In order to get a chocobo, you must have a Moogle with the Chocobo Knight job.
After that, find a quest/location WITH chocobos.
To actually GET a chocobo, you must get it to Critical HP and then...
Near the begginning of chapter two there is a battle at the begginning of which you can choose to ignore the chocobo or rescue him, if you rescue him he will become a part of your party and you will...
You find chocobos in random monster battles (although you can usually catch them in quest battles, too, if they're present). The type (color) of chocobo you find depends on the area and month. (For a...
Different from the conventional Final fantasy games. It uses a battle system not unlike that of Tactics Ogre and it's more strategy based than the other Final Fantasies. It's storyline is also...
Incidently, yes you can. He can be in your party, and comes with a special job. However, he is level 1 (regardless of your party's level) and needs to be trained a lot before he is any use.