as for nights, beating the game required all c ranks each level to unlock wizeman level. forgot to mention.
yeah s ranks where hard, took a lot trys to get it. and yup on shards! i lie chao garden. oh neat i got my chao to look like shadow/sonic/ and got tails chao from transfer phantasty star online game. and nights lookalike chao.
and yup shadow was my top favorite from adventure games, lol even got his other game.
anything food related goes into a fridge, so who knows with nova.