should chao be seen more in the franchise

[ziroy]

I think that the chao system was great in Sonic Adventure. But when I found out the chao was in Sonic Adventure 2 with an improved system, I loved it. You also see Omochao in phantasy star as a robochao helper. A rabbit called Cream also had a pet chao called cheese which appeared in the sonic games and TV shows Cream appeared in. But, that isn't enough for me. I want to see chao more. And the chao garden system stopped after the sonic Advance games. Sega stopped giving us chao gardens in 2003. I want to see more chao in sonic games and TV shows and not just that, more chao gardens too. Oh, I apologize for putting this in the general sonic stuff topics instead of the general chao stuff topics.

[ShadriaFan]

not gonna happen
sorry, but its most likely to have no more gardens.
They did it to use the AI system they used in NiGHTS, to promote the VMU, and the GameCube to GameBoy Advanced connectivity. Now we don't have anything from Sega to promote, and the Chao Gardens received really bad reviews at the time it was released. Just be glad that they ported the games to the Xbox and we still are able to play GC games on the Wii. And the DS has a port to play GBA games.

[Crash32]

chao appear in pretty much every new sonic game, just not with the virtual raising system

unleashed and rivals had the rescue the chao type game or something
generations had a mission that involved cream and lots of chao on city escape, i can't quite remember
all stars racing transformed has the "capture the chao" gamemode instead of using a flag
they appear as a crowd in all-stars racing and the olympic games
they were used for stat-boosters or something in chronicles

these are off the top of my head, there are definitely more appearances

[FrankT]

the Chao Gardens received really bad reviews at the time it was released.

Nah, they didn't, did they!??

[Jeffery Mewtamer]

^Chao were outright hated by a significant portion of the Sonic fanbase, and even with the 2004 PC version of SADX and the Steam version of SA2B being among the mostly widely hacked modern Sonic games, very little has been done with Chao beyond simple texture hacks. The Sonic fanbase may have problems deciding what it wants, but most agree that virtual pets do not belong in a Sonic Game. A shame really, because I am sure if the Chao were spun-off into a stand-alone virtual pet and marketed properly, they could make Sega a small fortune. Had they capitalized on the opportunity the original DS gave them for taking the Gamecube Chao System portable, Chao might have been the next Tamagotch or Gigapet, or even given Nintendogs a run for its money.

[FrankT]

Heartless beasts!!

[Triert]

This complaint is old enough to make a topic about itself

[FrankT]

Give them their own franchise!

[PinkIceFox]

I'd certainly play a stand alone chao game if it had enough features to be worth spending money on.

[Prince Ricard]

This complaint is old enough to make a topic about itself

no but i'd put the repeat rate at about once a month seriously

[Jeffery Mewtamer]

^Only once a month? I thought it was more requent than that, and despite there being a sticky dedicated to people wishing Chao would return.

[PinkIceFox]

Stop being so callous. You all have to remember that a lot of these new users who make posts like this are probably younger than the rest of us. Maybe younger than 13 even. This could probably be their first attempt to sign up to a forum and they just don't know any better about forum etiquette, or even what a sticky is. They pop in, having a question they want to ask, and they ask it. They're excited and want to know what other chao fans think. Because most aren't going to expect that a forum on a site based around Chao is going to give them backlash about liking chao and wanting to see them in new games.

Honestly some of you probably don't even frequent this part of the forums why do you come around with the sole purpose of making rude posts? If you think it's a duplicate topic, report it. If it's been reported already, wait for a moderator to deal with it...

[yourtoast4]

i realy hope they bring back chao gardens at some point but fornow we are stuck with sa2b