While I wasn’t blown away by SEGA Heroes (Free), its attention to fanservice and multitude of characters give it strong appeal to SEGA fans young and old alike. Like any free-to-play puzzle RPG, there’s an element of luck to the game that can set just about any good plan awry, but if you know what you’re doing, you can mitigate its effects to some extent. And that’s what I’m here for! I’ve played a ton of this game, and I’ve piled up some tips and strategies to help you, dear reader. Now, let’s get out there and win one for Big the Cat and Froggy!

Starting Out
SEGA Heroes is one of those games that opens up gradually. The number of modes you can play, shops you can access, events you can challenge,and heroes you can discover are to a great degree fixed to your player level. Get used to Blaze, Ax Battler, AiAi, and Amy, because you’re going to be stuck with them for a bit. If you want more than that, you need to work on increasing your player level. Early on, the most straightforward way to increase your player level is to play the campaign maps when you have the stamina to do so. You’ll also want to make sure you’re opening the free chests when they are available, and doing any and all goals that you can each day. If you manage to finish every goal, you’ll earn an extra chest that has a bunch of experience points in it.
You’re going to earn quite a lot of resources early on in the game as y...