Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24714013-20150324035248/@comment-679780-20150325192638

Beren Camlost wrote: Special Zones are too big of a pain to include as a requirement to finish the story. Nobody wants to replay the story over and over to get the lucky charms. They could just make the special stages automatically replayable, but they're still generally gimmicky and annoying. Well, I found Sonic Lost Worlds (Wii U) alternative quite clever. Collecting all the Red Rings to get a Chaos Emerald. But that will have even more unneccisary replay value.