BEST Chao Garden Mods for Sonic Adventure 2

[@broccolinyu911]

Imagine if Sega actually decided to put together a fully dedicated Chao Garden spinoff game with similar things to what many of these mods do. People would flock back in droves.

[@PACMANnot]

I would jump on that with a quickness that Sonic would be in awe of.

[@HoboBob24]

That "Chao in Space 2 Battle" intro is sick.

[@Choa]

It really is, Justin did a fantastic job

[@badollies]

freakin love the lil eggman

[@johnarat9618]

@@Choa 5:48 what is the audio file for that Chao sound effect?

[@KO-Crab]

I picked the best time to get back into Sonic Adventure 2 and Chao

[@Choa]

Right now is a great time to get into chao! So many good mods!

[@nostalgianinja]

Hey, thanks for the shoutout! Looking forward to helping newer community members create new Accessories, food and API mods! The documentation is currently under active progress.

[@bigsdog03]

Fastest click in the west

[@Choa]

[@ianmoore5502]

Only 2 more....​@@Choa

[@emilyjones8713]

Thank you for the mention!! SADX accessories is probably my favorite mod I’ve made so far.

[@Choa]

I really like it! SADX is one of my favorite games so it's nice to see it get some attention through mods

[@KKTunez]

0:47 a PHENOMENAL added detail of the text animation timed with the song finisher. 😤👌🏼

[@Choa]

I agree, such a great detail!

[@michaelaburns734]

Not the sewers! The car was there to cover the hole to prevent the poor Chao from falling in the sewers!

[@UrbanQhoul]

I am unholy levels of happy I found this channel- The chao garden lives in my head rent free and I adore finding out just how many people are obsessed with it and keeping it alive as I am quq

[@isenokami7810]

Should be interesting. I know I’m interested in at least one of these, since I’m interested in the Chao World Extended bundle. I’d actually been avoiding Chao Garden mods simply because I always put too much time and effort into the base version, but a post Steam Deck world is the best time to try: I can mod the Chao Garden on my laptop while all my vanilla Chao are safe on my Deck. Edit: in terms of non-CGE mods, while I’m not too interested in increasing the number of Chao I can raise-incompatibility with CGE aside, 24 is more than enough for me-the Garden remakes look really good. Especially the Japanese Dark Garden and your revamped Hero Garden.

[@Whygodwhy94]

Idk if you'll see this comment, but idk why noone has made a mod that uses the "horned skull" object from dry lagoon and and windy canyon. As a kid I always wanted to use it as a chao hat for a dark chao. I used to run to complete the stage holding it sometimes hoping I could bring it back to the chao garden.

[@Choa]

That is a good idea! I am surprised no one has made that yet. You could try and add it yourself, I do have the mod making guide linked in the description

[@MC_Railman]

Those Cream, Blaze, and Silver chao are so freaking cute

[@Watertypemaster]

Your tutorial and videos inspired me to get back into chao-raising and 180 emblem run. I can finally mod chao and enjoy the game in so many different ways! Thank you so much! Your guidance and videos are so helpful! 🎉

[@Estus1999]

I used to have a legit tails chao. I used to love playing Phantasy star online and I had sonic advance as well as the gameboy-gamecube connector. I miss those days.

[@karishmo]

I've just recently got SA2 randomly after not playing it since i was 10. im so glad that the modding community has add more to the chao gardens. im so getting back into this! I played the crap out of it was i was younger

[@frenchiesottises8193]

An easy fix for the chao partner mod is to make it a toggle feature. Maybe before each level, it'll give you can option if you want your chao to help destroy enemies, and if the level requires homing attack chains to progress, you can switch it off. Admittedly, I don't know much about coding, but I think it's worth a shot.

[@Choa]

You are actually able to disable/enable that feature in the mods config files, I just usually keep it enabled since it is more fun

[@frenchiesottises8193]

@@Choa I figured as such, but then you have the issue of opening the files constantly. Not to mention that it's possible this feature requires you to close and reopen the game to enact the change. (Some features do that, Idk why.) If it has any of these issues, then maybe it's worth a shot making it more accessible?

