Wii Shop Thread: ***FINAL FANTASY 3 IS OUT ON THE VC***

Yeah... I'm a little embarassed to be a future owner of the DSi. But at least it only cost me about 67 dollars after buying and trading in four clearance copies of Smackdown vs. Raw 09.

I really, really hope that they start to turn the DSi store into something overtly meaningful.
 
[quote name='Wolfkin']so i've been away and the thread title isn't changing anymore anything good out recently?[/QUOTE]

Ok.

Three weeks ago = Memorial Day, so I slacked off.

Two weeks ago = E3, so I slacked off again.

Last week I was just being a jerk.

This week I am still being a jerk.

HOWEVER.

I have been looking for a job recently, and that's taken up the bulk of my time. I ahven't been able to devote much time to CAG lately, and updating this thing hangs like a chore at times.

I was up last night doing assignments for a potential editor type job, so I'm a bit sleepy right now, but I'm going to update these either today or tomorrow. Hopefully today - I don't really have any more plans for the remainder.

So, you know. A heads up, as I have been distracted by something worthwhile lately. I've thought about holding off updates until something "good" comes out, but that's kind of chintzy.
 
Anyone from Euroland have Icarian impressions? This is the first WiiWare game I've been looking forward to in a while, so I'm curious to hear if its any good.
 
[quote name='BlueLobstah']Anyone from Euroland have Icarian impressions? This is the first WiiWare game I've been looking forward to in a while, so I'm curious to hear if its any good.[/QUOTE]

Some reviews have been released (1, 2, 3). There's also some gameplay footage of the beginning segment; that art style and the music makes it look bee-yutiful (Skip to 2:40 to see the gameplay):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACsBxC3R7lw
 
i hear ya strell since I've been in Canada I've been busier than ever which is odd because technically I'm unemployed now. My CAG life. oh how i miss it. so many great deals I've missed so many VC games I need to get.[quote name='Cao Cao']SimEarth (Turbo CD) is set for release on Monday:
http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/title/simearth.html[/QUOTE]
oh... SimEarth is in my top 5 all time sim games. it was my fav before i discovered SimLife.
 
[quote name='Wolfkin']i hear ya strell since I've been in Canada I've been busier than ever which is odd because technically I'm unemployed now. My CAG life. oh how i miss it. so many great deals I've missed so many VC games I need to get.
oh... SimEarth is in my top 5 all time sim games. it was my fav before i discovered SimLife.[/QUOTE]

How is the Turbo CD version compared to the SNES version (which I have)?
 
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: CUT STRAIGHT TO THE FUN WITH PAPER, PLANETS, PUZZLES, MIND GAMES AND MINI GOLF


June 22, 2009
Familiar activities get a funky boost with this week's additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop™. A trio of fresh WiiWare™ titles will have players wrapping their minds around unique puzzles, entertaining brain drills and awesome mini-golf courses. A new Art Style™ game for Nintendo DSiWare™ turns cutting paper into a cool hand-held gaming challenge. And simple things like air and weather conditions become exciting game elements in the latest classic offering on the Virtual Console™.

WiiWare

Drill Sergeant Mindstrong
Publisher: XSEED Games
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Language, Mild Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: Line up and get ready to use your mind. Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is a party game that allows up to four people to play at once. Players become boot-camp trainees under the tough Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, going through mind-boggling, mind-training games. The rules are simple, but concentration and quick thinking are key. Become the top boot of your class and earn promotions based on your efforts. This game is best played with friends and family.

NEVES Plus™
Publisher:YUKES Company of America
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description:Try your hand at the newest puzzle craze to come out of Japan, NEVES Plus! Enhanced for WiiWare, NEVES Plus not only retains all the simple, mind-bending tangram-based game play from the original Nintendo DS™ version, but also includes new multiplayer modes wrapped up in an Egyptian theme. This time, you and up to three others can work together to move, rotate and flip the seven Lucky stones into each of the 500-plus silhouette puzzles. You can also challenge one another in new multiplayer modes such as Versus, Speed, Lucky Number and Party Mode. Whether you play every mode by yourself or with friends, NEVES Plus is set to charm you with harder-than-they-look silhouette puzzles.

