Booksquirm

Booksquirm is a 4-Player mini-game in Mario Party 4. It later made a reappearance in Mario Party: The Top 100 and Mario Party Superstars.

Gameplay[]

The players must move around on the bottom of the book and hide on the open holes that fall from the top pages in order to avoid being squished. As time goes on, the pages fall faster and the number of holes to hide in decrease and so does their size. The last player standing wins (though draws happen as well).

Controls[]

- Move

Trivia[]

Booksquirm is a pun of the word/phrase "book worm".
The objective of advancing in Booksquirm is a reference to a stunt performed by actor Buster Keaton: the front of a 3-story house collapsed on him, but he survived as he stood in the area of a single window through which he could fit.

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Characters	Main (Playable)	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Wario • Yoshi • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Princess Daisy
Characters	Other	Toad • Goomba • Shy Guy • Boo • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy Well • Big Boo • Genie of the Lamp • Thwomp • Whomp • Inflatable Thwomp • Ztar • Koopa Kid • Bowser
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Mini-games	4-player	Avalanche! • Bob-omb Breakers • Booksquirm • Domination • Long Claw of the Law • Manta Rings • Mario Medley • Mario Speedwagons • Mr. Blizzard's Brigade • Paratrooper Plunge • Photo Finish • Slime Time • Stamp Out! • Take a Breather • Three Throw • Toad's Quick Draw
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	Misc.	Barrel Baron • Beach Volley Folly • Bob-omb X-ing • Bowser Wrestling • Challenge Booksquirm • Doors of Doom • Goomba Stomp • Jigsaw Jitters • Mushroom Medic • Panels of Doom • Panel Panic • The Final Battle!
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Characters	Non-playable	Blooper • Bob-omb • Boo • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Donkey Kong • Fishin' Lakitu • Gold Goomba • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Inflatable Thwomp • King Bob-omb • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Mecha Fly Guy • Monty Mole • Penguin • Petey Piranha • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Shy Guy • Spear Guy • Thwomp • Toad (species) • Toad (character) • Toadette • Ukiki • Urchin • Whittle • Whomp
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Minigames	1	Bombs Away (F-f-A) • Desert Dash (2v2) • Face Lift (F-f-A) • Piranha's Pursuit (1v3) • Shy Guy Says (F-f-A) • Tug o' War (1v3)
	2	Bowser's Big Blast (F-f-A) • Bumper Balls (F-f-A) • Cake Factory (2v2) • Dizzy Dancing (F-f-A) • Handcar Havoc (2v2) • Hexagon Heat (F-f-A) • Honeycomb Havoc (F-f-A) • Looney Lumberjacks • Mecha-Marathon (F-f-A) • Roll Call (F-f-A) • Shell Shocked (F-f-A) • Slot Car Derby (F-f-A) • Speed Hockey (2v2)
	3	Bounce 'n' Trounce (F-f-A) • Chip Shot Challenge (F-f-A) • Eatsa Pizza (2v2) • Ice Rink Risk (F-f-A) • Mush Pit (F-f-A) • Rockin' Raceway • Snowball Summit • Storm Chasers (F-f-A) • The Beat Goes On (F-f-A) • Three Door Monty (F-f-A) • Tidal Toss (1v3) • Vine With Me (Duel)
	4	Beach Volley Folley (2v2) • Blame It on the Crane (1v3) • Booksquirm (F-f-A) • GOOOOOOOAL!! (1v3) • Hide and Go BOOM! (1v3) • Kareening Koopas (Duel) • Mario Speedwagons (F-f-A) • Order Up (2v2) • Paths of Peril (F-f-A) • Revers-a-Bomb (2v2) • The Final Battle! (Solo) • The Great Deflate (2v2) • Three Throw (F-f-A) • Trace Race (F-f-A)
	5	Button Mashers (Duel) • Cage-in Cookin' (F-f-A) • Coney Island • Defuse or Lose • Dinger Derby • Heat Stroke • Hotel Goomba • Ice Hockey (2v2) • Later Skater (F-f-A) • Leaf Leap (F-f-A) • Manic Mallets (2v2) • Night Light Fright (F-f-A) • Pushy Penguins (F-f-A) • Shy Guy Showdown (Duel) • Squared Away (1v3) • Triple Jump (F-f-A) • Tube It or Lose It (1v3)
	6	Block Star (Extra) • Catch You Letter (F-f-A) • Crate and Peril (1v3) • Dizzy Rotisserie (F-f-A) • Rocky Road (2v2) • Slot Trot (2v2) • Snow Whirled (F-f-A) • Strawberry Shortfuse (F-f-A) • Trap Ease Artist (F-f-A)
	7	Balloon Busters (F-f-A) • Dart Attack (F-f-A) • Deck Hands (F-f-A) • Jump, Man (DK) • Monty's Revenge (F-f-A) • Pogo-a-Go-Go (1v3) • Pokey Pummel (F-f-A) • Sphere Factor (2v2) • Stick and Spin (Extra) • The Final Countdown (F-f-A) • Track & Yield • Vine Country (DK)
	8	Aim of the Game (F-f-A) • At the Chomp Wash (F-f-A) • Crank to Rank (F-f-A)
	9	Bumper Bubbles (F-f-A) • Don't Look (F-f-A) • Goomba Bowling (F-f-A) • Logger Heads (F-f-A) • Jigsaw Jumble (F-f-A) • Magma Mayhem (F-f-A) • Peak Precision (F-f-A) • Pier Pressure (F-f-A) • Speeding Bullets (F-f-A) • Tackle Takedown (1v3)
	10	Badminton Bash (2v2) • Flash Forward (F-f-A) • Jewel Drop (Duel) • Soar to Score (F-f-A)


