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Yeah, I've thought of that too, make her a Chao summoner! she could crush her enemies under the force of hundreds of angry chao!
but that's too RPG-ish for sega, and cream isn't a hedgehog, she's not a relevant enough of a character to be given magical powers, not even Tails is allowed to be relevant, and his supposed IQ is pretty much a magical power all itself!
Though I'm forgetting, not even the other Hedgehogs are allowed to be relevant anymore