Family Mini Golf
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-8
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price:500 Wii Points
Description: Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy are back for some mini-golf action. Play through multiple golf courses that contain obstacles ranging from bumpers to speed ramps to fans and more. Up to eight players can play together using a single Wii Remote™ controller. You can download new courses to expand your fun-filled mini-golf experience, creating even more complex and difficult challenges to overcome. Can you conquer all the courses and become the mini-golf champion?

Nintendo DSiWare

Art Style: BOXLIFE™
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Climb the corporate ladder in the world of BOXLIFE using your wits and... paper? Use the Nintendo DSi™ stylus to cut and then manipulate the paper into a box shape. Be careful-if you're not efficient with your cuts, you'll waste paper and be penalized. R&D mode teaches you new patterns and challenges you to complete various ranks, while FACTORY mode gives you the chance to earn money by making as many boxes as possible from an endless sheet of paper. Success in each mode brings its own reward: Clear ranks to earn a promotion, change your character's appearance, and use your earnings to acquire new items for your character's miniature garden. With this game's stylish graphics and catchy sounds, thinking inside the box isn't such a bad thing.

Virtual Console

SimEarth™: The Living Planet
Original platform: TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Violent References
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: An entire planet becomes your laboratory in this large-scale simulation game. Players help foster new life and promote its evolution into life forms of higher intelligence. Guide civilization along the path of evolution until it can achieve Exodus, the ultimate goal of settling on another planet. The basic challenge of the game is to maintain a comfortable environment for the life forms by adjusting atmospheric and geological parameters. Small organisms called Prokaryote and Trichordate will grow and evolve into a multitude of life forms. Making a drastic change is a recipe for disaster. The key to success is making small adjustments and watching how the life forms react. SimEarth also includes planets with environments different from Earth, such as Mars and Venus. Try your hand at terraforming these planets with harsh conditions and creating a world where life can thrive.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.
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I still wish they would release more than one VC title at the time, but other than that it appears to be a fairly solid release. I have 500 points left on DSi so I may have to download Boxlife sometime this week.
 
This week, Europe got 2 VC games and 2 WiiWare games, SimEarth - 800 Points/TurboGrafx-16, Altered Beast - 900 Points/VC Arcade, Puzzle Bobble Plus! - 800 Points/WiiWare, and Water Warfare - 800 Points/WiiWare.
 
Usually Nintendo of Japan would post next month's VC release list around this time, but it seems that they may hold off on that until next week. They did, however, update the release list with the VC stuff for this week and next week (The dates only list "July 2009," but looking at the lack of anything else on the list, this release is pretty likely).
Next week in VC for Japan:
One of the Tantei Jinguji Saburo (Jake Hunter) games (Famicom)
Marvel Land (Arcade)

The rest of July's VC list for Japan:
Final Fantasy III (Famicom)
Super Punch-Out!! (Super Famicom)
Shinobi (Arcade)

EDIT: Got my dates wrong. Now I'm not sure when three are releasing.
EDIT 2: It turns out that these five games make up July's release list.
 
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I'm not sure if anyone has answered this before, but why does Nintendo announce VC releases in advance in Japan and not North America?
 
[quote name='yukine']I'm not sure if anyone has answered this before, but why does Nintendo announce VC releases in advance in Japan and not North America?[/QUOTE]


Because Japan likes to announce how awesome they are compared to the US.
 
[quote name='yukine']I'm not sure if anyone has answered this before, but why does Nintendo announce VC releases in advance in Japan and not North America?[/QUOTE]

Nintendo of Japan controls the VC releases for all regions, so I'd imagine that they finish Japan's list first, and make it for a longer term.
 
At times when the japanese VC gets things before America and Europe, I really wonder how much a difference there would be in sales if the wii was region free/freed. Maybe not a huge spike but there would be a difference.

Such as beat takeshi's game that out a couple months back. I would've dropped 5 bucks on that easy as many of you guys here would too.

The ff3 famicom is pretty rare since that is one of the main ff games besides for the ds remake here(which i don't own but need to get since it doesn't look bad at all and it's localized). People would nab it up even though they can't read it.

