Chao Karate

Chao Karate
Game: Sonic Adventure 2
Type: Chao mini-game
Number of players: 1-2

Chao Karate is a Chao-based mini-game found in the Chao Cave in the Normal Chao Garden in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and the second Chao-based mini game along with Chao Races. In the 2012 re-release, the Battle DLC is required to play this mini-game.

Gameplay

In this game, the player can choose to play a Tournament Game or an Inter-league Game. The Tournament Game is the main single-player mode where the player's Chao fights other Chao in a sequence of 5 Chao in order to claim victory, while the Inter-league Game allows a Chao from the Memory Card in Slot A to battle a Chao from the Memory Card in Slot B.

The player's Chao must defeat the other Chao by comically punching and kicking the other Chao, with the Chao learning stronger attacks as the player levels up their stats, which have different purposes here: Swim becomes the Chao's Defense, which decreases damage taken; Fly is Stealth, which raises the likelihood of dodging attacks; Run is Speed, which is how quickly the Chao attacks; Power is Power, which is how powerful the Chao's attacks are; and Stamina is Health, which is the Chao's overall vitality.

In addition to a health bar, Chao have a Zeal bar that measures their motivation and energy. The Zeal bar gradually decreases over time, but it will increase if the Chao lands a hit on the opponent, and will significantly decrease if the Chao takes damage or misses an attack. If the Zeal bar empties out completely, the Chao loses the will to fight and will start playing around, leaving them vulnerable to attack. The player cannot do much during the fight except watch, but when their Chao loses all their zeal, they need to hit repeatedly to get their Chao back on their feet and fighting again. The two hidden stats affect the Chao's zeal - Intelligence decreases how quickly the Zeal bar decreases, and Luck increases how quickly the player can recover the Chao's zeal.

To win, the player's Chao must fully deplete their opponent's health bar or knock them out of the ring before the timer runs out or they are knocked out themselves. If the timer reaches zero, the Chao with the most remaining health is declared the winner.

Difficulty level

There are multiple difficulty levels: Beginner, Standard, Expert and Super; with the last only being unlocked once a Chao completes the Expert difficulty. Winning each difficulty level awards the player with one Emblem, up to a total of four. The opponents the player's Chao will face on each difficulty are as follows:

Level	Chao 1	Chao 2	Chao 3	Chao 4	Chao 5
Beginner	Chaosky	Chaolin	Chaoko	Dinner	Happy
Standard	Lucky	Smokey	Stormy	Spooky	Stinky
Expert	Magic	Skull	Tin	Rainbow	Wacky
Super	Crunch	Wacky	Crystal	Angel	Flash