I have Locke, Squall, Terra, Firion, and Vaan at level 99 currently. Working on Cloud, Ashe, Yuna and ??? (either Seifer or Kain) right now. I have only 5 characters left to unlock although one is Aerith so technically I have only 4 left.

You need at least a level 51 Dark Note to get Navy shards. Here's a guide to help:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=39584270&postc...

I was very lucky to find a level 59 Dark Note with a very easy third boss (Goblin) that dropped Navy shards last night. It takes forever to unlock a character with all the farming you have to do and I end up getting sick of whatever tracks I had to play over and over before I manage to get someone. Got Kain and Seifer last night from the same boss.

White and Black shards are the hardest for me. I never seem to find a Dark Note with an easy boss to farm or tracks that aren't crazy difficult for me.

If you need to find shards, I suggest you use characters that learn Libra (Locke is one). It allows you to automatically find out 2 (or more depending on how many have Libra) items in the new Dark Note you unlock. It makes it easier to find out if a Dark Note has the shards you need.

I only ever found Navy shards in a level 94 Dark Note (which was the hardest Dark Note I've found in my opinion) and a level 99 Dark Note.
I guess that's just my bad luck, but I managed to unlock Kain eventually from the level 99 note.

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You guys make me feel bad at this game.

At a scale Of 1/100 How Much Will You give it @BenAV ?

Naw, I'm bad at it too. I'm just concentrating on leveling characters and unlocking characters right now before I start playing for score and getting better ranks. I got so many Bahamut Magicites last night from the same level 59 Dark Note. Locke had 2 Steal skills equipped which is awesome. Skills stack so I assume the same can be said for Steal.

My profile now has Locke on it with the byline "Damnably talented Thief." I am sad there's no 'Treasure Hunter' in the options. There's so many good adjectives that I can't think of a byline I'd like to use permanently. I think I'll stick with the one I have right now for a bit.

@TysonQ7 I was pretty terrible when I first started playing but I've improved quite a bit with over 50 hours practice.

@Mahary My name isn't Bean D: And I'd probably give it as high as 95/100. I've been really enjoying it and it's going to last me for over 100 hours it seems.
Best third party 3DS game yet.

@Donjwolf I have mine currently set to 'The chosen legendary chocobo rider'.

Nearly finished getting SSS on the FFVI basic course, which means there'll be just seven more courses for me to do tomorrow before I can be done with basic difficulty forever.

I have a question :

I'm really wanting this game, since I love Final Fantasy as a series and its music, but there's something I'm worried about.
I haven't played every game in the series, so I'm worried that some of the Event Music might give away some of the story to the games I haven't gotten to yet...?

@Emaan I'm definitely not the best person to answer your question as I haven't really played much of any Final Fantasy game besides IV but as far as the EMS go, it seems like they could potentially give away a little bit of maybe one or two of the stories I guess but I don't think so much that it'd ruin anything.
I don't feel like anything's been spoilt for me in case I ever decide to play all the games... but you might want to get the opinion of some people who actually know more about the games though.

If you can ignore the potential spoilers though, you definitely must get this game.

Honestly they don't reveal that much. Maybe the one big spoiler from FF7...but other than that not really

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Im Sorry :3 im Getting This Game !!

That's not a spoiler. EVERYONE and their dog knows about that. Heck, I've never played a single Final Fantasy, and that was the first thing I knew about it. :3

It`s hard to say. FFVIII`s EMS has some scenes from the ending which may spoil some stuff although you won`t notice it at first when you see it. It`s not really a spoiler per se, but it does clear up a loose end. The plot doesn`t specifically say it to you when you play it though so it`s not a giant obvious spoiler like what you see in FFVII (although -that- spoiler is so well known that I`d be more amazed if you don`t know it by now).

Yeah I'm pretty sure everyone knows about what happens in FF7, wasn't worried about that one.

Just pretty much FF6, FF8, FF9, FF10, FF12
Those are the ones I haven't played yet / would like to someday.

FFXII and X is fine and spoiler free. FFIX has some scenes from the ending but nothing spoileriffic I don`t think. FFVI is the same.

You could just pay attention to the notes and ignor the backgrounds. :3

@Donjwolf, thanks. So FF8 is spoiler-ish?

@TysonQ7, yeah I could do that

That`s an option, but some of the scenes they`ve chosen are some of the best scenes in the game. It`s kinda hard not to look even though you should be paying attention to the notes. I`m happy you can unlock them just for viewing in the Theatre :3

Hmm, decisions decisions! I'd really like to try out the demo, but it hasn't arrived in the US eShop yet.

I don't.

Point and laugh kids. Point and laugh.