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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Best of the Wii U eShop (Bonus Round G: Wii VC)
« on: March 24, 2021, 11:27:23 AM »
The Reviews
The following review data has information in the following order
Game Title (Metacritic Score, NWR Review Link/Score)

The Highlights
The average Metacritic score for this batch is about 81 and the average review score from NWR is 8.7. This shows how many well received games are in the list above. For the best of the best we have six games to get a 10 from NWR!! They are Kirby's Epic Yarn, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Punch Out!!, Super Mario Galaxy, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and Xenoblade Chronicles.

Looking at metadata we see some overlap with the six games to have over a 90 average. Those games are
Metroid Prime Trilogy, Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and Xenoblade Chronicles.

On the bottom shelf we see the Rabbids getting the only sub 7 score from NWR and PokePark Wii getting a mere 62 Metacritic score.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 17: Now That's What I Call... Game Over!
« on: March 24, 2021, 11:01:45 AM »
GG everyone. Having the theme be 90's music finally allowed me to finally cash in on having a user name that is 90's music group. Definitely a missed opportunity for Adrock. I found the role playing let me avoid making selections based on familiarity or the psychology of the bomb selector. In the last round I was really thinking Insanolord would pick 49ers since that is a sports team and he likes sports (I think). Of course I don't know sports or Insanolord for that matter and as weak as my reasons for selecting were they were purely motivated by the story I was telling. I also was not expecting to be able to go in chronological order or avoid re-picking the same thing for so long, but it all seemed to work out. The pattern Khush noticed with the placement of the bomb in the lower choices is interesting and I am curious if that affected people's selections consciously or subconsciously.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 17: Now That's What I Call... The Final Round!
« on: March 23, 2021, 04:42:08 PM »
Quote from: BeautifulShy on March 23, 2021, 04:18:40 PM
Your YT account? 
No, my youtube is pretty boring. I just use it for work.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 17: Now That's What I Call... The Final Round!
« on: March 23, 2021, 02:45:42 PM »
How about some Nintendo music while we wait.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Khushrenada's Song of the Day.
« on: March 23, 2021, 01:31:13 PM »
That's a really cool concept for a video. I don't remember seeing a video with the lyrics appearing as text. I usually tell people I don't do social media but now that I think about it, the NWR forums are social media, right?

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 17: Now That's What I Call... The Final Round!
« on: March 23, 2021, 01:04:28 PM »
Sorry to keep everyone waiting but that is what we did. For almost 20 years we denied rumors of a reunion while rabid fans developed Bungle Fever. That all changed last year when Mike, Trey, and Trevor reunited to play a small number of US shows. We were joined by metal legends Scott Ian (Anthrax) and Dave Lombardo (Slayer) and even re-recorded our very first demo, The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny. Naturally, King Gong shows up as soon as he smells money to be made and begs us to collaborate with one of the few acts that will still talk to him. I mean, we already worked with both of these groups based on rather tenuous connections. But since Danny and Clinton are still in Australia, having not come back for the reunion, it would not make sense for us to work Bizz Nizz again. After all, we are a California band and California is the home of the 49ers. So that brings us to the present day and only leaves one unanswered question - Don't You Love Me?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Run the Series 10: Ace Attorney (Phoenix Wright, Apollo Justice, Investigations)
« on: March 22, 2021, 01:55:56 PM »
Capcom is running a sale now and most of these games are currently discounted. Prices below are for the US.
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - $14.99 $29.99 (Switch)
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - $11.99 $29.99 (3DS)
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies - $8.99 $29.99 (3DS)
  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice - $11.99 $29.99 (3DS)
  • Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - $9.99 $19.99 (3DS)

Of course, the one game I was going to get, Layton vs. Wright, is not on sale.  :'(

