Sega Opens Pachi Eva CUP 2 In Mahjong MJ
A pachinko tie-in is carrying the Evangelion branding into Sega's mahjong platform, so the collaboration's rewards and gacha are built around the pachinko machine's art rather than the anime itself.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
Sega began the Pachi Eva CUP 2 collaboration event between the Sega NET Mahjong MJ series and the pachinko machine e Neon Genesis Evangelion ~Hajimari no Kioku~ on Monday, October 5, 2026. The national tournament runs on the MJ app and arcade versions with Tonpuusen and three-player mahjong categories. Qualifiers run through October 18, finals through October 25, and a gacha offers 65 collaboration item types.
The tournament splits into two categories, Tonpuusen and three-player mahjong, with players competing for total score. Qualifiers A and B run October 5 through October 11 and October 12 through October 18. During finals, October 19 through October 25, the highest scorer wins. In the app version, participation and meeting certain conditions give event pt rewards including an evolution-type SP character (UR) named Rei Ayanami 3, plus winning animations, five table backgrounds, three EX backgrounds, four winning buttons, and one winning effect. A separate gacha runs October 5 through October 25 at 500G per play, offering 65 collaboration item types such as Shinji Ikari 3 and BGM.
- Rei Ayanami 3: evolution-type SP character (UR), event pt reward
- Table backgrounds: 5 types, including Unit 00 Table Background 5 and Unit 02 Table Background 5
- EX backgrounds: 3 types, including NERV Headquarters Laboratory Background
- Winning buttons: 4 types, including Shinji's Button 4 and Kaworu's Button 4
- Winning effects: 1 type
- Shinji Ikari 3: evolution-type SP character (UR), Pachi Eva CUP 2 gacha
- Gacha collaboration items: 65 types total, including winning animations, table backgrounds, EX frames, EX backgrounds and BGM
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- 4Gamer.net 「セガNET麻雀 MJ」と「e 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン」のコラボイベントが開幕