When I was looking for Puyo Puyo Tetris on Amazon, I saw a game called "Puyo Puyo Tetris S" ("ぷよぷよテトリスS"). It was a Japanese import.
I couldn't find much information about it online other than the fact that it was for Nintendo Switch only, and I even went as far as getting the demo for it, but the only difference I can see is that it's in Japanese (and that the vibrations are much stronger for some reason).
Is the only difference between them just regions? Was the game "Puyo Puyo Tetris S" simply re-released under the name "Puyo Puyo Tetris" to western audiences?
Best Answer
In Japan Puyo Puyo Tetris was released in 2014 for 3DS, Wii U, PS Vita, PlayStation 3. These versions had DLC available for purchase. Later on that year the PS4 and Xbox Ones versions were released with DLC included. The DLC included things like backgrounds, BGM, chapters, etc.
3 years later an updated version was released in the west for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Since Japan didn't already have a Switch version, it was also released there, but with a new title differentiating it from the other 6 console versions. Both of these versions included all the latest patches and DLC.
The western Switch release and Japanese release do no differ in any major way.