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Best of the Wii U eShop (Bonus Round G: Wii VC)
« on: March 22, 2021, 12:06:40 AM »
Quote from: NWR_insanolord on March 21, 2021, 11:48:36 PM
Fixed it for you.
Awesome! Thanks Insanolord.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Best of the Wii U eShop (Bonus Round G: Wii VC)
« on: March 21, 2021, 11:17:39 PM »
Quote from: pokepal148 on March 21, 2021, 10:41:20 PM
The poll only let me pick one option.
Yeah, that is my fault. I can't change it but messaged a moderator to help fix it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Best of the Wii U eShop (Bonus Round G: Wii VC)
« on: March 21, 2021, 08:24:00 PM »
Background
The Wii U eShop will only be open for a limited time so it is worth looking at the games there while there is still time to buy them. In the first few months we looked at all the available eShop games, but we omitted the Virtual Console releases, until now! Nintendo introduced the Virtual Console (VC) with Wii as a way to sell games from previous systems a la carte. That same service continued with Wii U and 3DS before being replaced with a Netflix style service bundled with the Nintendo Switch's Online membership.

The Nintendo Wii Virtual Console
The Wii is Nintendo's best selling home console to date. At about 101 million units sold, it was the predecessor to the Wii U. Since the Wii U is backwards compatible it can natively play Wii discs and so no emulation is needed for these titles. It is worth noting that the Virtual Console branding of these games was only done by Nintendo of America. From January of 2015 to July of 2017, 30 Wii games were made available on the Wii U eShop and all appear to still be there. The games are priced at $19.99 in the US.

The Games
The following 30 titles comprise the Wii VC for Wii U with information in the following order
Game Title (Release year, Developer, Current disc cost*)
* Loose disc only, USD, source: https://www.pricecharting.com/
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns  (2010, Retro Studios, $15)
  • Donkey Kong Jungle Beat  (2009, Nintendo, $11)
  • Excitebots: Trick Racing (2009, Nintendo, $7)
  • Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010, Good Feel, $8)
  • Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011, HAL, $30)
  • Lost in Shadow (2011, Hudson, $13)
  • Mario Sports Mix (2011, Square Enix, $17)
  • Mario Strikers Charged (2007, Next Level, $8)
  • Mario Super Sluggers (2008, BNEA, $11)
  • Metroid Prime Trilogy (2009, Retro Studios, $65)
  • Metroid: Other M (2010, Team NINJA, $6)
  • Pandora's Tower (2012, Ganbarion, $39)
  • Pikmin (2009, Nintendo, $24)
  • Pikmin 2 (2012, Nintendo, $41)
  • PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure (2010, Creatures Inc., $19)
  • Punch Out!! (2009, Next Level, $15)
  • Rayman Raving Rabbids (2006, Ubisoft, $4)
  • Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition  (2007, Capcom, $6)
  • Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles  (2007, Capcom, $7)
  • Rhythm Heaven Fever  (2012, TNX/Nintendo, $83)
  • Sin & Punishment: Star Successor  (2010, Creatures Inc., $15)
  • Super Mario Galaxy  (2007, Nintendo, $14)
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2  (2010, Nintendo, $23)
  • Super Paper Mario  (2007, Intelligent Systems, $13)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword  (2011, Nintendo, $25)
  • Trauma Team  (2010, Atlus, $10)
  • Wario Land: Shake It  (2008, Good Feel, $10)
  • WarioWare: Smooth Moves  (2007, Nintendo, $11)
  • Xenoblade Chronicles  (2011, Monolith Soft, $23)
  • Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure  (2007, Capcom, $9)

The Highlights
There are actually quite a few of these games that have released on other systems. Jungle Beat and both Pikmin games were originally on GameCube. Donkey Kong Country Returns and Kirby's Epic Yarn received 3DS releases. On Switch you can buy Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Galaxy, and Skyward Sword. Rayman Raving Rabbids has a DS version. Xenoblade Chronicles has the honor of being available on four systems: Wii, Wii U, 3DS, and Switch.

There is certainly more of a case to just get a used Wii disc here since Wii U is backwards compatible. However some of these titles exceed the $20 download cost. Most notably, Metroid Prime Trilogy ($91 CIB), Rhythm Heaven Fever ($104 CIB), and Pikmin 2 ($59 CIB).

While most of the list was developed by Nintendo and second party studios, there are some deep cuts from third parties like Lost in Shadow and Trauma Team.

Comments
I welcome any corrections to the information I found when compiling the list. The price information here is for the US so let me know about differences in other regions. Not sure what to comment, consider questions like:
  • Do you consider these Virtual Console Games?
  • Which of these titles will get released on Switch next?
  • Will Skyward Sword get de-listed on Wii U once the Switch version comes out?

