Sonic X Shadow Generations Won't Have Chao Gardens, But Sonic Team Considering Their Return

Chao Gardens in Sonic Generations doesn't make sense, but you can tell that they understand what the fans want with their conspicuous inclusion in the key art. Definitely a sign of good things to come. Add to that the rumor of a mobile Chao Garden game (it's ten years too late, but whatever) I'm thinking that, after milking the Classic era for all they could, they'll be locking into the entire Adventure era now. And that includes Chao.

He's not lying....I'm they will be back in the future...in the inevitable Sonic Adventure Remaster

So you're saying there's a chance! lol

It’s also odd they added those chao but not Big, Jet, or Omega, who were also planned for the original draft of the game. 

Mainstream Chao game perhaps?!

At this point I fear my desires for a modern Chao Garden are completely unrealistic and cannot be sated no matter how good a new iteration of it is. It's just been too long.

Chao Gardens were good side games to play in parallel with the main game. They increased the replay value, because you could always replay a level to grind resources for the Chao Garden, even if you finished the story mode.

There need to be a right balance between the main adventure and the Chao Gardens, because it's easy to mess it up and turn them into frustration. Some players already consider annoying that you have to complete the Chao Garden challenges in order to get all the emblemsin the Adventure games (not my case, I love them, but still).

I don't think the modern Sonic Team would be able to make a good experience and balance it with the main game, so I'm not really that desperate about wanting them back because I know that they will likely disappoint me... but still, I wish they were back.

Besides, Chao Gardens in Sonic x Shadow Generations would have worked well because of Sonic and Shadow: play as Sonic, grow an Hero Chao, play as Shadow, grow a Dark Chao. The game has a pinball minigame, could have had Chao Gardens as well.

5 hours ago, Iko said:

Chao Gardens were good side games to play in parallel with the main game. They increased the replay value, because you could always replay a level to grind resources for the Chao Garden, even if you finished the story mode.

There need to be a right balance between the main adventure and the Chao Gardens, because it's easy to mess it up and turn them into frustration. Some players already consider annoying that you have to complete the Chao Garden challenges in order to get all the emblemsin the Adventure games (not my case, I love them, but still).

I don't think the modern Sonic Team would be able to make a good experience and balance it with the main game, so I'm not really that desperate about wanting them back because I know that they will likely disappoint me... but still, I wish they were back.

Besides, Chao Gardens in Sonic x Shadow Generations would have worked well because of Sonic and Shadow: play as Sonic, grow an Hero Chao, play as Shadow, grow a Dark Chao. The game has a pinball minigame, could have had Chao Gardens as well.

I was just thinking that modern ST would probably mess Chao Garden up, or at least it would come with issues to be fixed gradually with time. I am actually okay with them being in side games if they are back at all, before adding them in a main game, or at least test them out first.

On 6/11/2024 at 3:39 AM, Multikaris said:

It’s also odd they added those chao but not Big, Jet, or Omega, who were also planned for the original draft of the game. 

They added the Chao because there's new chao collection missions to the existing levels of Generations. This is adding something new to existing content.

Adding in Big, Jet and Omega would probably mean making new levels which they aren't doing, since the newer creations is based on the Shadow content.