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"What are the highest Luck and Intelligence Grades legitimately possible for my Chao in the 'HD' version of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle?" In March of 2024, I asked this simple question upon revisiting one of my childhood GameCube games, having been rereleased on Steam in 2012. I had decided to try my hand at Chao breeding all these years later, only for that single question to drop me into a rabbit hole of information deeper than I ever expected. ... But I would soon find out that there was still plenty of information about this game's Chao mechanics that wasn't readily available, wasn't clearly compiled, or perhaps wasn't ever even documented before. Two months later, I intend for this video to fix that. 📝 My Original Research Document: • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CBWbIdSDbw3PYiGJ0pmawawQMFf0cZ5DNHjxVUkNYbY/edit?usp=sharing 💾 Sources: • Chao Island - https://chao-island.com/ • Weeks of my own efforts • Sonic Wiki - https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_Wiki_Zone • Sega Retro - https://segaretro.org/Dai%2018-kai%20Jisedai%20World%20Hobby%20Fair • Game Watch - https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20030621/whf.htm • Chaoler - http://chaoler.net/data/dictionary.php?item=tsuyatsuyashadouchao • SegaKore - http://backup.segakore.fr/sonicteam/whf/whf2.html 🎶 Soundtrack: • Brain Power | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTGEw_x8d10 • A Moment's Peace - Yuji Takenouchi | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSkJqhYeAnk • Town Hall - Animal Crossing: New Horizons Soundtrack | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rll7QDBvHz4 • Sonic Adventure 2 OST - Chao Transporter | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdvlgrYx4ZY • Mitsuhiro Tada - South Island (Full Track Remaster) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOs7v6DJlAg • Unknown from M.E. ver.1 (Instrumental) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDN3KvUqFWA • Join Us 4 Happy Time ... for CHAO Race | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=439zAAgeDzw • Team Chaotix - Theme of Team Chaotix (Instrumental) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJPluIqS4pU • CHEMICAL PLANT : ACT1 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpwrzaO1Aaw • SPECIALZ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RaU8K8sLTM • Twinkle Cart ... for Twinkle Park | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lwgSKWHME • Bomberman 64: The Second Attack - Planet Select | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2EA7OpSbuY • CHALLENGE / MISSION 5 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCFQ0AotQ0Y • Save Theme - Resident Evil 4 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kwvrg2RDrU • Stardust Speedway Zone Act 1 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z2WagF1Gd8 • Staff Roll - Masaru Setsumaru | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRiaq6VH8Po • Dive Into the Mellow - Aquatic Mine (Instrumental) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHTwukD8zzE • Theme of "E-102γ" | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5e4w3t9LQ • Live & Learn | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My-WSM-6QlE CHAPTERS: 0:00 - YouTube-Exclusive Intro (Part 1) 0:40 - An Honest Fireside Chat 1:50 - Wait, Animal Crossing?! (YT Intro Part 2) 5:26 - Things To Know (Actual Start of Research Doc) 7:15 - What Kicked This Research Off? 9:22 - Starting a Fresh Chao Save 11:07 - A Rarely Mentioned Secret 14:57 - Character Egg Groups 16:35 - The Search for High Luck & Intelligence 19:03 - ABCDE Chao, the Limit Breakers 25:10 - Testing the Tiny Chao Garden 28:31 - Achieving Inheritable Grade 255 Luck & Intelligence 31:36 - Ultimately Irrelevant Loose Ends (Part 1) 33:22 - Brief Intermission 34:08 - Ultimately Irrelevant Loose Ends (Part 2) 38:33 - Closing Remarks (End of Research Document) 42:56 - YouTube-Exclusive Closing Remarks 43:46 - Video Game Preservation 44:40 - What and How, Not Why 45:18 - HAVE YOU SEEN THESE LOST CHAO?! 48:19 - Typical YouTube Outro #chaogarden #sonicadventure #sonic