[@chronoverge]

Amazing video! Really cool that Exant's chao camera mod was used by SEGA

[@Choa]

Thank Mel! And yes it is super cool that SEGA has acknowledged a chao modder!

[@sansundertale8765]

It is insane how overdue we are for a new Chao Garden, and if we ever do get one, it's this community keeping that vision alive

[@Sonicjan]

Yup, all Accessories in the Forces Gear mod are taken straight from Sonic Forces. I also worked on parts that aren't just headgear pieces, but I kinda stopped after not being able to make them compatible with all types of Chao. I was also working on other accessories based on other games, but have barely any time to continue with em.

[@Choa]

You did a great job on your mod! Thanks for making it!

[@Sonicjan]

@Choa Thank you very much! Glad you and so many other people like it!

[@AshyMuted]

I can't even count the amount of times I've said something like this, but the SA2 modding community is so amazing. The things people are able to do with this 23 year old game are so impressive. It's really inspiring to see the dedication and cooperation that goes into these mods, with the end results usually making it harder and harder to go back to playing without them. Mods make an already fun experience even better, and I can't wait to see what the future holds.

[@Choa]

[@RicShaymin3398]

Omg I wasn't ready for Eggman Chao 0:29 😂😂😂

[@FireCorias]

Aaaaaaand immediately sold, gotta get most of these now. Thank you for the list and all the vids going into depth on this!

[@lucianosgonzalez3561]

I was today years old when I learned about Chao mods but I am READY for it.

[@Loareyn]

It's so nice that there is still a community for the cute chaos! I've considered doing chao content as well but was always reluctant because always felt like it was pretty limited (especially thanks to a certain 4 lettered company who is missing out on a community who is driven to keep it going) I'm still a bit new to mods and wish this silly Zen garden mod would work Y.Y I finally got some of the textures like the zen garden and bridge to look right but the rest just looks like the old garden even with settings like ECW's dark garden being set to vanilla/modded and making sure it is below all my other mods. Goodness this is such a new almost intimidating experience. Thanks for all the content though =D ♫ ♥

[@Tasuke]

Oh dang I didn't know where was a mod scene for the Chao gardens! I always stuck with the GameCube versions of SA1 and SA2 but I do have the Steam version of SA2 so maybe I'll give this a shot!

[@Choa]

You should! New Mods are being released all the time :)

[@Thirteenjhm]

Great video! Just so happened to have these pop in my feed as I was about to start SA2 up for the first time in years! im so hyped

[@emilyjones8713]

Just a heads up, Chao Data Menu is no longer supported by Justin, and will crash if used on a chao with SADX/Custom animal parts (with CWE)

[@Choa]

Good to know, thank you! I hope someone eventually makes an updated version with more mod integration!

[@SmashProX]

An Eggman Chao is neat, but they introduced an official Eggman Chao in Sonic Speed Simulator, I hope someone can put that into Chao World Extended.

[@looneytoastywolf]

all this is fantastic omggg ❤❤❤ Also that chao modded intro was badass and cute

[@Azastrai]

Dude your channel is such a blessing I love all the videos you have a chao

[@Zowayix93]

5:10 lil bro is in a different fucking galaxy jesus christ

[@kawaii801]

Also, I really like the sonic adventure and sonic adventure two child garden music in the race. Music is so amazing. It’s so lively.

[@TeamUnpro]

Genuinely surprised I haven't thought about a Moogle Chao

[@kyralynn1513]

This is great, I love the SA2 community

[@kenzooie]

These mods are GOATED

[@Choa]

Your comment is GOATED!

[@MisterDillium]

2 hours ago i discovered Chao modding. My childhood was these gardens iv carried books worth of info of raising,racing and evolving from the dreamcast to the gamecube to PC. A nice wholesome vanilla gaming experience of a minigame a grew up maybe a little to addicted to and come back to through next couple decades to win some karate and races everyonce in a while for fun. Only for you sir and this channel to some how reveal to me a much larger much more time consuming problem to me and my social life. Im almost 30. I have a child on the way I DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS BUT SOME HOW ILL MAKE TIME! Iv never been so excited by something thats also filled me with the dread of the limitation of time. So thank you i guess... I think i'll click that bell intentionally for the first time in awhile.

