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- Sun Oct 02, 2022 11:52 pm
- Forum: Chao Island Announcements
- Topic: 20th Anniversary to Chao Island!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 44465
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independently hosted Forums dedicated to specific interests remain my preferred form of social media, but its hard to deny that they've lost ground to more monolithic alternatives like Discord Servers, Facebook Groups, and Sub-Reddits... It's a shame really, no one is making new forums anymore and f...
- Mon Mar 28, 2022 11:22 pm
- Forum: Sonic Adventure
- Topic: Which are better: SA1 or SA2's character themes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7478
Re: Which are better: SA1 or SA2's character themes
I should probably give them all a fresh listen, but I remember: Preferring the remix of It Doesn't Matter and Believe in My Self, though I like both versions. Preferring the original of Unknown from M.E. and My Sweet Passion... Didn't care for the SA2 version of Unknown from M.E. at all, and the SA2...
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 1:23 am
- Forum: General Chao Chat
- Topic: What would Chao taste like?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3063
Re: What would Chao taste like?
I've long thought that, assuming their biology isn't completely alien, that Chao would probably most closely resemble amphibians... though I'm not willing to rule out reptile or Cephalopod. Comparing to things people eat in real life, that would make the list of "tastes like x" include frogs, turtle...
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:09 am
- Forum: Other Games
- Topic: Digimon virtual pets
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11509
Re: Digimon virtual pets
*Googles DVpet* Written in Java... that's a bit of a mixed bag... on the one hand, that means there should be a way to run it under Linux... on the other hand, I'm pretty sure Java's GUI toolkit doesn't play very well with the accessibility stack under Linux. *grumbles about how the frontend/backend...
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:14 am
- Forum: Other Games
- Topic: Digimon virtual pets
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11509
Re: Digimon virtual pets
I confess, despite being a big Digimon fan during the anime's original run, I never really got into any of the classic virtual pets... and when I played the original Digimon World for PS1, to my knowledge the only video game for the franchise that adapted the franchise's virtual pet roots, I never g...
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:25 pm
- Forum: Chao Island Announcements
- Topic: 20th Anniversary to Chao Island!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 44465
Re: 20th Anniversary to Chao Island!
Didn't realize this place was quite that old... Shame the forums are pretty dead *is of a generation that wants nothing to do with modern social media* but I still lurk around here for the occasional thing worth reading.
- Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:21 am
- Forum: Chao Hacking/Editing
- Topic: A problem that I am not sure if was solved elsewhere
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5409
Re: A problem that I am not sure if was solved elsewhere
I don't have any experience running the Windows version of SA2, but I don't think you've mentioned which version of Windows you're running. With how much Microsoft likes to change things between different versions of Windows, it wouldn't surprise me if the game needs some compatibility tweaks for yo...
- Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:41 am
- Forum: Suggestions
- Topic: a minor suggestion
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3734
Re: a minor suggestion
There was a dedicated thread for introductions and departures in General Discussion back when the forum had an off-topic category, but that got shutdown years ago despite protests from some users. Personally, I never really got the point of having a place for posting introductions, especially since ...
- Sun May 30, 2021 3:34 am
- Forum: General Chao Chat
- Topic: What's your favourite animal to add to your Chao?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5404
Re: What's your favourite animal to add to your Chao?
Back when I could see well enough to raise Chao, I generally just gave my Chao random animals of the type needed for the desired evolution... That said, the one time I can remember going for a specific, full set of animal parts was the SADX Lion... though I think I might done a full Dargon in SA2B a...
- Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:58 am
- Forum: Other Sonic Games
- Topic: Let's Discuss: Sonic Advance 3
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3642
Re: Let's Discuss: Sonic Advance 3
I prefer Advance 2 overall, but Advance 3 had some nice features. I missed burst mode(or whatever it's called when you go super fast and leave multiple after images) being a shared skill and I was fond of how hard Cheese got nerfed(I was perfectly fine with Cream being Easy Mode in advance 2), but t...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:42 am
- Forum: General Chao Chat
- Topic: The Ideal Garden?!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4976
Re: The Ideal Garden?!
^Not really. In the grand scheme of things, ideas are cheap and it takes quite a bit of effort to go from concept to fully realized and polished game... and quite frankly, Sega, or whoever they handed the porting job over to, didn't do that well with any version of the Chao Gardens after SADx GC... ...
- Fri Feb 26, 2021 1:24 am
- Forum: General Chao Chat
- Topic: The Ideal Garden?!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4976
Re: The Ideal Garden?!
Some things I'd want: Base system built upon SA2B GC. Addition of Luck and Intelligence types. Small animal roster including everything from both SA2B and SADX and then some. Color heterogeny can result in blended, striped, or splotchy coats in addition to the solid(monotone) and evolution dependant...
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:29 am
- Forum: General Chao Chat
- Topic: Chao Grandparents
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2211
Re: Chao Grandparents
Like most, if not all, inheritable traits, a Chao inherits a stat grade gene from each parent. However, each Chao has three possible genes they can pass down for each stat grade. Basically, for each stat grade, a Chao has three slots for alleles: -The one inherited from their first parent, which I'l...
