Editing Booksquirm

{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:Booksquirm 4.png|260px]]
|type=4-Player minigame (''Mario Party 4'', ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'')<br>Extra Room minigame (''Mario Party 4'')
|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]]''.

==Overview==
[[File:Booksquirm MPS.png|thumb|left|Gameplay from ''Mario Party Superstars'']]
Players try to stand under holes in the pages of a giant book they fall, one after the other. The pages move faster as gameplay continues, with fewer pages to stand under, a process that continues until only one player remains. If all players are flattened, it is a draw, though this occurs in the ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars'' versions only if all four players are flattened at once.

There is an unlockable version titled '''Challenge Booksquirm''' in ''Mario Party 4'', unlocked for the Extra Room after playing the original Booksquirm, and the goal is for the player to pass through as many pages as possible, up to 99.<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> If the player manages to surpass 15 pages, a [[Goomba]] plate is placed in the minigame [[Present Room]]. The variation was later redone as the "Endless" mode in ''Mario Party Superstars'', following the rules of Challenge Booksquirm but ending after 999 pages.<ref>{{cite|url=https://youtu.be/F-1NeXs6X2c|title=Booksquirm <nowiki>[999 MAX world record]</nowiki> Mario party superstars|date=November 12, 2022|accessdate=March 26, 2025|publisher=YouTube|author=Hudson}}</ref>
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==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''===
{{multilang profile
|type=game
|Eng=Stand under the holes in the falling pages so you don't get flattened!}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Challengebooksquirm.png|Challenge version
Booksquirm Ending.png|Ending
Top100Booksquirm.png|''Mario Party: The Top 100''
</gallery>

==Naming==
The title is a pun on "bookworm," a term used to describe a person who reads a lot of books.

===Names in other languages===
====Booksquirm====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ぱらぱらブック
|JpnR=Parapara bukku
|JpnM=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
|Jpn=チャレンジぱらぱらブック
|JpnR=Charenji parapara bukku
|JpnM=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
}}

==Notes==
[[File:Booksquirm Cover.png|thumb|100px]]
*The book cover in all regional releases shows '''''PARAPARA BOOK''''', a romanization of the minigame's Japanese name.
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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]]
[[it:Attenti al libro]]