Black Market

The Black Market in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.

The Black Market, also known as Shop, is a location that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. In Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, Sonic Adventure 2 and Sega Superstars, this is where items for Chao are bought or sold in exchange for Rings. Items include hats, fruit, and eggs. In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, new Extreme Gear can be purchased and exchanged. The Black Market is managed by a Chao, and is located at the Chao Kindergarten in Sonic Adventure 2 or in the Station Square Garden in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut next to the entrance.

Items

Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut/Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

The prices are listed in parenthesis. The chance of these items appearing can be random.

Fruit

Image	Name	Description	Effect	Price (Rings)	Sell-back price (Rings)
	Garden tree fruit				10
	Square Fruit	Square and delicious fruit.		80	10
	Round Fruit	A spherical fruit.		80	10
	Triangle Fruit	Triangular and delicious fruit.		80	10
	Hero Fruit	Hero trait fruit.	A fruit that drives a Chao towards the hero alignment.	120	40
	Dark Fruit	Dark trait fruit	A fruit that drives a Chao towards the dark alignment.	120	40
	Chao Fruit	Skills fruit.	Fruit that gives a Chao a boost in all stats.	200	50
	Heart Fruit	Egg-fertility fruit.	Fruit that promotes egg-fertilization.	300	80
	Mushroom	Very nutritious mushroom.		300	50

Seeds

Image	Name	Description	Effect	Price (Rings)	Sell-back price (Rings)
	Tasty Seed	This is a regular tree seed.	A seed that grows a tree with Tasty Fruits.	200	50
	Square Seed	Grows a tree with square fruits.	A seed that grows a tree with Square Fruits.	300	80
	Triangle Seed	Grows a tree with triangle fruits.	A seed that grows a tree with Triangle Fruits.	300	80
	Round Seed	Grows a tree with round fruits.	A seed that grows a tree with Round Fruits.	300	80
	Hero Seed	Grows a tree with hero fruits	A seed that grows a tree with Hero Fruits.	400	100
	Dark Seed	Grows a tree with dark fruits	A seed that grows a tree with Dark Fruits.	400	100
	Strong Seed	This is a long life tree seed.	A seed that grows a tree with Strong Fruits.	500	150

Hats

Image	Name	Description	Effect	Price (Rings)	Sell-back price (Rings)
	Apple	Huge apple!	A mask that can be worn.	2,000	500
	Cardboard Box	Moving cardboard box.	A mask that can be worn.	2,000	500
	Pan	Worn out pan	A mask that can be worn.	2,000	500
	Paper Bag	Grocery store paper bags	A mask that can be worn.	4,000	1,000
	Empty Can	Empty fruit can	A mask that can be worn.	4,000	1,000
	Stump	Big tree stump	A mask that can be worn.	4,000	1,000
	Flower Pot	Big flower pot	A mask that can be worn.	6,000	1,500
	Bucket	Worn out bucket	A mask that can be worn.	4,000	1,500
	Watermelon	Big, round watermelon	A mask that can be worn.	6,000	1,500
	Red Wool Beanie Hat	Warm and striped	A mask that can be worn.	8,000	2,000
	Blue Wool Beanie Hat	Warm and striped	A mask that can be worn.	10,000	2,500
	Black Wool Beanie Hat	Warm and striped	A mask that can be worn.	20,000	5,000

Eggs

Image	Name	Description	Effect	Price (Rings)	Sell-back price (Rings)
	White Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a white Chao.	400	100
	Blue Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a blue Chao.	500	120
	Yellow Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a yellow Chao.	500	120
	Red Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a red Chao.	500	120
	Orange Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into an orange Chao.	600	150
	Pink Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a pink Chao.	600	150
	Purple Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a purple Chao.	600	200
	Green Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a green Chao.	800	200
	Gray Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a gray Chao.	1,000	250
	Lime Green Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a lime green Chao.	1,500	400
	Black Egg	Typical rare egg.	An egg that hatches into a black Chao.	2,000	500

Themes

Image	Name	Description	Effect	Price (Rings)
	Omochao Theme	Omochao menu voice	A menu screen character customization with the photo and voice of Omochao.	10,000
	Amy Theme	Amy menu voice	A menu screen character customization with the photo and voice of Amy.	20,000
	Maria Theme	Maria menu voice	A menu screen character customization with the photo and voice of Maria.	30,000

Sonic Riders series

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

Image	Name	Price (in Rings)
	Beginner	900
	Shinobi	1,700
	Fastest	1,900
	Advantage S	2,000
	Advantage F	2,000
	Advantage P	2,000
	GP Accumulator	2,100
	Untouchable	2,130
	Master Off-Road	2,180
	Wind Star	2,300
	Road Star	2,300
	Hyperdrive	2,400
	Legend	2,600
	Omnitempus	2,800
	Kunoichi	3,300
	Rail Linker	3,500
	Skill Booster	3,700
	Reserve Tank	3,960
	The Crazy	4,200
	Wind Catcher	4,400
	Gambler	5,160
	Bingo Star	6,120
	Wanted	6,500
	GP Tank	6,700
	Throttle	8,300
	Money Crisis	8,500
	Big Bang	9,000
	Hang-On	9,200
	Rainbow	9,999

Etymology

The name of the shop derives from the term of the same name, which is used to describe a type of business that deals either in shady business dealings or supplies contraband/illegal items. The fact that it is located inside a locker indicates that the Chao selling the items was a shady character.

Trivia

• In the manual for Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, there is a picture of a "Smart Fruit" located above the Chao Fruit; however, although its data is in the final build of the game in usable form, it can never be obtained anywhere at all in the game. It must be accessed by hacking. The "Smart Fruit" increases the chao's intelligence stat by +12%, with the last bite increasing +14% instead.
• The mushroom somewhat looks like the 1UP mushroom from the Super Mario Bros. games.
• The Black Market makes a cameo appearance in the Team Sonic Racing Overdrive episode "Dangerous Distractions".

Gallery

The Black Market in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

Music

Name	Artist(s)	Length	Music track
"Chao Kindergarten"	Fumie Kumatani	2:49

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