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Characters	Non-playable	Blooper • Boo • Bob-omb • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Chain Chomp • Fly Guy • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Monty Mole • Piranha Plant • Penguin • Pokey • Shy Guy • Snifit • Thwomp • Toad • Toadette • Warukio • Whomp • Woody
Minigames	4-player	Mushroom Mix-Up (4P) • Bombs Away (4P) • Crazy Cutters (4P) • Shy Guy Says (4P) • Tipsy Tourney (4P) • Face Lift (4P) • Dizzy Dancing (4P) • Bumper Balls (4P) • Hot Rope Jump (4P) • Tread Carefully (4P) • Bumper Balloon Cars (B) • Sneak 'n' Snore (4P) • Mecha Marathon (4P) • Slot-Car Derby (4P) • Bowser's Big Blast (4P) • Roll Call (4P) • Honeycomb Havoc (4P) • Snowball Summit (4P) • Ice Rink Risk (4P) • Storm Chasers (B) • Bounce 'n' Trounce (4P) • Mush Pit (4P) • Cheep Cheep Chase (3) • Chip Shot Challenge (3) • Rockin' Raceway (3) • Messy Memory (3) • Trace Race (B) • Booksquirm (4) • Paths of Peril (4) • Dinger Derby (5) • Leaf Leap (5) • Pushy Penguins (5) • Coney Island (5) • Bill Blasters (5) • Night Light Fright (5) • Later Skater (5) • Catch You Letter (6) • Trap Ease Artist (6) • What Goes Up... (4P) • Snow Whirled (6) • Dark 'n Crispy (6) • Pit Boss (6) • Monty's Revenge (B) • The Final Countdown (7) • Pokey Pummel (7) • Manor of Escape (9) • Goomba Spotting • Flash Forward (10) • Rapid River Race
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	Duel	Vine With Me • Ticktock Hop • Motor Rooter • Mass Meteor (6) • Spin Doctor (7)
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	High Score	Bobsled Run (1) • Mecha-Marathon (2) • Hot Rope Jump (2) • Slot Car Derby • Rockin' Raceway • Dinger Derby (5) • Booksquirm (4) • Leaf Leap (4) • Later Skater (5) • Snow Whirled (6) • What Goes Up... (6) • Pokey Pummel (7) • Rapid River Race • Handcar Havoc (2) • Sky Pilots (2) • Ticktock Hop (3) • Dungeon Duos (4)
	Coin	Hammer Drop • Cast Aways • Parasol Plummet • X-Ray Payday (6) • Quicksand Cache (2) • River Raiders (3) • Money Belts (4) • Puddle Paddle (3) • Cashapult • Winner or Dinner (2v2)
	Sports and Puzzles	Beach Volley Folley (2v2) • Ice Hockey (2v2) • Shell Soccer (2v2) • Mario's Puzzle Party (4P) • Block Star (Extra) • Stick and Spin (E)
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