When running the game on PC, you are allowed to use the "DLC Restoration" mod to enable the Legend of Zelda DLC. This stage provides an alternative for animal grinding, and it's the primary method of doing so on the Wii U release as that version has significantly higher animal requirements to unlock each stage.

To help maintain parity between the two versions, if you're using the restoration mod on PC, you must also use a mod to increase the animal requirements to match Wii U. Links to both will be provided below.

Step 1: Download Hedge Mod Manager Hedge Mod Manager (HMM) is used to easily install and manage mods for most Hedgehog Engine games, including Sonic Lost World. You can find it here. https://gamebanana.com/tools/6311 Step 2: Download the DLC Restoration Once you have HMM installed, you can do this in one click from the mod's Gamebanana page. It's recommended to use the latest version (at time of writing, 2.2.0, but HMM should prompt you to automatically update if your version is out of date). https://gamebanana.com/mods/351033Step 3: Download the Animal Requirement Mod Just like before, you can find this on Gamebanana. https://gamebanana.com/mods/501348