Booksquirm
| Booksquirm | ||
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| Appears in | Mario Party 4 Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Party Superstars | |
| Type | 4-Player minigame (Mario Party 4, Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars) Extra Room minigame (Mario Party 4) | |
| Initial record | 5 (Mario Party Superstars) | |
| Music track | Loud and Sweet | |
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Booksquirm is a 4-Player minigame in Mario Party 4, Mario Party: The Top 100, and Mario Party Superstars.
Overview[edit]
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.[1] 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.[citation needed]
Controls[edit]
Mario Party 4[edit]
– Move
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
: Move
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
– Move
In-game text[edit]
Mario Party 4[edit]
- Game Rules – "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 – "Look for shadows in the falling page to find the passage to the next page."
Mario Party: The Top 100[edit]
- Description – "Stand under the holes in the falling pages so you don't get flattened!"
- On-screen – "Don't let the pages flatten you!"
Mario Party Superstars[edit]
- In-game description
- English:
Stand under the holes in the falling pages so you don't get flattened!
- English:
Gallery[edit]
Challenge version
Ending
Mario Party: The Top 100
Naming[edit]
The title is a pun on "bookworm," which is someone who reads a lot of books.
Names in other languages[edit]
Booksquirm[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ぱらぱらブック[?] Parapara bukku |
Pattering Book | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 洞洞书[?] Dòng Dòng Shū |
Perforated Book | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 洞洞書[?] Dòng Dòng Shū |
Perforated Book | |
| Dutch | Boekenwurm[?] | Bookworm | |
| French | Serre-Livre[?] | Bookend | Mario Party 4 |
| Serre-Livre Extrême[?] | Bookend Extreme | Mario Party: The Top 100 and Superstars | |
| German | Druckerpresse[?] | Printing Press | |
| Italian | Attenti al libro[?] | Watch out for/Beware of the book | |
| Korean | 책 속의 대소동[?] Chaek Sogeui Daesodong |
Commotion in a Book | |
| Portuguese | Escapágina[?] | Portmanteau of escapar ("to escape") and página ("page") | |
| Russian | В переплете[?] V pereplyote |
In the binder | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Me libro del libro[?] | I escape from the book | |
| Spanish (NOE) | El mamotreto[?] | The Huge Tome |
Challenge Booksquirm[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | チャレンジぱらぱらブック[?] Charenji parapara bukku |
Challenge Pattering Book | |
| French | Serre-Livre Extrême[?] | Bookend Extreme | |
| German | Druckerpresse Plus[?] | Printing Press Plus | |
| Italian | Sfida col libro[?] | Book challenge | |
| Spanish (NOE) | El pesado mamotreto[?] | The Annoying/Heavy Huge Tome |
Notes[edit]
- The book cover in all regional releases shows PARAPARA BOOK, a romanization of the minigame's Japanese name.
References[edit]
- ^ Nahoc (December 24, 2012). (TAS) Booksquirm - 99 Pages (Mario Party 4). YouTube (English). Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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