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 3:36 am
- Forum: Sonic Adventure
- Topic: What would your ideal Adventure remake be like?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5872
Re: What would your ideal Adventure remake be like?
Some things I'd want to see in an Adventure Duology Remaster: Backporting of the SA2 Mission system to SA1. Perhaps not the Lost Chao missions, but make the Standard, Ring Collection, and dTime Attack missions play like in SA2 and add a Hard Mode for SA1 action stages. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, a...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 8:39 pm
- Forum: General Sonic Stuff
- Topic: A new Sonic cartoon coming in 2022?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6462
Re: A new Sonic cartoon coming in 2022?
I can already hear the die hard fans of classic Archie Sonic panning this for inferior multiverse stuff. Possibly with nostalgia goggles firmly in place.
- Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Sonic Stuff
- Topic: A new Sonic cartoon coming in 2022?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6462
Re: A new Sonic cartoon coming in 2022?
If memory serves, Man of Action were the people behind the original Ben 10(no clue if they were involved in Alien Force and later sequels or the reboot) and Generator Rex, though I never got into the latter and have no idea how the company's reputation has changed since. That said, I never really pa...
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 3:16 pm
- Forum: Chao Hacking/Editing
- Topic: Custom Chao Gardens?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5307
Re: Custom Chao Gardens?
To my knowledge, the model format used in SA2 and it's ports remains only partially reverse engineered, so little can be done there beyond model swapping(though, I've long thought the battlefield for the Biolizard fight might make a nice basis for a garden). As for SA1, I believe it's model format i...
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 3:05 pm
- Forum: Chao Help and Support
- Topic: Promo Tails, Knuckles & Amy Chao to US SA2B Hiccup
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3827
Re: Promo Tails, Knuckles & Amy Chao to US SA2B Hiccup
I believe the reason the download step works is that the GBA itself isn't region locked, and while I'm pretty sure the Gamecube is region locked, even if it wasn't, there would likely be compatibility issues with any interaction between different region versions of the same game or cross-regional co...
- Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:25 pm
- Forum: Chao Help and Support
- Topic: When the chao becomes an adult does it stat influence reset?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3533
Re: When the chao becomes an adult does it stat influence reset?
The Run<>Power and Fly<>Swim sliders both reset to their neutral value upon evolution and again upon reincarnation.
The Dark<>Hero slider either gets set to it's neutral value(if evolving into a neutral chao) or maxed out in the direction it was already leaning and remains fixed until reincarnation.
The Dark<>Hero slider either gets set to it's neutral value(if evolving into a neutral chao) or maxed out in the direction it was already leaning and remains fixed until reincarnation.
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Chao Chat
- Topic: Is Chao Dying?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7706
Re: Is Chao Dying?
I think Chao fans have always been a rather small portion of the overall Sonic fanbase, and it doesn't help that it's been like 18 years since anything truly new was added to Chao and more than half a decade since we last got a major port of a game featuring Chao in a meaningful way. And sadly, foru...
- Sun Jul 19, 2020 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Sonic Stuff
- Topic: What do you want from a new Sonic Game?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5114
Re: What do you want from a new Sonic Game?
Well, unless it was blind playable, I wouldn't be able to play it, and while there are things that can be done for color blindness and reduced visual acuity, I can't imagine making an action-oriented game like Sonic fully blind playable. A blind playable Chao Raising game maybe, but not a blind play...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Sonic Stuff
- Topic: what do you guys like better
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3864
Re: what do you guys like better
^I believe it's referring to Sonic Robo Blast 2, A Sonic fangame from the 00s that was held in rather high regard and considered by many fans of the Genesis games to be a better 3-D Sonic Platformer than many of the official games from the Dreamcast/Gamecube Era.
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:40 pm
- Forum: Chao Help and Support
- Topic: Will Chao Modding work on SADX for steam?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3544
Re: Will Chao Modding work on SADX for steam?
While SADX Steam does have a Chao Garden, and it's certainly possible to mod steam games, my understanding is that the majority of pre-existing SADX mods are for the Original CD-ROM PC port from 2004, and that the majority of Chao-specific mods are for the steam version of SA2B.
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:50 pm
- Forum: General Sonic Stuff
- Topic: What Sonic Character is the person above you
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4589
Re: What Sonic Character is the person above you
Your screen name suggests Eggman or possibly Perfect Chaos if Eggman had managed to build a version of the Egg Mobile that lets him control Chaos like a Giant Mech Pilot, but considering your dedication to Sonic Lore and trying to bring all the bits and pieces Sega has hinted at but never really fle...
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:51 pm
- Forum: Other Sonic Games
- Topic: Which Sonic games are your favorites/most hated?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18841
Re: Which Sonic games are your favorites/most hated?
While I'm not all that fond of 16-bit Sonic 1 either, calling it and S3K garbage seems a bit harsh. Granted, even as someone who really enjoyed S3K, I also think claims of it being the "best of all time" are overselling it and can totally understand someone not enjoying it. Anyways, as it's hard to ...