Well, SEGA Heroes (Free) has been out in wide release for about a week now, and SEGA has already hit the game with a pretty significant update. In addition to currently-running events based on Phantasy Star and a bunch of launch bundles of characters to celebrate the game’s release, there’s now a whole new mode for you to play around with. Well, for some of you to play around with, as The Beyondering‘s requirements are almost as absurd as its name.
Sigh, stay positive, Shaun. Okay, so the good news is that with this update, you have a whole new set of stages to play. Called The Beyondering, this mode offers up rarer characters among its current 40 stages than the normal campaign. I mean, you’ve got Mr. X right there on the first map! That’s great, right" And better still, these new stages have their own source of stamina, so you won’t have to use up your campaign stamina to play. And that’s all of the nice bits, because to even play this mode, you’ll need to form a party from the following characters: Alis, Rolf, Gum, Beat, Captain Onishima, Professor K, Wren, and Lassic. Of that bunch, Rolf is Common and relatively easy to obtain in the main campaign, Gum and Beat are Rare but certainly obtainable, Onishima and Wren are Epic and quite hard to come by without buying shards from the shops, while Alis, Professor K, and Lassic are Legendary and about as easy to come by as a glass of water in the middle of the Sahara.
Worse...