies.wiki.gg/wiki/It's_Raining_Seeds/Gallery#/media/File:IRS_Umbrella_leaf.png) where it shows the plant being dropped, which was posted in 2013 before modding became prevalent. Additionally, I did more research and there's this blog post on the old wiki where two people say they found it in the comments (https://plantsvszombies.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Milesprower2/Umbrella_Leaves_in_It's_Raining_Seeds!). To my understanding, the code of the OG and GOTY versions have been looked through, and it is confirmed it does not drop, and when I asked someone about it, he never saw it in mobile over years of playing the level. I tried to investigate the image and cross reference it with other images to see if it was photoshopped, but I couldn't find anything that would indicate it was. I'm thinking it might be something to do with the Steam version and maybe that's where the testimonies saw it, but I'm really not sure. Could this have been real? Is it just an old hoax? When the article was updated, was there any consensus/info regarding this? Is there anyone from these times who knows what happened? Thanks in advance for the help.
#Inquiry regarding Umbrella Leaf in It's Raining Seeds
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Likely a faked image
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do you happen to know about the original claims made regarding seeing the umbrella leaf though? i just looked and the post where the umbrella leaf image was first sent (https://plantsvszombies.fandom.com/f/p/1868017373807002739/r/1868992171999643595) was after the post i sent earlier where two people claimed to have seen it, so is there any info regarding what happened there
the idea of people following along with the fake image was raised when i discussed this matter with others but it seems like the timestamps don't add up for it
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I mean
If it was literally datamined and determined to be impossible