Two questions about the mains as bosses.
One, hypothetically, if these features were in the game, could these floors be done solo or is it a team effort type deal?
And two, would you still receive research for the mains during the boss floors, and how much would it be?
I imagine it is technically possible to do it it both solo and team effort it is much more difficult solo especially with certain toons for certain bosses. For example, Connie and Shrimpo would be terrible solos against T Pebble with their terrible speed. While you do have islands to hide its not ideal to stay for long periods of time.
You still have to answer the questions correctly with T Vee only without a team you have to answer all of them and hope you got them right. As a team everyone gets a turn to answer a question.
With T Sprout you have to be quicker to get all the ingredients and complete all the skill checks by yourself. As a team everyone can complete the tasks faster.
Same thing with T Bobbette as solo you can still be able to complete the tasks just takes longer as a team.
You won't have too much issue with T Astro just be mindful when he starts waking up.
T Gourdy's difficulty doesn't really change all that much, the tricks and treats are randomized and it all depends on how closely you pay attention.
With T Shelly and T Bassie it's also possible to do solo just takes longer.
T Pebble might be the most difficult to deal with as a solo unless you're a fast toon and have items or trinkets that can regenerate stamina faster.
You'll still receive research on them after completing their floor but you won't have capsules to collect. Just visiting their floor gives you 1% research, completing it gives you 2%. Of course it's doubled when playing as Rodger. So you won't miss out on research if you die it will just take multiple runs and a lot of patience.