Sega Celebrates Puyo Day and Puyo Puyo's 30th Anniversary with New Content for Puyo Puyo™ Tetris® 2 in Second Free Post-Launch Update

Newest Update Brings Online Challenge Modes, New Characters, and Color Vision Accessibility Support

IRVINE, Calif. – February 4, 2021 – As Puyo Puyo marks its 30th anniversary and celebrates Puyo Day, observed on February 4, aka 2-4, which in Japanese can be read “Pu-Yo,” SEGA announced the release of the second of its free post-launch content updates for Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, now available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch!

All this new content will be available to players immediately after they download and install the new update. This packed update adds new characters to the roster, new 4-player online playability to the rich Challenge modes, new Background music tracks, and more.Today's content update ushers in a variety of fresh content for players, including:

• Four new playable characters – Serilly, a timid mermaid, she has highly effective buff and debuff skills in her arsenal; Rafisol, a mysterious being from an unknown world hiding a hideous power with the ability to, among others, change the shape of the Tetrimino in your possession; Possessed Klug, an evil crimson spirit that has taken over Klug's body, with a powerful skill that can set up a powerful T-Spin attack; and Yu & Rei, ghostly twins with a chilling degree of pun and trivia knowledge who have a skill that removes up to 32 pieces of incoming Garbage Puyos
  
• Six Challenge modes brought online – Formerly single-player offline modes, all of the six Challenge modes can now be played with up to four competitors online and offline
  
• Color Vision Accessibility Features – Featuring the color vision accessibility settings originally introduced in Puyo Puyo Champions to support color vision accessibility, this update includes adjustments for color saturation that can be toggled on or off throughout the game
  
• Background music – Enjoy 3 new tracks from previous Puyo Puyo titles, including Puyo Puyo Chronicle
  
• New avatars – 20 fresh faces in the lineup, giving players even more options to customize their profiles
  

Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 is now available for purchase on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The game will also be available for Steam from March 23, 2021. We have even more free content coming to Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, so stay tuned to the official Puyo Puyo accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for all the latest news!

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