The New tSR Lounge

[Kriven]

I think the Chao would lend themselves really well to an actual RPG. Take the Chao Garden part of SA2, replace all the characters with Tikal.

In the Chao Garden you control Tikal and raise the Chao, you can then choose which four Chao you want to take out of the Garden and send out to continue the main quest. One of those Chao will get to pilot the Chao Walker (which changes between Hero, Devil, and Normal depending on your Chao's affiliation.)