Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 has new modes, both online and off to share

Sega have released a new trailer for Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 that shows off a few new things for the game, including the RPG-inspired Skill Battle mode, check it out.

At the start of the game, each character starts out with a single specialty and learns more powerful skills as you play with them. Selecting characters with complementary skills becomes a key strategy for winning a Skill Battle match. As you play, you’ll pop Puyos and clear Lines, sending Garbage Puyos and Blocks to the other player’s board. When the Garbage falls, your opponent loses HP. If their HP hits 0, you win!!

In addition to the Skill Battles, more details were revealed for the games online portion, including the addition of Leagues.

Building onto Puzzle League from the previous game, three additional Leagues have been added: Tetris League, Puyo Puyo League, and Skill Battle League. These Leagues provide a competitive space where you can match your strategy and talents against other pros and see how you rank amongst the world’s best. Free Play, brought over from Puyo Puyo Tetris, lets you play at a more casual pace with any ruleset and without the pressure of rankings.

When the game is released, that is just the beginning of Sega’s plans for Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. After launch, players can look forward to more game features, additional characters, and more, though for that we need to wait a bit for details. The game itself is launching on December 8 for all platforms, though PC won’t get it until next year.