Is Chao Garden Making a Comeback?

#bringbackchao

Sources:
NatTheChao (Sonic X Chao Garden Footage)
Chao Island (pictures relating to Chao Events/Chao Merch)
Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube (Game and Movie Trailers)
Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter
SEGA Japan Twitter
Wikipedia (Box Office Numbers and Game Sales Info)
Steam Charts (Current Player Numbers for SA2 and Generations)

Songs:
Dilapidated Way - Sonic Adventure
Radical Highway - Sonic Adventure 2
Studiopolis Zone - Sonic Mania
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Sonic Adventure 2 (Japanese: ソニックアドベンチャー2 Hepburn: Sonikku Adobenchā Tsū?) is a platform video game developed by Sonic Team USA and published by Sega for the Dreamcast console and the last Sonic game to be released for a Sega console and is a sequel to 1998's Sonic Adventure. It was released in North America, Europe, and Japan in June 2001 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game was ported to the Nintendo GameCube and re-titled Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (ソニックアドベンチャー2 バトル Sonikku Adobenchā Tsū Batoru?), with brand-new features as well as minor changes in the level design. The original game and content from Battle was released in high-definition on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in October 2012. A version for Microsoft Windows was released in November 2012.

The game takes place after the events of its predecessing game: Sonic Adventure. The series antagonist Doctor Eggman releases Shadow the Hedgehog, who joins Eggman and treasure hunter Rouge the Bat to steal the seven Chaos Emeralds. The game's story focuses on the protagonists Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna and Miles "Tails" Prower as they attempt to stop Eggman and Shadow from collecting the Chaos Emeralds.

#chaogarden #sonicadventure2

[Grotesquelyy]

Every year that goes by without another Chao Garden is another year of depression

[Slothful_]

i still feel like not having a chao garden mobile game similar to Pokemon go/pikmin bloom has been a massive fumble by Sega

[endosaurus]

Man as a revatively new sonic fan, I never realized Chao had basically their own subculture and that their dedicated mode is as deep as it is. Its actually pretty cool, and just wholesome.

[theshredshow]

I think I’m becoming a little to obsessed with chao…this doesn’t help but I’m still here for it

[chronoverge]

It is my wish that if they make a new chao garden game, they'd implement all the things that modders had done for the game, and more.

I feel that they've been keeping an eye on the SA2 modding community, the fact that they used Exant's chao camera mod for the Sonic Symphony does show this.

[xxProjectJxx]

Chao garden was such a cool feature. My sister loved it when we were kids. She never played games, but she made an exception for Chao Garden

[phyllojoe]

I love how "Maria gets shot" is a key step in the new chao garden

[Grovicalsoda]

im just glad the chao are at least making an appearance if at all

[berrienberry]

Sega does not know how desperate I am for Chao returning!!! If they make a Sonic Adventure style game with a chao garden where you level up your chao with accessories from the main levels??? I'M 1000% BUYING THE GAME. If they make a Chao ONLY kind of video game? I'm STILL BUYING IT. And if my local game store sells CHAO MERCH???? Holy shit.

SA2B was my first Sonic game, and I was ready to be a huge fan of the series but then they immediately discontinued a large slice of what I enjoyed about Sonic. (Not the main slice, but a large slice. They still changed the recipe of that main slice a lot which also made me less interested, like, no bounce bracelet, and then whatever the fuck that 2.5 mode is, or that 3D mode where you have 3 lines down center you can run, but I digress.)

I would drop all my money on Sonic Merch if Chao could make a combat. I want Chao pajamas. Make it real Y2K style, you know? That would be dope.

[Rustyhobo]

bro i wish, its a money printing machine for them. (if they do it correct just like SA and SA2)

[CaleebTalib]

I would pay $70 for a chao garden game I do not care about the rest of the gameplay just let me raise chaos again. I’ll never forget my first all level 100 chao reincarnating as a kid, I literally cried. Great times.

[chaooverlordgamanoshi]

Perhaps a remastered Sonic Adventure 1 and a remastered Sonic Adventure 2 combined into one game? I call it Sonic Re-Adventure Bundle.

[SquiliumFancySonn]

0:01 before you even speak YES!!! Source: trust me bro

[sisgui]

It would be amazing for Chao garden to be bought back in a way similar to how it was integrated into SA2.

My only fear is that if chao garden does come back all functionality will be linked to online and when it eventually gets discontinued we will never be able to revisit it like we do with Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.

[Newneez]

I don't blame you. The chao garden was a really fun experience, and I'm also dying to see another one in a future game.

[eshcroft]

I think it makes more sense to remaster Sonic Adventure 2, not just because I was waiting for this for 20 years but it already has the most in depth mini game- Chao Garden where people can spend hundreds of hours

[nostalgianinja]

This, along with Sonic PR being involved with a lot of Chao content (iirc Katie really loves Chao as well) makes for a hopeful return to form. I'd love to see them get a newer and smarter garden system compared to what we have in the modding community. Being locked on the Z/X axis with pathfinding limits us for garden possibilities, but it's understandable considering the tech at the time.

Looking forward to the future of Chao, and if they can't make it... we sure can.

[se-n-fly-er]

The 2010s really were dark times on that front. lol But better late than never!

Kinda surreal to realize I am now in the position to be appealed to. I still remember when Classic fans were the most vocal. Now SA2 itself is old enough to be considered "retro". I guess it's like I've always loved SA2 and the Chao Garden so if new people are able to enjoy it I think that's great.

I think a decade ago I was super worried maybe Sonic would never recover... Things weren't doing so hot for awhile, and there were even rumors SEGA would stick to mobile gaming. So I'm really thankful to the films for helping the franchise out of that.

I know I'm totally biased, but it's like, for a long time a lot of new stuff was hated. So getting to 100% unironically really enjoy something, it's really nice.

I know it's the internet so I'm supposed to say "nostalgia pandering is bad", but, I think there's opportunity to do new things too! The last mainline Chao Garden was in 2001, and gaming has changed so much the past 20 years. They could do so much with it imo.

[Zaddypussaybuckle]

Raising chao is so relaxing 🥹 I always made mine fly type lol

[TheDetectiveBloke]

I'm recently replaying Sonic Adventure 2... Their chao garden is addictive to watch your son grow. Amazing mode. Shame Sega never did this in their future projects. A chao garden like in Sonic frontiers would be fitting. Again.. They fumbled it.