<s>
is	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
series	O
and	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
,	O
made	O
in	O
1994	O
by	O
Compile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
successes	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
known	O
multiplatform	O
game	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
appearing	O
in	O
the	O
Arcade	O
,	O
on	O
major	O
domestic	O
consoles	O
,	O
on	O
major	O
handhelds	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9800	I-Operating_System
series	I-Operating_System
,	O
on	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
and	O
on	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compile	O
used	O
similar	O
puns	O
for	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
SUN	I-Application
and	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
~	I-Application
n	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
ojamas	O
were	O
kept	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
but	O
two	O
new	O
garbage	O
types	O
also	O
appeared	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Point	O
Puyos	O
and	O
Hard	O
Puyos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	I-Application
has	O
three	O
different	O
modes	O
for	O
each	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three	O
main	O
modes	O
are	O
,	O
Single	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
,	O
Double	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Endless	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Super	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	O
,	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	O
Remix	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
Super	O
Multitap	B-Device
,	O
an	O
additional	O
mode	O
known	O
as	O
Minna	B-Device
de	I-Device
Puyo	I-Device
Puyo	I-Device
(	O
Everybody	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
,	O
also	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
game	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
)	O
,	O
means	O
that	O
up	O
to	O
4	O
players	O
(	O
though	O
for	O
Remix	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
COM	O
player	O
)	O
can	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Single	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
is	O
a	O
story	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Compile	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
arcades	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
biggest	O
arcade	O
game	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
played	O
in	O
Japan	O
since	O
the	O
arrival	O
of	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
prompted	O
Compile	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
several	O
consoles	O
and	O
computers	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
,	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
,	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
Game	O
Gear	O
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
PC	B-Device
under	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
,	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
Pocket	I-Application
Color	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
game	O
Puyo	B-Device
Pop	I-Device
is	O
also	O
heavily	O
inspired	O
by	O
this	O
particular	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
version	O
added	O
a	O
4-player	O
mode	O
-	O
Compile	O
's	O
first	O
attempt	O
at	O
such	O
a	O
mode	O
for	O
a	O
domestic	O
console	O
-	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
multitap	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
a	O
multitap	B-Device
,	O
it	O
's	O
impossible	O
to	O
play	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
people	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
only	O
has	O
two	O
controller	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Months	O
later	O
,	O
Compile	O
released	O
,	O
a	O
special	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
game	O
that	O
allowed	O
up	O
to	O
4	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
the	O
multitap	B-Device
,	O
by	O
replacing	O
the	O
human	O
players	O
with	O
computer	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
(	O
in	O
Super	O
CD-ROM²	O
format	O
)	O
titled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	O
Remix	O
also	O
included	O
two	O
new	O
Extended	O
Training	O
and	O
Special	O
Modes	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
case	O
are	O
the	O
PC-Engine	B-General_Concept
CD	O
,	O
Saturn	B-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
which	O
add	O
voice-overs	O
and	O
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
the	O
only	O
version	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
separate	O
Nazo	O
Puyo	O
quest	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
CD	O
versions	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
cut-down	O
"	O
version	O
included	O
into	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
show	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
in	O
the	O
Sega	O
Ages	O
2500	O
series	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Sega	O
released	O
a	O
version	O
titled	O
,	O
which	O
paid	O
tribute	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
versions	O
,	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
one	O
version	O
of	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
internationally	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
was	O
Puyo	B-Device
Pop	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
Pocket	I-Application
Color	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
game	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
international	O
title	O
of	O
Puyo	B-Device
Pop	I-Device
,	O
but	O
the	O
third	O
Western	O
release	O
after	O
Dr.	B-Application
Robotnik	I-Application
's	I-Application
Mean	I-Application
Bean	I-Application
Machine	I-Application
and	O
Kirby	B-Application
's	I-Application
Ghost	I-Application
Trap/Avalanche	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	I-Application
saw	O
a	O
western	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
on	O
March	O
10	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
console	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
,	O
remaining	O
untranslated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
developer	O
M2	O
released	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	O
3D	O
Classics	O
Collection	O
game	O
pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
and	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
Nintendo	O
Switch	O
Online	O
and	O
again	O
remained	O
untranslated	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
west	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
2	I-Application
on	O
their	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
1994	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
fourth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
be	O
Japan	O
's	O
fourth	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	O
printed	O
circuit	O
board	O
(	O
PCB	O
)	O
software	O
of	B-Application
1995	I-Application
.	O
</s>
