A Chao Machine in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut .
The Chao Machine , also called Name Machine , Chao Transporter or Chao Departure Machine , is a machine that appears in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut , Sonic Adventure (2010) , Sonic Adventure 2: Battle and Sonic Adventure 2 (2012) . It is the successor/replacement of the Transporter Machine .
Description [ ]
The Chao Machine is located exclusively in each of the respective game's Chao Gardens . To activate it, the player has to push a red button on the foot of the machine. It has five options (without counting the quit option) to give a name or move a Chao , and some are only functional when a Chao is held whilst going to the machine.
Options [ ]
Drop off [ ]
It serves to move a Chao to the Tiny Chao Garden in Sonic Advance in different ports of the Game Boy Advance through a connection in the GameCube. Due to this, this option is exclusive to the games for the GameCube. It has a Game Boy Advance icon.
Pick up [ ]
It serves to pick up a Chao from the Tiny Chao Garden from the ports. Due to this, this option is exclusive to the games for the GameCube. It has an apple icon.
Name [ ]
It serves to put a name to a Chao up to seven spaces, it can be named in any language, once the player named her/his Chao, the name will appear in the statistics bar. It only appears in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut due to it replacing the Chao Fortune Teller and the Move option in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for it alone. It has a pencil icon.
Move [ ]
It serves to move a Chao from Slot A to Slot B or vice versa, functioning like the VMU Machine. It only appears in the GameCube version of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle due to it being replaced by the name option for Sonic Adventure DX: Directors Cut . It has a van icon with boxes charged.
Good-bye [ ]
It serves to release Chao by departing with it in the forest. Once the Chao has departed, the player will never see it again. It has a tree icon.
Game appearances [ ]
Sonic Adventure DX [ ]
The Chao Machine appeared for the first time in the Nintendo GameCube version of Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut . In this game, the monitor is a white Game Boy Advance with the name "CHAO adventure " written on the screen. It offers the options "Drop Off", "Pick Up", "Name" and "Good-bye".
In the 2010 re-release of Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut on the PC /Xbox 360 /PlayStation 3 , the GBA-related options were removed, and the GBA monitor was replaced by a Chao head monitor, though its screen kept the title "CHAO adventure".
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle [ ]
A Chao Machine in Sonic Adventure 2 (re-release).
The Chao Machine reappears in the Nintendo GameCube version of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle . Like in the previous game title, the monitor is a white Game Boy Advance with the name "CHAO adventure" written on the screen. It offers the options "Drop Off", "Pick Up", "Move" and "Good-bye".
In the 2012 re-release of Sonic Adventure 2 on the PC /Xbox 360 /PlayStation 3 , the GBA and move options were removed once again. Additionally, the Chao Machine's GBA monitor was replaced by a Chao head monitor, which is bigger that the one in the previous game title, with the title "CHAO Departure Machine" written on the screen.
Gallery [ ]
Trivia [ ]
The Good-bye option is the only option on the Chao machine that has never been removed from it in any of the game versions it has appeared in.
See Also [ ]
Main article · Scripts (
Sonic ,
Tails ,
Knuckles ,
Amy ,
Big ,
Gamma ,
Super Sonic )
· Story Screens (
Sonic ,
Tails ,
Knuckles ,
Amy ,
Big ,
Gamma )
· Credits · Glitches · Beta elements · Gallery · Pre-releases (
Limited Edition ,
DX Demo Version )
· Re-releases (
DX ,
2010 )
Playable characters
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails · Knuckles · Amy · Gamma · Big · Metal Sonic **^
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Beta (Mark II ) · Birdie · Chao (Dark Chao **, Hero Chao **) · Chaos (Chaos 0 , Chaos 1 , Chaos 2 , Chaos 4 , Chaos 6 , Perfect Chaos ) · Cream ** · Delta · Epsilon · Froggy · Grandma · Knuckles Clan (Pachacamac , Tikal ) · Mecha Sonic Mark III · Mr. Know-It-All · Nights · Station Square Police Department · ZERO · Zeta · Animals (Deer , Elephant , Gorilla , Kangaroo , Koala , Lion , Mole , Parrot , Peacock , Penguin , Rabbit , Robin , Seal , Sea Otter , Skunk )
Adventure Fields
Egg Carrier · Mystic Ruins · Station Square
Action Stages
Emerald Coast · Windy Valley · Casinopolis · Icecap · Twinkle Park · Speed Highway · Red Mountain · Sky Deck · Hot Shelter · Lost World · Final Egg
Sub Games
Sky Chase · Sand Hill · Hedgehog Hammer · Twinkle Circuit · Boss
Enemies
Beat · Bladed Spinner · Boa-Boa · Buyoon · Cart Kiki · Cop Speeder · Egg Keeper · Electro Spinner · Fighter Aircraft A · Fighter Aircraft B · Gola · Ice Ball · Icecap's unnamed aircraft · Kiki · Leon · Pirate · Rhinotank · Sky Deck's unnamed jet fighter · Spark Unit · Spiky Spinner · Sweeper