Next Round
Join me next week as we post the results and credits for the Best of the Wii U eShop.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 17: Now That's What I Call... Round 7!
« on: March 21, 2021, 08:08:27 PM »

After the California tour we all went out separate ways. Mike Patton went on to co-found Ipecac Recordings and lead several bands including Fantomas and Tomahawk. Trey Spruance also formed a label, Web of Mimicry and formed the Secret Chiefs 3. Trevor Dunn formed his own jazz band, Trio Convulsant. They were all pretty successful with touring and releasing indie records in the US.
Danny Heifetz and Clinton McKinnon moved to Australia though and seemed to be having a harder time making it in the Aussie music scene. We asked King Gong if he had any performers that were popular down under. He said that Bizz Nizz had added a vocalist duo and were performing as 2 Unlimited. Apparently their first single Get Ready For This was No. 2 on the charts in Australia. He seemed really nervous and kept wiping his nose, but assured us that once we got Danny and Clinton in the studio with 2 Unlimited they would cut a single that would be No.1. Last time we saw him he was getting into a plane headed for Sydney with a trash bag full of money.

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General Gaming / Re: The Winter of 2cold4gamez! (community event)
« on: March 21, 2021, 07:22:43 PM »
I finished Light Fall on Switch. This is the platformer where you can create the platforms as you go. It was unique and felt good to play. Recommended for fans of Celeste and other 2D indie platformers.

I also bought three games on the Wii U eShop. You may have seen an ad for gold coins if you renew or but a switch online membership. When I tried to renew it was forcing me to use my balance, but that was money I had set aside for digital games on Wii U. So I had to spend that money before it would let me pay for online with a credit card. In the end I did not even get the coins. This whole event has really made me more conscious of how locked in a spending cycle I am with games, but honestly this is the best I have done in a while.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Run the Series 10: Ace Attorney (Phoenix Wright, Apollo Justice, Investigations)
« on: March 18, 2021, 11:10:35 PM »
I am one of the few and not so proud. I am very interested in the series but it just hasn't happened yet. I have played the two Layton games on 3DS and they are 10's in my book so I think my entry into the series would be the Layton vs. Wright game. That seems to rather expensive on the used cartridge market so I will probably be going digital with that one and wait for a Capcom sale.

Not to derail the topic but as an Adult Swim fan I picked up and played the Harvey Birdman game for Wii. It seems like it is trying to ape the style of the Wright games but not having played them I cannot say. Can anyone give an informed comparison on this.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Best of the Wii U eShop (Bonus Round F: DS VC)
« on: March 18, 2021, 07:29:19 PM »
Quote from: Discord.RSS on March 18, 2021, 06:10:53 PM
Or was City Folk on the eShop too?
Nope, just Wild World, amiibo Festival, and Plaza.
Since amiibo Festival was not available on the eShop and Plaza was delisted in 2014, Wild World is the only AC software for download on the Wii U eShop.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Best of the Wii U eShop (Bonus Round F: DS VC)
« on: March 18, 2021, 05:52:52 PM »
Reviews
The review info is in the following order
Game Title (Metacritic Score, NWR Review Score, Link to NWR Review)

The Highlights
The best reviewed game on NWR is Kirby: Canvas Curse which received a 9.5 from Michael Cole who thought it was "Genuinely Fresh and Fun".

The best reviewed game on Metacritic is Mario Kart DS which #4 for all DS games - only beat by Chrono Trigger (3), Flipnote Studio (2), and GTA Chinatown Wars (1). To be fair this did get a 10 from NWR when released and the re-review on Wii U VC is the 7.5 posted above.

On the lower end we see some consensus that Wario: Master of Disguise is perhaps the weak link in this chain.


