Board Thread:Sonic News Channel/@comment-26567650-20141116054544/@comment-679780-20141230221807

Beren Camlost wrote: Well the medals weren't like emblems (you probably know this), as you HAD to earn them to progress the story. I'm still scarred from Adabat day. Oh you mean Sonic Unleashed medals, yeah they were much worst than Sonic '06 medals. The prime reason why I have yet to finish the game.

If collecting is an important aspect to story progress, why not have the Chaos Emeralds be located the the Special Zone to collect?