Chao Garden
This one is for the Sega-kids and Sonic fans (like myself) that are out there. Can we talk about why Chao Gardens aren’t a thing yet? I don’t understand, do you?
I don’t care what form it takes: it can be a part of a new Sonic game like it was back in the Adventure games, it can be its own standalone thing, I would even settle for some stupid freemium mobile game if that’s what it would take for Sega to feel comfortable pulling the trigger on it.
Chao Gardens were so much fun. Like other “sim” or “life” style games, it’s hard to explain the appeal until you get your hands on it yourself.
Few people would think the concept of farming games like Stardew Valley or Animal Crossing would be fun if they never heard of it before, but they are both among the most popular to come out this generation.
Along that same line, there was just something about finding small animals to infuse into the essence of your little blue alien pet in order to change their characteristics so they could be more cute, evil, or perform better in competitions that was just so oddly satisfying.
Expanding on that with more ambitious ways to play with and raise your Chao in addition to infusing some modern elements like possibly AR (ala Pokemon GO) and/or multiplayer gameplay would be such a treat.
