Editing Booksquirm

{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:Booksquirm 4.png|260px]]<br>''Mario Party 4''<br>[[File:Top100Booksquirm.png|260px]]<br>''Mario Party: The Top 100''<br>[[File:Booksquirm MPS.png|260px]]<br>''Mario Party Superstars''
|type=4-Player minigame
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 4]]''<br>''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''<br>''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|record=5 (''Mario Party Superstars'')
|track=Loud and Sweet
|sample=''Mario Party 4'':<br>[[File:MP4 Loud and Sweet.oga]]<br>''Mario Party: The Top 100'':<br>[[File:MPTT100 Loud and Sweet.oga]]<br>''Mario Party Superstars'':<br>[[File:MPS Loud and Sweet.oga]]
}}
'''Booksquirm''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 4]]'',  ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''. The minigame's name is a pun on the word "bookworm," a term used to describe a person who reads a lot of books.

==Introduction==
A book is shown opening, then the four players land onto the page. The words in the book are arranged in incomprehensible structures, comparable to {{wp|lorem ipsum}} text.

==Gameplay==
Pages of the book begin to turn (fall), so the players must find holes in the pages to avoid being flattened. Players can share a hole. As time goes on, the pages turn much faster, and the number of holes in each page decreases. This process continues until one character is left standing. In ''Mario Party 4'', if the remaining players get flattened at the same time, the game is a draw; in ''The Top 100'' and ''Superstars'', this is the case only if all four players are flattened simultaneously.

[[File:Challengebooksquirm.png|thumb|Challenge Booksquirm]]
In ''Mario Party 4'', there is also an unlockable version of Booksquirm, called '''Challenge Booksquirm''', which can be earned by playing the original Booksquirm in a party, and can then be selected in the Extra Room. It challenges the player to see how many pages they can last until their character is squashed. If the player manages to surpass 15 pages, a [[Goomba]] plate is placed in the minigame [[Present Room]]. Challenge Booksquirm also ends after any player manages to pass through 99 pages.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Nahoc|date=December 24, 2012|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNy2KXEkLUg|title=(TAS) Booksquirm - 99 Pages (Mario Party 4)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=July 16, 2024}}</ref>

In ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'', a falling sound plays each time the pages turn. Also, the players make disappointed noises when flattened.

In ''Mario Party Superstars'', an "Endless" mode, which follows the rules of Challenge Booksquirm, can be accessed from Free Play. It is not truly endless, as the game ends after the player reaches 999 pages.

==Ending==
[[File:Booksquirm Ending.png|thumb|240px|The ending to Booksquirm]]
In ''Mario Party 4'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'', the camera zooms in on the winning character, who does their victory pose. If no players remain, nothing happens.

==Controls==
===''Mario Party 4''===
*{{button|gcn|Stick}} &ndash; Move

===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*{{button|3ds|Stick}}: Move

===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*{{button|switch|stick}} &ndash; Move

==In-game text==
===''Mario Party 4''===
*'''Game Rules''' &ndash; ''"Avoid getting flattened by the pages! Find a hole in the falling page and position yourself so you fit through to the next page!"''
*'''Advice''' &ndash; ''"Look for shadows in the falling page to find the passage to the next page."''

===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*'''Description''' &ndash; ''"Stand under the holes in the falling pages so you don't get flattened!"''
*'''On-screen''' &ndash; ''"Don't let the pages flatten you!"''

===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*''"Stand under the holes in the falling pages so you don't get flattened!"''

==Names in other languages==
===Booksquirm===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ぱらぱらブック
|JapR=Parapara bukku
|JapM=Pattering Book
|ChiS=洞洞书
|ChiSR=Dòng Dòng Shū
|ChiSM=Perforated Book
|ChiT=洞洞書
|ChiTR=Dòng Dòng Shū
|ChiTM=Perforated Book
|Dut=Boekenwurm
|DutM=Bookworm
|Fre=Serre-Livre
|FreN=''Mario Party 4''
|FreM=Bookend
|Fre2=Serre-Livre Extrême
|Fre2N=''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Superstars''
|Fre2M=Bookend Extreme 
|Ger=Druckerpresse
|GerM=Printing Press
|Ita=Attenti al libro
|ItaM=Watch out for/Beware of the book
|Kor=책 속의 대소동
|KorR=Chaek Sogeui Daesodong
|KorM=Commotion in a Book
|Por=Escapágina
|PorM=Portmanteau of ''escapar'' (to escape) and ''página'' (page)
|Rus=В переплете
|RusR=V pereplyote
|RusM=In the binder
|SpaA=Me libro del libro
|SpaAM=I escape from the book
|SpaE=El mamotreto
|SpaEM=The Huge Tome
}}

===Challenge Booksquirm===
{{foreign names
|Jap=チャレンジぱらぱらブック
|JapR=Charenji parapara bukku
|JapM=Challenge Pattering Book
|Fre=Serre-Livre Extrême
|FreM=Bookend Extreme
|Ger=Druckerpresse Plus
|GerM=Printing Press Plus
|Ita=Sfida col libro
|ItaM=Book challenge
|SpaE=El pesado mamotreto
|SpaEM=The Annoying/Heavy Huge Tome
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:Booksquirm Cover.png|thumb|150px|right|]]
*The cover of the book has the title '''PARAPARA BOOK''', which is a romanization of the minigame's Japanese name. This is even the case in international releases of the game.
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==References==
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{{MP4 minigames}}
{{MPTT100 minigames}}
{{MPS minigames}}
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 4 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party Superstars minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party: The Top 100 minigames]]
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