Black Market

The Black Market in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut.

The Black Market, also known as Shop, is a shop that regularly appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. In Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut and Sonic Adventure 2, this is where items for Chao are bought or sold in exchange for Rings. Items include hats, fruit, and eggs. In Sonic Riders and 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 and 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)
	Square Fruit	Square and delicious fruit.		80
	Round Fruit	A spherical fruit.		80
	Triangle Fruit	Triangular and delicious fruit.		80
	Hero Fruit	Hero trait fruit.	A fruit that drives a Chao towards the hero alignment.	120
	Dark Fruit	Dark trait fruit	A fruit that drives a Chao towards the dark alignment.	120
	Chao Fruit	Skills fruit.	Fruit that gives a Chao a boost in all stats.	200
	Heart Fruit	Egg-fertility fruit.	Fruit that promotes egg-fertilization.	300
	Mushroom	Very nutritious mushroom.		300

Seeds

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

Hats

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

Eggs

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

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

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.

The Black Market in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

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Music

Name	Artist	Length	Music Track
Chao Kindergarten	Fumie Kumatani	2:49

Sonic Adventure

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Main article | Scripts (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Big, Gamma, Super Sonic) | Staff | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery | Re-releases (DX | 2010)

Sonic Adventure 2

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Main article | Scripts (Hero, Dark, Last) | Staff | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery | Re-releases (Battle | 2012)