Quote Originally Posted by Terran
Also you have to get some stuff from the chocobo sage in order to make a green or blue chocobo, and you can ONLY reach the chocobo sage once you get the airship.
That's not neciasarily true. You can get a gold chocobo without even giving the sage a glance. And you could easily get there with a black chocobo, since you can get to Bone Village with the Tiny Bronco and mountains are easily crossable by it.