[@Sadahiko312]

Thank you for keeping the Chao Garden community eager and excited for the showcase mods!

[@MrCompBookC]

One of my favorite chao channels

[@ngBurns]

I downloaded and tried the Green Hill Chao garden mod just after getting CWE, and now it might be my favorite mod of the bunch.

[@Choa]

That is a good one!

[@lintaylor0229]

One of Anaro's pro moments

[@Choa]

Great Anaro Moment

[@sl3ppy_st4r59]

Me and my sister share a chao world together (part of CWE I think) so once she's back from acting class I'm gonna convince her to get some of these mods for us, including choa food and drinks cause I think it'll be really funny

[@zamarion101]

Still cant believe that chao gardens peaked in SA2. Sega could pull of such an amazing standalone chao game rn

[@madmaxxi]

Omg yall play modded? Im calling daddy sega

[@Choa]

[@prodbyshuri666]

oh nooo not daddy sega!!

[@arcticfluffyfoxy]

YIPPIE CLICKED AS SOON AS I SAW anyway its cool to see chao garden be so alive

[@BeccaNighteon]

Loved the video! They're all amazing mods

[@Choa]

Glad you enjoyed it!! I hope you enjoyed the little Neona appearances

[@BeccaNighteon]

@@Choa I have! Neona's been a good girl, glad she's behaving.. until she does arson again

[@Fantolix96XY]

hi! haven't played sa2 for a long time, want to remember the old days. decided to visit you, see what's new in the world of modifications, and was pleasantly surprised, you are still making videos about sa2, thank you very much, greetings from Russia, keep up the good work!❤️

[@Fantolix96XY]

unfortunately, I can't play with modifications because of the lack of dynamic libraries from microsoft... and the problem is that I can't download them for a very long time, but this does not prevent me from watching your wonderful videos🙏

[@unknownanomaly1226]

The squirtle squad glasses on the chao is too cute 😭

[@NotPaws]

This us an amazing video thank you so much!!! 🙏❤️🎊

[@Choa]

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@Icyangel10]

lol It'd be funny to see the Nights Chao & Klonoa Chao interact since they're both dream based(Nights living in a dream world, Klonoa being a dream walker), aww they look to even be based on the first Klonoa game from what I can tell. The Boo & Sully mod sounds nice cause cats & the ability to edit the texture, I like putting my late childhood cat into stuff that allows me to have a tuxedo cat. This would allow me to put her into Sonic Adventure 2 when I get the chance & mod that allows my chao to tag along is nice though I should probably disable it for certain levels like you warned.

[@ChaoAreCool7]

NEW CHOA VID DROPPED?!?🔥🔥🔥

[@Choa]

You know it

[@hispookyburrito]

I hope someday we'll be able to control our own chao in the levels themselves.

[@LoveatFirstHike]

It’s interesting that Sega is watching and listening enough that they’ll use AND credit a mod in official capacity, yet refuse to implement Chao into any new Sonic games -_-

[@RedTed_Indentation45]

I really hope we can get a modern-day chao garden in a sonic game. There's so much we can do with chao now! Heck just look at pokemon! Just imagine what we can do with the Chao Garden today!

[@ShrimpoTheshrimp2]

I just click on this after watching a video about chao death and reincarnation cycles and it was sad… but this.. cheers me up.

[@Omar_ZX]

The guy stereotype is just big and strong is what they like Me the whole video: OH MY GOD CHAO IN SPACE 2 IS SO CUTEEEEE

[@JustAdam123]

Just got a new laptop and am excited to try out all the Chao Garden mods I have been missing out on, this video couldnt have come at a more perfect time 😂 By the way Choa you can turn off your Chao attacking enemies in stages in the config menu for the Chao Partner mod!

[@Choa]

Yeah I probably should turn off chao attacking, it is pretty fun to use though lol

[@hararester805]

I can't seem to be able to change the race while it does the 30 min countdown with my chaos before the race start. Otherwise love all these mods!! NVM I found out how--thank you for showing these nice additions for chaos

[@Supersonic-tq1ch]

First and also I love chao garden super fun it needs to be brought back

[@Choa]

I agree!!

