Headscratchers / Mario Party 9

• In Boo's Horror Castle, the animation that plays when a Boo catches up to the players (he opens his mouth, sticks out his tongue, and the mini-stars fly up towards him) suggests that they're eating the mini-stars. How can they do this if, as ghosts, they have no need to eat?
  • Need, no. Want/Desire to? Yes.
• In the Chain Chomp boss fight, the characters aren't strapped or chained or whatever to their carts. So why don't the people who are facing the Chain Chomp simply bail out of the cart?