Theres even fan support for the Chao Gardens to be its own separate mobile game.

It was also the year that I got Sonic Adventure 2: Battle on the Gamecube.

I wanted to get all the games emblems, only to learn that doing so meant that I had to go raise these little creatures that are called Chao, enter them in races and Karate tournaments, and get some emblems there.

It didnt take long before I discovered that raising these cute, adorable Chao is fun and addictive.

Even in 2010, when I got to raise Chao for the first time, I remember seeing fans asking for Sonic Team to bring back the Chao Gardens.

That fan demand has only gotten louder and more frequent since then, but there are two major differences.

It took a few years after their re-releases for modders to really dig into them, but since then, their modding communities have only been growing.

In fact, all it takes for them to hear fans ask for Chao Gardens to return is for the Sonic PR team to make a Chao-related meme.

And when they conducted a Twitter poll in 2018 on favorite features from Sonic games, 61.5 of the 80,500 voters picked the Chao Gardens.

In 2016, when asked why we dont see Chao much anymore, he said that Chao require very clean and pure water in order to survive, so you may not see them in a lot of places.

Iizuka had to confirm to IGN at E3 2017 that Sonic Forces specifically wouldnt have Chao.

He even got to personally hear fans cheer loudly when Aaron Webber asked them at the 2016 Sonic SXSW panel if they should bring the Chao Gardens back.

Meanwhile, Sonic Adventure 2 modders have been gradually bringing back all of the games unused Chao Garden stuff to make Chao World Extended.

And theres Chao Island, a fan site in the Sonic community dedicated to Chao that has been going for well over a decade, with arguably the most information you will ever find about Chao in one place.

Maybe they only want them to be a feature in Sonic Adventure games.

Maybe its because they have to dedicate a portion of the developer team to Chao Gardens, as was the case in Sonic Adventure 2, and it would take too much work and resources in this day and age.

And the Chao, according to Iizuka in an interview last year, were his favorite playable character in Team Sonic Racing.

Why Because its the first time they have been playable since Sonic Adventure 2, and personally I wanted them to show up as playable as well.

And thats not even considering the massive fan demand that has been going on for years.

And Sonic Team has had a history of considering fan feedback in their games.

And, well, I suppose you could always go that Sonic Adventure 3 route.

Better yet, just dont have them be a Sonic Adventure-exclusive feature.

Chao Resort Island