Bosses
Chaos 0 · Chaos 2 · Chaos 4 · Chaos 6 · Beta (Mark II ) Gamma · Delta · Epsilon · Zeta · Egg Carrier · Egg Hornet · Egg Viper · Egg Walker · Knuckles · Perfect Chaos · Sonic · ZERO
Moves/ techniques
Playable characters
Bolt of lightning · Climb · Dig · Flight Mode · Glide · Hammer Attack · Hammer Jump · Hover · Homing Attack · Homing Missile Launch · Jump Attack · Laser Gun · Light Speed Attack · Light Speed Dash · Lure Attack · Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack · Pick · Propeller Flight · Punch Attack · Rapid Tails Attack · Spin Attack · Spin Dash · Spin Hammer Attack · Spin Jump · Tails Attack
Non-playable characters
Arm Punch · Bomb Attack · Bomb Gun Attack · Charge · Double Punch · Earthquake Attack · Electric Arm · Energy Ball Attack · Flame Thrower Attack · Guiding Missiles · Instantaneous Liquefaction · Laser Beam Attack · Homing Tail Slice · Inhale Attack · Marble Attack · Phantom Shadow Move · Punch · Quarter Attack · Scorpion Attack · Shockwave Attack (Chaos 6 ) · Sonic Boom · Spin Attack · Spinning Spike Attack · Spouting Attack · Squash Roll Attack · Swing Punch
Gimmicks and obstacles
Bumper · Bumper Car · Cannon · Capsule · Car · Conveyor Belt · Crank · Dash panel · Dash Ring · Drum Can · Explosion Trap · Fan · Flame dart · Flipper · Fountain · Giant Ring * · Goal Balloon · Hanging Bell · Helicopter · Hint Box · Hint Orb · Icicle · Iron ball · Jump Panel (plate) · Jump Panel (ramp) · Jump Ramp · Laser field · Lit Panel · Mirror · Monkey Detonation Switch · Orca · Point Marker · Power cube · Rocket · Satellite · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spiked bar · Spring · Spring Catapult · Switch · Teleporter · Wide spring · Wind Path · Zip Line
Items
General
Air bubble · Cart pass · Chao Egg · Chaos Emerald · Doll · Emblem · Emerald Shard · Employee ID Card · Fish (Akatai , Ankō , Burabasu , Hammer , Ishitai , Marlin , Mechanical fish , Piranin , Ryūgū , Salmon , Shākun , Shibasu , Shīran , Unadon , Utsubon ) · Item Box (5 Rings , 10 Rings , Extra Life , High-Speed Shoes , Invincible , Magnetic Shield , Random Rings , Shield , Smart Bomb ) · Key Stone (Gold statue , Ice Stone , Silver statue , Wind Stone ) · Ring · Sandboard · Snowboard · Sonic Token
Level Up Items
Ancient Light · Crystal Ring · Fighting Gloves · Jet Anklet · Jet Booster · Laser Blaster · Life Belt · Light Speed Shoes · Long Hammer · Lure · Power Rod · Rhythm Badge · Shovel Claw · Warrior Feather
Voice actors
English
Ryan Drummond (Sonic ) · Corey Bringas (Tails ) · Michael McGaharn (Knuckles ) · Deem Bristow (Eggman ) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) · Jon St. John (Big ) · Elara Distler (Tikal , Station Square train announcer, default menu voice) · Steve Broadie (Gamma , Pachacamac , Mystic Ruins train announcer) · Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Kazuki Hayashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles , Mystic Ruins train announcer) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Shun Yashiro (Big ) · Kaori Asoh (Tikal ) · Jōji Nakata (Gamma ) · Tōru Ōkawa (Pachacamac ) · Kaho Kōda (Station Square train announcer) · Elara Distler (default menu voice) · Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Music
Songs
"Open Your Heart " · "It Doesn't Matter " · "Believe In Myself " · "Unknown from M.E. " · "My Sweet Passion " · "Lazy Days (Livin' in Paradise) " · "Theme of "E-102γ" "
Albums
Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era · Sonic Adventure: Songs With Attitude Vocal Mini-Album · SONIC ADVENTURE OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK VINYL EDITION · Sonic Adventure Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition · Sonic Adventure Original Sound Track (Digi-Log Conversation) · Sonic Adventure Remix
Strategy guides
Sonic Adventure DX Complete Guide · Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure: Navigation Guide · Sonic Adventure: Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure Perfect Guide · Sonic Adventure: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Other
777 Slots Pinball · Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Auto Running · Black Market · Card & Pinball · Chao Adventure * · Chao Garden (Station Square Garden , Mystic Ruins Garden , Egg Carrier Island ) · Chao Race · Chao Stadium · Chao in Space · Chao Machine · Chao Search * · Corkscrew · Debug Mode · E-100 Series · Egg Mobile · Egg Carrier · Egg Carrier 2 · Eggmanland · Emerald Radar · Freeze · Game Over · Life · Life gauge · Loop · Master Emerald · Mission Mode **^ · Mystic Ruins · Shrine of Knuckles's race · Sonic Adventure (LCD) · Station Square · Tails' Lab · Tornado · Tornado 2 · Transporter Machine · Water
Playable characters
Hero
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails · Knuckles
Dark
Shadow (Super Shadow ) · Dr. Eggman · Rouge
Misc.
