[quote=@VitaVitaAR]
Oh, yes, when I said destruction with no intervention is dumb, I certainly feel as if destruction with opportunity for defense is perfectly fine and we'll probably be seeing it.

The reason it was an issue with the Mushroom Kingdom is that its defense disappeared, and there was no way for the UMMA player characters to get there at the moment.
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Are you telling me Waluigi's missing?

Also, just because you can't get there at the moment doesn't mean you can't get there on time. From a dramatic standpoint, it's more tense if the thing you're defending takes some damage anyways.