Why Breeding Chao is better than Buying Eggs

[MinunTheElectricChao]

So breeding Chao is better than buying eggs because some of the stats carryover,you can get rare and special chao,and you dont need to use rings.

[Mamkute]

There are quite a few caveats, namely, breeding chao when you want to does require money, in the form of purchasing heart fruit, and additionally, buying at least a few chao from the Black Market is pretty necessary to get a lot of cool colors. Although I would agree that most of the cool chao to produce do involve breeding on the part of the player.

[Kausa]

Accidental two-tones are the best reason.

[MinunTheElectricChao]

Yeah but its actually easier to wait than losing time waiting to your Chao to reincarnate.

[Crazo3077]

I wouldn't say breeding is inherently superior, because it entirely depends on what you're trying to do.

If you want a Chao that performs well in its skills, yes, breeding is the best route. It is the only route to ensure an All S Chao, without reincarnating the Chao dozens of times. It also makes you connect with the Chao better, and associate them as a family of sorts.

But if you're looking to breed Chao for their breeds, and get specific combinations, buying a Chao is always the better route. Chao you buy have 100% purity, so any breeding combinations will have perfect success rates, unlike if you had to breed for your Chao. For example, if I bred for a Shiny Black Chao using a Shiny White Chao and a Non-Shiny Black Chao, I'd have a 50% chance that this new Chao would give its White Gene, rather than its Black Gene, if I later wanted my Shiny Black Chao to have a Shiny Two-Tone Black Chao offspring. And if I'm trying to avoid doing that, my only option is to find a way to make the Chao more pure, which comes with more risks.

I myself focus on breeding for breeds, so I tend to find Chao I buy more useful. I guess you could say breeding Chao is also more ethical, but you have to buy some Chao if you want some color diversity in your garden to begin with. Its hard to have the same game without buying Chao, unless you wanna play the Sonic Adventure titles on Dreamcast. Can't purchase Chao on them anymore.

[DropkickGiggles]

I agree that, on the whole, breeding is superior to buying eggs because of the ability to control more variables at play in terms of stat grades.