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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Switch SNES Online: Now You're Playing with Khushrenada!
« on: March 18, 2021, 05:25:31 PM »
Yeah, let's give Doomsday Warrior a try. I cannot find a manual online but here is an faq:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588286-doomsday-warrior/faqs/23260

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Safe Words 17: Now That's What I Call... Round 5!
« on: March 18, 2021, 02:23:09 PM »

With our third album California we completed the 3 album deal we had with Warner and also made our most approachable album to date. We dropped a lot of the heavy metal but kept our schizophrenic style of blending disjoint genres, this time dipping into everything from doo-wop to kecak. But the whole feud with the Chili Peppers really came to a head and Warner delayed our album release to distance it from Californication. Next thing we know we are getting dropped from festivals that RHCP was performing at. So we are trying to make up and play nice and we heard that John Frusciante really likes Violator by Depeche Mode. That's the album with Enjoy the Silence right? We asked King Gong if he could connect us with Depeche Mode in hopes that we find some common ground with John and the rest of the band. I really hope Gong doesn't screw this up.

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General Chat / Re: The COVID-19 Virus is Coming For Us All Thread
« on: March 18, 2021, 12:28:38 PM »
Colorado is starting the phase that I qualify for 3/19 (tomorrow) so I will be able to make an appointment starting then.

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General Gaming / Re: What is your most recent gaming purchase?
« on: March 17, 2021, 07:39:49 PM »
I finally received the Limited Run atooi Collection for 3DS that was announced over a year ago. It includes the games, alternate cover art, soundtrack CDs, and a tabletop game of some sort.

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General Gaming / Re: The Winter of 2cold4gamez! (community event)
« on: March 17, 2021, 11:32:33 AM »
I have it on Wii U as well. I should be getting to it soon. I bumped the Winter Olympics game up the queue because of it was the time of the season.

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General Gaming / Re: The Winter of 2cold4gamez! (community event)
« on: March 16, 2021, 05:34:57 PM »
Quote from: Discord.RSS on March 16, 2021, 12:36:10 PM
Punched the clock on Axiom Verge
What system did you play that on?

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General Gaming / Re: The Winter of 2cold4gamez! (community event)
« on: March 16, 2021, 12:00:43 PM »
I played the most on-brand game possible for the Winter of 2cold4gamez! Mario & Sonic Winter Olympics. This was my first Mario & Sonic Olympics game. Though it only worked for smaller play sessions 1-2 hours, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Curling makes really good use of the Gamepad. The ice hockey offerings are the best Mario sports I have played on Wii U. Even the Question & Answer tour that was dismissed in the NWR review was a fun take on Mario Party. There was also something special about getting Mario and Sonic Characters together. Watching Donkey Kong play hockey with Dr. Robotnik, Waluigi figure skate with Blaze, or my mii in a Bobsled with Mario and Sonic is really fun stuff the first time you see it.

I also added The Last of Us Part II last week. I thought it was better than the original in almost every way. The sound quality is so good and supports customizable 7.1 surround sound which really helps when you are sneaking around.

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Nintendo Gaming / Best of the Wii U eShop (Bonus Round F: DS VC)
« on: March 14, 2021, 02:33:56 PM »
Background
The Wii U eShop will only be open for a limited time so it is worth looking at the games there while there is still time to buy them. In the first few months we looked at all the available eShop games, but we omitted the Virtual Console releases, until now! Nintendo introduced the Virtual Console (VC) with Wii as a way to sell games from previous systems a la carte. That same service continued with Wii U and 3DS before being replaced with a Netflix style service bundled with the Nintendo Switch's Online membership.

The Nintendo DS Virtual Console
The DS is Nintendo's best selling console to date. At about 154 million units sold, it was the last handheld to be available before smart phones became ubiquitous. The dual screen format was novel yet it made porting the games to other systems a challenge. Of course since Wii U has two screens and one of them is a touch screen, all the pieces were there for putting some great handheld games on your TV.
In April of 2015 those pieces came together and over the next two years a total of 31 games were made available on the Wii U eShop. All 31 titles were published by Nintendo and they are all still available for $9.99 (with the exception of the two "Brain" games which are $6.99). I would like to mention that since the two screens in a Wii U set-up are not connected, it is not exactly a one-to-one mapping from the DS. Nintendo provided a variety of screen settings that you can choose from depending the game and your play style. My personal favorite is to have the top screen of the DS mapped to the TV and the bottom screen of the DS mapped to the Gamepad.

