Final Fantasy 6

Characters

There are 12 characters + 2 hidden characters in this game. If you have action replay/game shark, there will be another 2 character available

MAIN CHARACTERS

Terra

Special ability: Morph

This is the first character you will control. She is half Esper and half human.

When leveling up she will learn a few skills automatically, such as Cure/Cure 2, Fire/Fire 2/Fire 3, Life/Life 2, Merton and Ultima (!). But to get the strong spells (Fire 3, Life 2 and Ultima) you will need to be on a very high level. When you use “Morph”, she will transform into an Esper, which makes her spells and physical attacks more powerful. This only lasts for a certain amount of time. The more battles you fight without using it, the longer it will last when you eventually use it.

Locke

Special ability: Steal

Locke is a thief but prefers to be called “Treasure Hunter”. The “Steal” ability lets you steal items from enemies, such as healing items and sometimes even weapons and armors.

Edgar

Special ability: Tools

Edgar is the King of Figaro. As his parents passed away, either he or his younger brother had to become the new king. He sacrificed his freedom in order to fulfill his brother’s wish and became the new king. The “Tools” command lets you use tools (such as “Auto Crossbow” and “Chainsaw”). They usually do heavy damage, making it very valuable.

Sabin

Special ability: Blitz

Sabin is Edgar’s younger brother. He didn’t want to sacrifice his freedom, just because the country needed a new king. “Blitz” is a really odd command. You have to press buttons in a certain order to do special moves. If you look under the “Skills” menu in the main menu screen, you will see in which order you have to press the buttons. A very good ability, since some of them can deliver some really heavy damage.

Celes

Special ability: Runic

She worked earlier for the “Empire”, but realized that the empires’ doing wasn’t right. She and Terra are the only characters that learn spells without the help of the Espers. The “Runic” ability absorbs the enemy’s magic moves as MP. This comes really in handy. “Runic” can only be used if Celes has a sword equipped.

Shadow

Special ability: Throw

Now this guy is really something. He works for the empire and kills people in order to get cash. Sometimes during the battle his dog, Interceptor, comes and attacks one enemy, doing very surprisingly heavy damage. It will sometimes also take the damage that is done to Shadow. You must have this guy in your team. The “Throw” command lets you throw an unequipped weapon or other throwing weapons (Shuriken, elemental Edges) at your enemy. Very good, but it could get expensive to buy the weapons/throwing weapons.

Cyan

Special ability: SwdTech (Sword techs)

He is a skilled swordsman. His family was poisoned by Kefka, which made him join the others in order to fight the “Empire”. “SwdTech” is quite good. When pressing the “SwdTech” command in battle, a bar will appear. Above the bar are the numbers 1-8. If you wait, the bar will begin to fill up. When the bar has filled up to a certain number (depending on what move you want to do), just press the confirm button and Cyan will attack. If you look under the “Skills” menu in the main menu screen, you will see what the moves do.

Gau

Special ability: Leap/Rage

I hate this guy. Animals raised him since his parent’s didn’t want him. He doesn’t have a “Fight” command. Instead, he has something called “Rage”. “Leap”

Sucks really hard. When you use this move, Gau will leave your party. Then you will need to fight a few battles and after certain battle Gau will come back a new “Rage” moves. This can only be used on the “Veldt”.

Setzer

Special ability: Slot

He’s pretty OK. He is a gambler and uses cards and darts as his weapons (!). He is the owner of the world’s only airship. When you use “Slot”, you will have to get three objects that identical to each other (just like a real slot machine). Certain objects do certain attacks. If the objects aren’t identical, you will se a funny looking rabbit that will give you a small healing.

Mog

Special ability: Dance

A well-known creature in the Final Fantasy games. This is a very valuable character, since he repels enemies if he has the “Moogle Charm” equipped.

The “Dance” ability is pretty similar to Gau’s “Leap”. Dance’s can be learned by certain enemies. The good thing with “Dance” is that Mog doesn’t leave your party like Gau does.

Strago

Special ability: Lore

An old man with magical gifts. Nothing more to say about this guy. “Lore” is pretty OK. You will learn new “Lore’s” if enemies use them on Strago. When using “Lore” you will use up MP, just like normal magic.

Relm

Special ability: Sketch

She is only 11 years old and is Stargo’s granddaughter. She is a very good painter. When you use “Sketch” you will copy an enemy and begin to use his attack (it’s just like having an enemy fighting for you).

HIDDEN CHARACTERS

Umaro

Special ability: -

Umaro is one of Mog’s friends. You can’t control him. He will just fight by himself, using only physical attacks. You will need Mog to get this guy.

Gogo

Special ability: Mimic

This guy is probably the best character in the game. He has only one command: “Mimic”. It lets you use an attack that the previous character used. Pretty cool (but sometimes VERY irritating).

CHEAT CHARACTERS

These characters are only available if you have certain cheats. Unfortunately I don’t know them and I don’t know so much about the characters either.

General Leo

Special ability: Shock

He works for the “Empire” as a general. He is actually a good guy that cares about every soldier’s live. Unfortunately, he dies in a battle against Kefka. You will get to control him during 1 battle against Kefka (even if you don’t have the needed cheat codes).

Kefka

Special ability: ????

He is the bad guy in this game and is the final Boss. And that’s about that…

Espers

In this section I will list the available Espers in FF6. The “Esper system” is comparable to the “Job Class system” in FF5, the “Materia system” in FF7 and the “Weapon system” in FF9: They will teach your characters magic spells, if they are equipped on them. You can summon each equipped Esper once per battle. To do that, choose the “MAGIC” command in battle and press the direction button up until the Espers name appears. Finally confirm it by pressing the “X”-button. This list shows the name of the Esper, the name of its attack, MP costs, effect and the Location where you can find them. I will explain the locations closer in the Walkthrough.

Ramuh – Bolt Fist 25 MP

Effect: Lightning-elemental attack

Location: Tower in Zozo

Kirin - Life Guard 18 MP

Effect: Gradually recovers HP of all members/casts “REGEN” on the entire party

Location: Tower in Zozo

Siren – Hope Song 16 MP

Effect: Silences enemies

Location: Tower in Zozo

Stray – Cat Rain 28 MP

Effect: Confuses enemies

Location: Tower in Zozo

Ifrit – Inferno 26 MP

Effect: Fire-elemental attack

Location: After defeating Ifrit and Shiva in the Magitek Factory

Shiva – Gem Dust 27 MP

Effect: Ice-elemental attack

Location: After defeating Ifrit and Shiva in the Magitek Factory

Unicorn – Heal Horn 30 MP

Effect: Casts “REMEDY” on the entire party