Is it a license thing?? I mean the ps 3 gets a lot of crap for being the third place but at least i can buy a psn card from japan via playasia/ncsx and play Ehrgeiz the jap psn store. I'm pretty sure the money will go to nintendo and the developers. Hell nintendo would have a lot more of my money from the virtual console.
 
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD - IT'S NO REEL FANTASY: WATER, SUDOKU AND SILVER STARS CAN BOOST YOUR SKILLS


June 29, 2009
This week's new downloadable games include a trio of WiiWare™ titles - two built around water-themed challenges and one designed to keep your mental chops in top shape. For Virtual Console™, you'll find a memorable SEGA character making his return in a classic single-player sci-fi adventure. Rounding out the lineup is a new Nintendo DSiWare™ title that's sure to have sudoku fans reaching feverishly for the nearest stylus.

WiiWare

Water Warfare™
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1-8
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: Water Warfare is a comical first-person shooter that uses water guns to battle and soak opponents. A map with a particular theme - Playground, Beach, Plaza or Nature Park - is generated automatically when the game begins, so you can think up new strategies each time you engage. Game modes include Single Player Missions, CPU Match and 2-Player Split Screen. On top of that, players with broadband Internet access can use Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection to battle with up to eight players from around the world, or participate in Ranking Mode.

Reel Fishing® Challenge
Publisher: Natsume, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Reel Fishing Challenge offers a fun and challenging experience for novice fishers and master anglers alike. Put your skills to the test and discover new types of fish in the challenging mission mode, or relax and enjoy the game at your own pace in free play mode. No matter which mode you play, the game's beautiful graphics and natural setting bring the fishing experience to life. Choose from a variety of lures to attract and hook the game's numerous fish. Each fish looks and moves like the real thing - it's the closest you can get to real-life fishing without putting on your waders.

Silver Star Reversi
Publisher: Agetec, Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Silver Star Reversi has two modes: 1-Player mode allows you to play a match against the computer opponent, and 2-Player mode allows you to play against another person. In 1-Player mode, you can choose from five different computer opponents, turn the background music on or off, adjust sound effects and access in-game help features. During each match, you can also redo your last move, save the game at any point, or resign from the game. After a match has ended, you can review each move and resume the match from any point you choose.

Virtual Console™

Fantasy Zone™ II: The Tears of Opa-Opa
Original platform: SEGA MASTER SYSTEM
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Ten years have elapsed since Opa-Opa restored peace to the Fantasy Zone. Now history is repeating itself, and the planets that make up the Fantasy Zone once again find themselves attacked by the mastermind of the Nenon planet forces. This mastermind is secretly constructing a huge fortress in the Fantasy Zone and aims to put an end to their ambitious plans. Just as he did 10 years ago, Opa-Opa must do battle to save the Fantasy Zone.

Nintendo DSiWare™

SUDOKU MASTER
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: SUDOKU MASTER offers 150 unique puzzles that beginners and experts alike will enjoy. A handful of tutorials will help you learn the rules and controls as you go, and handy features like Write Mode and Temp Numbers make Sudoku pleasantly user-friendly. Feeling confident? Then try your hand at Title Mode to work your way up from Rookie to Sudoku Master. All puzzles were created by Sudoku veteran NIKOLI Co., Ltd., and tips from Sudoku godfather Maki Kaji are offered between games.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop™ and the Wii™ Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.
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[quote name='OkeyJokey']Wouldnt that be something if final fantasy 6 came out and they actually let you play it on the wii and dsi something you wanted to play.[/QUOTE]

Fixed it for you...
 
You'd think with the success that FFVII has had sales wise over here that they'd be eager to put out more FF games, but I guess not.
 
Holy shit Strell updated

Does anyone know in Water Warfare if you move as slow as you did in Onslaught? I liked Onslaught, but you move way too slow for my liking.
 
This week, Europe got 2 VC games, and 2 WiiWare games, Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen - SNES/900 Points, Pulseman - SEGA Genesis/900 Points, Bit Boy!! - WiiWare/600 Points, and Gradius ReBirth - WiiWare/600 Points.
 
