The reason why chao was made

[pupwa21]

Why were they made, for what pupurse?

[Kausa]

Like why did Sega decide to make chao or storyline why were they there?

[Sable]

to further the development of nights' a-life system
so until we find out why nightopians were made...

[FrankT]

Because we care!

[XSonicX]

They were created to make Sonic Adventure more fun!

[eblu]

to further the development of nights' a-life system
so until we find out why nightopians were made...

ding

[Jeffery Mewtamer]

For what it is worth, I remember reading an Interview in Nintendo Power back when Heroes was on the verge of released that mentioned that Chao were added to give younger players something easy to do compared to the main game of Adventure series. Supposedly, the reason there was no Chao in Heroes was because Team Rose took over this role.

That said, Chao do have their roots in the Nightopians A-Life system from NiGHTs into Dreams, which was revive in some fashion for Journey of Dreams if I am not mistaken.

[yourtoast4]

I think sega wanted somthing that could battle againced pokemon but with more cuteness istead of fighting and they succeeded.

[quartzlcc]

There's an interview somewhere in the extras for SA2:B that goes over this a bit.

They said it was to keep people hooked to the game. To make something that kept people coming back. And notice they made you still play the main game 'cuz you needed animals/chaos drives. Very clever, honestly. I don't know where that sort of insight went in Sonic Team.

[Tails Doll]

Regardless of their intended purpose, they are the source of SA2B's insane replayability. As the above poster stated. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any singleplayer game mechanic that has been quite as effective as chao in terms of insuring replayability, besides maybe Pokemon. This was quite the feat for SEGA. Which is why I'm somewhat puzzled as to why they haven't decided to reimplement chao into any new games. They seem like a good idea even from a marketing standpoint, especially since Lost Worlds is obviously targeting younger children.

[SilverRabbit]

I'd think the reason was so that little kids would have more fun, the Chao garden is a great thing for them. It may even expand their creativity when they look at these amazing but small little creatures. All the different variations is probably mind blowing to them, and very cute. Also the kids may learn how to take care of animals better with Chao, which would be another good reason to being why they were created. I'd imagine they would learn that if they abuse animals it can make them very upset too.

Pretty much for teaching kids what to do and what not to do around animals is the only logical reason I can think why they would create it, as I said before.