The Games
The following 31 titles comprise the DS VC for Wii U with information in the following order
Game Title (Release year, Developer, Current cartridge cost*)
* Loose cartridge only, USD, source: https://www.pricecharting.com/
  • Advance Wars: Dual Strike  (2005, Intelligent Systems, $20)
  • Animal Crossing: Wild World  (2005, Nintendo EAD, $13)
  • Big Brain Academy (2006, Nintendo, $3)
  • Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (2006, Nintendo SPD, $3)
  • DK Jungle Climber (2007, Nintendo, $14)
  • Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (2009, Intelligent Systems, $36)
  • Kirby: Canvas Curse (2005, HAL, $18)
  • Kirby: Mass Attack (2011, HAL, $15)
  • Kirby: Squeak Squad (2006, HAL, $18)
  • Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005, Alpha Dream, $22)
  • Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006, Square Enix, $10)
  • Mario Kart DS (2005, Nintendo EAD, $10)
  • Mario Party DS (2007, Hudson Soft, $11)
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, Nintendo Software Technology, $7)
  • Metroid Prime Hunters (2006, Nintendo Software Technology, $9)
  • New Super Mario Bros. (2006, Nintendo EAD, $11)
  • Picross 3D (2010, HAL, $7)
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team  (2006, Chunsoft, $13)
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky  (2008, Chunsoft, $88)
  • Pokémon Ranger  (2006, HAL, $21)
  • Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia  (2008, Creatures Inc., $28)
  • Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs  (2010, Creatures Inc., $25)
  • Star Fox Command  (2006, Nintendo EAD, $7)
  • Style Savvy  (2009, Nintendo SPD, $8)
  • Super Mario 64 DS  (2004, Nintendo EAD, $14)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass  (2007, Nintendo EAD, $16)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks  (2009, Nintendo EAD, $45)
  • Wario: Master of Disguise  (2007, Suzak, $11)
  • WarioWare: Touched!  (2005, Intelligent Systems, $11)
  • Yoshi Touch & Go  (2005, Nintendo EAD, $10)
  • Yoshi's Island DS  (2006, Artoon, $12)

The Highlights
Clearly since all models of the Nintendo 3DS family of systems are backwards compatible with DS, these games can be played there by sourcing the cartridge. However no DS virtual console exists for the 3DS. Personally, I have WarioWare Touched! digitally on my 3DS, but I believe that was a Club Nintendo reward of some sort.

There are only two re-releases that I know of: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team was remade for Switch last year and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon is a remake of the first Fire Emblem on the Famicom that was also released last year on Switch.

If you are tracking down the original software then it is worth noting that many of these are quite affordable with the exceptions being Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky ($114 CIB), The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks ($67 CIB), and the aforementioned Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon ($76 CIB).

The closest we get to a third part release is the Square Enix developed Mario Hoops 3-on-3.

Looking at release years the DS was quite prodigious spanning eight years. The bookend releases are typical with Mario kicking off the launch of the system and Kirby closing out the show.

Comments
I welcome any corrections to the information I found when compiling the list. The price information here is for the US so let me know about differences in other regions. Not sure what to comment, consider questions like:
  • Which screen setup do you prefer when playing DS games on Wii U?
  • Do you like touch controls more than motion controls?
  • If Pokepal became a NWR Junior Ranger, would that make him a Pokémon Ranger?

Next Round
Join me next week as Wii finish off the Virtual Console for the Wii U e Shop.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Switch SNES Online: Now You're Playing with Khushrenada!
« on: March 11, 2021, 03:11:43 PM »
Can Khushrenada come out and play?  :D
Let me know if you can spare a few hours away from Xenoblade tonight.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Best of the Wii U eShop (Bonus Round E: N64 VC)
« on: March 11, 2021, 03:09:20 PM »
Review Bump  8)
Since these games pre-date Metacritic and Planet Gamecube all we have are VC reviews.
The Reviews
Game Title (NWR review score, Link to review)

Make sure you take into account Discord.RSS's comments when considering F-Zero X as the review was done before the patch. All the Recommendations are for the Wii VC. It is interesting that Kirby 64 is not for everyone but Ogre Battle 64 and Sin and Punishment are  ???.  Also we have a clear winner for best reviewed game, everyone's favorite Zelda game, Majora's Mask  :-X.

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