**Mushroom Kingdom's economy must be booming if they can afford to have their main hero shift to playground construction.** Surely, the castles Mario has invaded had some treasure rooms he could use to **fund the project,** right? By the way, anyone else thinking about the safety standards of a playground …

The only way I can see a Mario Party without minigames working is if they seriously ramped up the strategy element. Maybe putting more emphasis on board game tactics, but then wouldn't that be a different genre entirely?