[@Supersonic-tq1ch]

@@Choa it was one of the best and most expansive side mode in any video game you could spend so long in it and barely scratch the surface of what there is to do even without mods

[@jacobj3933]

The first mod is definitely the most valuable one.

[@bluecheckmiya]

The first one is AWESOME!

[@pirached]

i need to get sonic adventure 2 for the chao now!

[@Choa]

you really do!

[@mr_red3]

2:29 wait till he finds out about moonbow accessories

[@Cceptus]

WOWOWOWOW I love this so much

[@TheBeggies95]

Love this! Does not really play Chao garden anymore but this will always have a soft spot in my heart and these mods are great Also, is it possible to put all mods into one? I don’t know anything about mods

[@skyguard1an]

How many of the race, and different garden mods are compatible with the extended chao garden mod? And the enhanced chao world? Like, does the wind waker stage work with it?

[@shinigamisway1645]

Just getting into modding this game (im a pc rookie ) as Sa2 is one of my all time favorite games , do we have a recommend load order to make some of these work in tandem correctly ? Are there any known conflicts between these ?

[@Choa]

Chao World Extended should always be the first mod you have loaded, past that it doesn't usually matter too much which order you load. Every mod in this video should be compatible with each other, you can also join our discord if you need any help or have questions about anything :) Lots of people there can help you if needed

[@shinigamisway1645]

@Choa yup...you're easily my favorite sonic content creator based off your respectful comment alone. Just had a bad interaction with another infamous SA2B mod author about ten minutes ago so the respectful, informative , and caring response is much appreciated. Liked and subbed , keep on keepin on, brotha man.

[@Swolidarity]

YOOOO THEY GOT MODS FOR THIS GAME?? REPLAY VALUE BABY!!! LES GOOO

[@lilmoloch]

how do you make chao, have different running animations? like naruto run? all my chaos run the same

[@JumboDS64]

So the two Chao World mods are number 0 cuz they're basically the Sonic Adventure 2 equivalent to some of the more widely used Minecraft library mods, that add various important interfaces and classes used by many other mods?

[@HouseJambo]

Gonna install all of this soon. This will all work together right? Should I look for a modlist? Or just use EVERYTHING?!

[@Choa]

These mods will all work together :)

[@ClashBluelight]

"Top 10 chao garden mods" Proceeds to list over 20 mods.

[@jameswalker4344]

I still don't get how there hasn't been a new Chao garden

[@Wimpyfox]

Sadly for me Chao partner mod always crashes :( not sure why but it's my fault since I have way to many mods. Great mod but unfortunate due to my circumstance

[@OpenFireBug]

Vi chao- Vi is from a really good RPG called Bug Fables. Absolutely worth a go~

[@Choa]

I gotta check that out eventually, thanks for letting me know!

[@LailaAt-c2s]

How do you access the accessories mods ? I've got both the Forces Chao Gear and the Chao Bandana and Blush mods, but I can't find either of them on the black market. If so, there's very, very few of them. Is there someplace else where I can find the whole set ? Thank you :)

[@LoveatFirstHike]

Ok, so after watching through a few of your videos, I bought SA2 on Steam, downloaded the SA Mod Manager and installed Chao Garden Extended (9.5.3.4). How do I access all the extra stuff? When I go to the Chao world/ hub there is only one garden. I thought with CWE you could choose between several gardens, or do I have to somehow unlock them? I also can't seem to find any of the mini games other than the basic race, though if I talk to the principal he does mention karate. Sorry, it has been almost 2 decades since I've played SA2 or Choa Garden (the main reason I played SA2 to begin with if I have to be honest) so this is like re learning it all over again. Just trying to figure out how to get the most out of this mod and figure out how to access some of the new customization stuffs. Thanks in advance!

[@Choa]

Karate is added by the Battle DLC and the extra gardens are unlocked by evolving a dark and hero chao. You can also use the chao editor linked in the description to unlock them.

