Capture the Chao

Capture the Chao is one of the battle mode competitions in Sonic Rivals 2 played in Act 2 of every zone. During the story mode, this competition is only played in Act 2 of Sunset Forest Zone in Silver's story.

Overview
Capture the Chao is more or less a Sonic-themed crossover of Hot Potato and Tag. The player's objective is to find a route to enter into his/her rival's base, snatch their Chao and quickly return back to his/her own base before their rival attempts the same. For a Chao to count as stolen, the player's own Chao will need to remain in the base which is somewhat a challenge as in most cases after the player has snatched his/her rival's Chao, their rival would already have the player's Chao in their possession.

The player should then engage the rival by attacking him/her (with attacks or power-ups), causing the rival character to drop the stolen Chao. If the player then touches the dropped Chao, it will be teleported back to the player's base, allowing him/her to return back to the base with the stolen Chao for it to count. The winner of this competition is the character who steals a specified number of their rival's Chao first and escorted them to the the character's base. (In Free Play mode, the player can set for 1,3 or 5 Chao to be stolen).