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: BIT.TRIP CORE BRINGS WIIWARE LIBRARY TO 100 GAMES AND COUNTING

July 6, 2009
Another year of American independence isn't the only thing we're celebrating this week. With new releases, including the hotly anticipated game BIT.TRIP CORE, Nintendo crosses the 100-game mark in its ever-growing WiiWare™ game library, a milestone that ought to keep fans ooh-ing and ahh-ing long after the Fourth of July. Other WiiWare offerings this week will have players bursting bubbles and racing in chariots, whether solo or with friends. Nintendo DSiWare™ welcomes a new Art Style™ title and a unique auto racing game, while a classic Commodore 64 title will have Virtual Console™ users tearing it up California style.

WiiWare

BIT.TRIP CORE
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points™
Description: BIT.TRIP CORE continues the BIT.TRIP saga in this retro-arcade-style game. BIT.TRIP CORE adds up to an exciting action/rhythm game that's best played while zoning out on the tunes and letting the visuals swallow you whole. The experience is inspired by games from the '80s, but with a modern twist. The game play is entirely new to the series, leaving the single-axis controls of BIT.TRIP BEAT behind in favor of the ability to control two axes. If the difficulty gets you down, grab a friend and play cooperatively with two-player multiplayer. Make it to the end and you'll have journeyed one step further to completing your BIT.TRIP.

BUST-A-MOVE Plus!
Publisher: TAITO
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: BUST-A-MOVE Plus! is a simple but hugely addictive puzzle game in which you must try to burst a multi-colored mass of bubbles with your very own bubble launcher. Every time you make a group of three or more bubbles of the same color, they pop. There are two game modes available: 1P Puzzle (players tackle the game's 135 stages in pursuit of a new high score or best time) and Battle (players take on friends or computer-controlled opponents). If that doesn't satisfy your passion for popping, there are a total of 270 extra stages waiting for you in the two add-on-content packs, available for purchase on the Wii™ Shop Channel. BUST-A-MOVE Plus! is simple to get into and deep enough to keep you coming back for more.

Heracles Chariot Racing
Publisher: Neko Entertainment
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: The famous Heracles has taken on a challenge like none he has ever faced. Our hero will have to beat his opponents in a race across mythological kingdoms and be the first to reach the top of Mount Olympus. You can play as Heracles and help him return the sacred trophy, or play as one of the other varied mythological characters from Satyr to Poseidon and claim the prize for yourself. Race through three racing cups across 10 courses set in five mythic landscapes. Use awesome fantasy weaponry to defeat your opponents: tridents, fireballs, Zeus's lightning rods and more. Get your friends together for intense two-to-four-player split-screen multiplayer action in Championship, Single Race or Battle mode.

Virtual Console

California Games
Original platform: Commodore 64
Publisher: Commodore Gaming
Players: 1-5
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Welcome to California, home of the most radical sports in the world. You're about to hit the beaches, parks and streets of the Golden State to go for trophies in everything from surfing to bike racing. California Games gives you the hottest sports and the most aggro competition. You even have to pick your own sponsor. So pull on those kneepads – you're about to get into the most fun you've had since Mom hid your skateboard. California Games is going to take you from surf to the turf, from the pipe to the parks.

Nintendo DSiWare

Art Style: BASE 10™
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Art Style: BASE 10 is a game of numbers. Your goal is simple: create combinations equaling 10 by sliding numbers around the playing field. Move them horizontally or vertically, but be careful not to create an unusable non-number in the process. Choose from one of three modes: eliminate a set amount of numbers as quickly as possible in ZEROSUM MODE; get rid of prearranged groups of numbers in as few moves as possible in PUZZLE MODE; or continue removing numbers until your game is over in INFINITE MODE. In addition, you can challenge an opponent to a two-player wireless battle in VS MODE and see whose number-crunching skills reign supreme. If you think you're a master with numbers, the straightforward yet challenging world of Art Style: BASE 10 gives you the opportunity to prove it in a unique way.

