Character Chao

Character Chao refer to Chao who resemble characters from the main Sonic and Sega games. Generally these are just Chao evolutions that start to look like iconic characters, but there are also official Character Chao avaiable that cannot be obtained by normal methods in the Chao garden.

Unofficial Character Chao

Many of the final evolutions that are available to Chao also have a striking similarity to characters from the Sonic games or other Sega games. These are commonly mixed up with official character Chao, and so it is important to mention this. Like all other ordinary Chao evolutions, these Chao are mortal, can die or reincarnate, and can be easily obtained without hacking.

Comparison ImageChao Type
Sonic Chao
Sonic Chao SonicNeutral/Run/Run
Shadow Chao
Shadow Chao ShadowDark/Run/Run
NiGHTS Chao
NiGHTS Chao NiGHTSNeutral/Fly/Fly

Official Character Chao

Character Chao are unique types of Chao that have a striking similarity to some of the main characters from the Sonic games. These were designed by Sonic Team with these characters in mind, and their appearance (eyes, mouth, animal parts) cannot change. They are also immortal, just like Chaos Chao. The majority of these are unobtainable without hacking, and were placed in the game only for these Japanese events.

Comparison ImageDetails
Tails Chao
Tails Chao TailsThe Tails Chao is the only Character Chao which can be legitimately obtained with regular copies of the game! The Tails Chao can be obtained through Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II. See the Phantasy Star Online page of the Tiny Chao Garden section for more details on how to get it. It could also be obtained for NTSC-J copies of Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle with the Nintendo GameCube Software e-Catalog (Summer 2003) disc and through other events.
Knuckles Chao
Knuckles Chao KnucklesThe Knuckles Chao could be obtained for NTSC-J copies of Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle with the Nintendo GameCube Software e-Catalog (Summer 2003) disc and through other events. It is unable to participate in the Dark Races.
Amy Chao
Amy Chao AmyThe Amy Chao could be obtained for NTSC-J copies of Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle with the Nintendo GameCube Software e-Catalog (Summer 2003) disc and through other events. It is unable to participate in the Hero Races.

Nintendo GameCube Software e-Catalog (Summer 2003) Disc

This information below is thanks to fourm members PurinxPop, who collated all this information about this disc from the internet, and Air Conditioner who actually bought the disc and tried it out himself!

Note!

After Air Conditioner managed to make an iso of the disc, these Chao were successfully ripped by DarkyBenji into .chao files for use with Fusion’s Chao Editor! Fusion added these into the editor for easy access to your own official Character Chao!

This is the “Nintendo Gamecube 2003 E-Soft Catalog”. These were packaged with enterprise bundles in Japan only (not sure if you could get them outside the bundles). Software catalogs did exactly what the name implies: catalog software. Listing 116 titles at the time of release, it also contained demos of a few games, one of them being SADX.

The tab with the Chao reads “Joi Kyarii”, which is an abbreviated katakanization of “Joy Carry”. Joy Carry is a Gamecube term used in japan to denote the downloading of minigames to the GBA from a GCN software.

Selecting the tab lets you download a multitude of minigames from the “Sonic Team Joy Carry” collection. Puyo Puyo with Everyone, Chu Chu Rocket and Tiny Chao Garden could be downloaded.

Upon selecting the chao game, you were prompted to select one of three chao to put in the garden.

The next screen brings you to a loading screen where your chao is processed. It reads “LEA CHAO DOWNLOAD”. “LEA” or “REA” being a katakanization of “rare”, as character chao are referred to as “Rare Chao” in japan.

Character Chao Transfer

Transferring the chao to SA2B or SADX gave 1000 Rings as well.

Nintendo Special Events

You could obtain them at events too. These are pictures taken from the 2001 World Hobby Fair and some Sonic Party.

Character Chao Stats

Character Chao from these events/e-catalog disc start with A rank level 1 stats (normal and DNA) with 250 points for all (Also the same for the PSO Tails Chao). They also have +20 happiness and sonic bond (and not other characters for some reason). The intelligence and luck have grade 255 (the max) and and also level 1, 250 points

Character Chao

Coco the Mascot Chao