[@s.l.r.9407]

I need that Klonoa Chao 😭😭❤❤❤

[@AmericanChoirboy]

I always hated how the color chao eggs would always be monotone and not show any highlights.

[@wolfkitten7446]

Justins chao menu actually doesnt work anymore, theres glitches with it caused by cwes latest version.

[@Choa]

Still works for me somehow, I know it doesn't work for some modded chao types though.

[@TasneemAhmed-t1m]

I have a concept for a chao garden fan game I want to make, any idea how I go about making it? Any useful tools available already?

[@chrysshawkey3158]

Loving the mods, but I can't seem to get the Day/Night cycle to work correctly, the shading is correct but the skybox color won't change to match the time of day, not sure how to make it work right.

[@marisaperez3890]

Chao referenced in the new movie!!!! 🤩

[@Rhyme_Time]

I honestly wonder who's even left for custom Chao? They already covered nearly everything I can think of lol Maybe some more niche characters like Clove or Sally?

[@Choa]

I think there are still some characters missing like vector, charmy, espio, and many others too. Most of the popular characters have been made though. I hope there are more wacky ones like the peter griffin chao lol

[@Unboxingmemesetudodebom]

Choa can make a tutorial to how get the chao garden items? Like the toy duck the tv and etc

[@arzfan29]

You can make a rouge looking chao, or they could have made a custom rouge chao

[@JDW-qc8qo]

Hi Choa. I was wondering in your videos, how do you get chaos chao to show their eye/mouth expressions in the garden and in racing/karate? I have the "Rare chao act like normal chao" code enabled in CWE, but when i'm in the garden, only their eye expression is shown but not their mouth, and when i'm in racing/karate, they revert to their default look. Is there a way I can fix this?

[@Choa]

That is the chaos mouths mod, it isn't available on Gamebanana like the other mods but I do have it available on my discord server if you want to check it out

[@JDW-qc8qo]

@@Choa Thank you very much. It's awesome, as well as every single mod mentioned here.

[@Choa]

@@JDW-qc8qo No worries! Thanks for watching :)

[@sigginn2]

how do you get this cute chao at 2:26?

[@moonlitdraconic1107]

I'm trying to manually download Choa status menu. After unzipping it, where in the common steam app do I place the folder. I can't find anything on th overview page.

[@jaredstone5028]

Are there any mod packs for someone just wanting to get into putting mods on the game? I haven’t played for so long and there’s so much, I want to mod the base game and chao garden but there’s so much I don’t know where to begin lol

[@briarrosebloodthorn29]

Is there a mod that allows you to earn rings and animals/drives in the Chao garden. I mostly play SA2 for the Chao garden and it would be nice if I could just sit down and relax with Chao garden and not have to do anything else without cheating.

[@BababbaBababbshdhf]

I love chao

[@ThePlayerRolo]

keeping this saved once I get a windows pc :)

[@Choa]

I hope you can get one soon!

[@ThePlayerRolo]

@@Choa good news, got the P.C., now got to get the game on steam. We're getting CLOSER BOISSSS

[@The-Black-Death]

Do you know if it's possible to change the sound files of the Chaos? I have an idea for an amusing mod..

[@Choa]

I believe you can, not 100% sure though

[@pagado6076]

Chao Chuck E Cheese confirmed for the new movie.

[@GamingKingdom91]

I have the chao in space/sa2 chao opening one...i forgot that eggman is just an actual egg 🤣

[@GamingKingdom91]

Adding: I have alot of these mods,and i know half the people that made them...its nice being in a chao server 😂

[@supervitu64]

i need that peter griffin chao now

[@YumeKitty0]

i like the 10th mod actually! have it on my own game, tho this specific cutscene intro never plays for my game so dont get to see it really :( been a bit since i played but maybe possible to change it on mod loader i suppose

[@Choa]

There is an option on the mod loader to disable the start up intro for SA2, is it possible you have that enabled?

[@Bananasmacked]

I installed forces chao gear, but where is the gear? Black market?

[@201Strikes]

How do you make it so the game doesnt freeze when you go into Krzys2 Chao Editor? Everytime I click it my game freezes like it's tabbed out

[@Liw-y2o]

How do you have more than 8 chao in each map?