Asphalt 4: Elite Racing
Publisher: Gameloft
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: For the racing elite, the world is their racetrack. Choose among 28 dream cars and motorcycles from the world's most prestigious manufacturers. Then race your way through eight of the most renowned cities, fully rendered in 3-D. Control your speed machine with either standard or touch-screen controls for precision driving. Photos taken with the Nintendo DSi™ Camera can be used as your personal icon or can appear throughout the various environments, including the garage where you can customize and tune your vehicles. From New York to Shanghai, Paris to Dubai, you'll weave a course through busy streets in six kinds of races plus four-player Multiplayer mode. Avoid police, demolish competitors and pass the leader to win. You'll need to floor it at every straightaway and push every drift to the limit to stay one step ahead and become the ultimate VIP of urban racing.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop™ and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.
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California games on the Commodore? Really?
 
Nintendo of Europe promotes something called the Hanabi Festival to release import games on the VC?

I have no idea why NoA wouldnt do the same thing.
 
Bit.Trip Core is retro-awesome just like Bit.Trip Beat, but it seems to be about 100x harder. I've played the first level around 5 or 6 times and I am getting killed. I did manage to make it to the first Boss only to fall victim during Wave 3/3.

To play the game you simply push the d-pad in the direction you want to shoot (which puts a transparent white line in that direction) and press the 2 button to shoot when a pixel crosses in front of it. You are limited to up, down, left and right.

The level progression is exactly the same as Beat. If you can keep a combo going, you'll ascend from "Hyper" into "Mega" mode where the graphics get trippier and the music gets a little more complex. If you keep doing well, you'll make it to "Super" mode where stuff starts getting really trippy and it is hard to focus on the pixels you need to shoot. Do badly and you will fall into the "Nether" area where everything goes black and white and monotone beeps play from the Wiimote. You can earn your way back to Hyper (normal) by filling the combo bar back up, but it seems way harder to come back from Nether in Core than it was in Beat.

There is an extra gameplay element that was not in Beat which is a bomb that you can set off with the 1 button which kills all of the dots on the screen. It can be helpful, but if you fall out of the rhythm, you are still going to be screwed when the pixels start coming back again. Oh, and they included a meter to show you how far along you are in the current song as well which was something I was hoping for in a sequel.

The only downside is the d-pad itself can be a little finicky sometimes and in the heat of the battle I have fired in the wrong direction quite a bit. Also, the B button plays extra notes like in Beat, but it is really distracting to your rhythm if you do it - which happens a lot on accident while you are pressing the d-pad. Otherwise it is another solid game from Gaijin, but damn it is hard.
 
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Yeah, I definitely find Core harder than Beat. It's very satifying when you get into a rhythm though.

Reminds me quite a bit of Digidrive from bit Generations.
 
This week, Europe got 2 VC games, and 2 WiiWare games, Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II - NES/600 Points, Bomberman '94 - TurboGrafx-16/700 Points, 5 Spots Party - WiiWare/500 Points, and Karate Phants: Gloves of Glory - WiiWare/800 Points.
 
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So, I've beefed up my account to 10,000 Wii Points. What has come out in the last month or so that I really need to have. Keeping in mind that I tend to prefer the pick up and play kind of games so things like RPGs aren't going to do it for me.
 
[quote name='ZForce915']So, I've beefed up my account to 10,000 Wii Points. What has come out in the last month or so that I really need to have. Keeping in mind that I tend to prefer the pick up and play kind of games so things like RPGs aren't going to do it for me.[/QUOTE]

Swords and Soldiers. Simplified side scroller RTS game. Quite amusing.

Bit.Trip Core if you want retro twitch gaming that's difficult.

People seem to speak highly of Let's Catch, but say it is overpriced. I haven't looked into it.

Reasons to save points include the next Bit.Trip game (assuming the series is something you like) and Cave Story, which is a Metroidvania sort of game from what I understand.
 
Any word on when My Life as a Dark Lord comes out? I was obsessed with MLaaK.
..What about Smash Bros 64?. Is that most likely our next "milestone" game?
 
MLaaDL was released in Japan a few weeks ago, and according to GameFAQs (Not the most reliable source), it's set for Europe this week (7/17), so it should be coming to the US soon.
 
Please use this thread to discuss current & future Virtual Console games. Instead
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