Amy * · Big *^ · Chao Walker * · Chaos * · Dark Chao Walker * · Metal Sonic * · Tikal *
Non-playable characters
Chao (Angel , Chao Principal , Chaolin , Chaoko , Chaos Chao , Chaosky , Chappy , Crunch , Crystal , Dark Chao , Dinner , Eggie , Flash , Happy , Hero Chao , Lucky , Magic , Melody , Ninja , Rainbow , Skull , Smokey , Spooky , Stinky , Stormy , Tin , Wacky , Woody ) · Gerald · Maria · President · Scorpion Troop · Secretary · Sigma-Alpha 2 · Spider Troop · Researcher · Animals (Bat , Bear , Boar , Cheetah , Condor , Dragon , Gorilla , Half Fish , Parrot , Peacock , Penguin , Phoenix , Rabbit , Raccoon , Seal , Sea Otter , Sheep , Skeleton Dog , Skunk , Tiger , Unicorn )
Stages
Hero
City Escape · Wild Canyon · Prison Lane · Metal Harbor · Green Forest · Pumpkin Hill · Mission Street · Aquatic Mine · Route 101 · Hidden Base · Pyramid Cave · Death Chamber · Eternal Engine · Meteor Herd · Crazy Gadget · Final Rush
Dark
Iron Gate · Dry Lagoon · Sand Ocean · Radical Highway · Egg Quarters · Lost Colony · Weapons Bed · Security Hall · White Jungle · Route 280 · Sky Rail · Mad Space · Cosmic Wall · Final Chase
Misc.
Cannon's Core · Green Hill
2P Stages
Downtown Race · Grind Race · Planet Quest · Pool Quest · Deck Race · Pyramid Race
Enemies
G.U.N.
Blue Eagle · Bomb Beetle · Bomb Wing · Gold Beetle · Gum Hawk · Gun Hawk · Gun Beetle · Gun Hawk · Gun Hunter · Gun Wing · Hornet-3 · Hornet-6 · Hornet-9 · Laser Hawk · Laser Hornet · Laser Hunter · Mono Beetle · Phoenix · Rhino Cannon · Rhino Jet · Rhino Metal · Rhino Spike · Shield Hunter · Sky Hawk · Spark Beetle · Spring Beetle
Badniks
Buzz Bomber · Chopper · E-1000 · Gola · Unidus · Kiki
Misc.
Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-1 , Artificial Chaos P-100 , Cell , Float Type , Guard Type ) · Boo · Boom Boo
Bosses
B-3x Hot Shot · Biolizard · Dr. Eggman · Egg Golem · F-6t Big Foot · Finalhazard · King Boom Boo · Knuckles · R-1/A Flying Dog · Rouge · Shadow · Sonic · Tails
Moves/techniques
Amy Flash * · Black Shield * · Black Wave * · Booming Missile * · Bounce Attack · Captive Light * · Chaos Bind * · Chaos Control · Chaos Impact * · Chaos Screw * · Chaos Spear · Chaos Strike * · Charm Ray * · Crazy Rush * · Crouch · Dark Finish * · Dark Omochao * · Dig · Drill Claw · Drill Drive · Fire Somersault · Glide · Grind Step · Grinding · Hammer Punch * · Heaven's Justice * · Hell Bomber * · Hip Drop * · Hover · Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Kick/Kick Attack · Knuckle Spin * · Laser Missile * · Light Attack · Light Speed Dash · Lock-on · Lock-On Missile · Magic Hands · Omochao · Pick · Power Flash * · Power Laser * · Propeller Punch · Punch (Eggwalker) · Punch/Punch Attack · Rocket Launcher · Rumble Launcher * · Screw Kick · Somersault · Sonic Wind * · Speed Up * · Spin Jump · Spin Dash · Spiral Upper · Storming Heart * · Super Sonic Boost · Swim · Thunder Arrow * · Time Stop * · Volkan Cannon · Wrath of Gaia * · Zap Laser *
Gimmicks and obstacles
Ancient Ruin · Ball Switch · Bungie Vine · Dash Panel · Dynamite · Egg Beetle · Gravity Control Switch · Green energy fluid · Grind Rail · GUN Military Truck · High-speed warp tube · Hint Box · Hourglass · Iron ball · Jump Plate · Knuckles Clan foothold · Laser field · Missile · Pipe · Point Marker · Propeller Spring · Pulley · Ramp · Rocket · Safe · Sinking pool · Spikes · Spinning drum · Swing Bar · Time Switch · Turtle · Warp Hole · Warp Wall · Weight · Wide spring
Items
General
Air bubble · Balloon · Chao Egg · Chao Key · Chaos Emerald · Chaos Drive · Car · Container (Cage , Chao Container , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) · Emblem · Emerald Shard · Gate key · Goal Ring · Item Box (5 Rings , 10 Rings , 20 Rings , Bomb , Extra Life , Health , High-Speed Shoes , Invincible , Magnetic Shield , Shield ) · Key Stone (Gate Key ) · Meteorite · Outfit · Ring · Snowboard
Level Up Items
Air Necklace · Air Shoes · Ancient Light · Bazooka · Booster · Bounce Bracelet · Flame Ring · Hammer Gloves · Iron Boots · Jet Engine · Large Cannon · Laser Blaster · Light Speed Shoes · Magic Gloves · Mystic Melody · Pick Nails · Protective Armor · Shovel Claw · Sunglasses · Treasure Scope
Voice actors
English
Ryan Drummond (Sonic ) · Connor Bringas (Tails ) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles , GUN Soldiers ) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) · David Humphrey (Shadow ) · Lani Minella (Rouge , Omochao ) · Deem Bristow (Eggman ) · Moriah Angeline (Maria ) · Marc Biagi (Gerald , GUN Soldiers ) · Steve Broadie (President ) · Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) · Jon St. John (Big ) · Elara Distler (Tikal ) · Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Kazuki Hayashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman , Gerald ) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao ) · Yuri Shiratori (Maria ) · Kinryū Arimoto (President ) · Shun Yashiro (Big ) · Shelly Fox (Default menu voice) · Tomoko Sasaki (Chao )
Music
Songs
"It Doesn't Matter " · "Believe In Myself " · "Unknown from M.E. " · "Throw It All Away " · "E.G.G.M.A.N. " · "Fly in the Freedom " · "My Sweet Passion " · "Escape from the City " · "Kick the Rock! " · "A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup " · "Dive into the Mellow " · "Deeper " · "Space Trip Steps " · "Rhythm And Balance " · "The Supernatural " · "For True Story " · "Supporting Me " · "Live and Learn "
Albums
Multi-Dimensional Sonic Adventure 2 Original Sound Track · Passion & Pride: Anthems with Attitude from the Sonic Adventure Era · Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sampler · Sonic Adventure 2 Official Soundtrack · SONIC ADVENTURE 2 OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK VINYL EDITION · Sonic Adventure 2 Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition · Sonic Adventure 2 Vocal Collection: Cuts Unleashed
Strategy guides
Sonic Advance & Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Official Perfect Guide · Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Strongest Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure 2 Hero/Dark Manual · Sonic Adventure 2 Perfect Guide · Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Other
Altar of Emerald · Angel Island · Auto Running · Black Market · Boss Attack · Central City · Chao Adventure 2 ^ · Chao Garden (Dark , Hero , Neutral ) · Chao in Space · Chao Kindergarten · Chao Lobby · Chao Machine · Chao Race · Chao Stadium · Chao Transporter ^ · Chao World · Corkscrew · Cyclone · Eclipse Cannon · Eggman Bombom · Eggwalker · Emerald Radar · Fake Emerald · Game Over · Gerald Robotnik's diary · Grind Shoes · Health Gauge · Hidden Base · Kart Race · Life · Loop · Master Emerald · Moon · Neuro-Immune Deficiency Syndrome · Prison Island · Project Shadow · Rank · Space Colony ARK · Station Square · Teleporter · Totem pole · Tunnel · Water