_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ First, there was "DR. MARIO," revolutionizing puzzle gaming on the NES! _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Then, it was ported to the Game Boy so people could enjoy "DR. MARIO" outside of their homes and on the rode! _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Next, two great puzzlers were combined into one package on the SNES as "TETRIS & DR. MARIO" to really raise up the fun! _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Finally, the ultimate remake is made! Prepare for "DR. MARIO 64," the ultimate version of this classic puzzler! _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ DDDDDDDDD MMM MMM DDDDDDDDD MMMM MMMM DDDDDDDDD MMMMMMMMMM DDDDDDDDD RRRRRRRRR MMMMMMMMMM AAAAA RRRRRRRRR IIIII OOOO DDD DDDD RRRRRRRRR MMMMMMMMMM AAAAAAA RRRRRRRRR III OOOOOO DDD DDD RRRRRRRRR MM MMMM MM AAAAAAA RRRRRRRRR III OOOOOOOO DDD DDDD RRR RRRR MM MM MM AA AA RRR RRRR III OOO OOO DDDDDDDDD RRR RRRR MM MM AAAAAAA RRR RRRR III OOO OOO DDDDDDDDD RRRRRRRRR M MM MM AA AA RRRRRRRRR III OOOOOOOO DDDDDDDDD RRRR RRR MMM MM MM AA AA RRRR RRR III OOOOOO DDDDDDDDD RRRR RRRR RRRR MMMMMMM MMMM AAAA AAAA RRRR RRR IIIII OOOO RRRR RRRR RRRRRRR 666666 44444 RRRRR 66666 44 44 RRRRRRR 666666666 4444444 RRRR RRRR 6666 666 44 RRRR RRRR 6666666 44 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ == INTRODUCTION == F.A.Q. Writer: Chase "The Paper Ace" Willey This F.A.Q. was written to help people with the newest remake of the classic Dr. Mario series, Dr. Mario 64. Very few things have been changed, but it will all be discussed in this F.A.Q. To go ahead and get this out of the way ... == COPYRIGHT == DR. MARIO, MARIO, and all related characters are trademarks of Nintendo. All rights reserved. I am in no way associated with Nintendo, for I am merely a (huge) fan. This F.A.Q., however, is copyright Chase "The Paper Ace" Willey 2001. This F.A.Q. may not be used on any sites other than GameFaqs, though it would flatter me if this F.A.Q. were used on other sites. However, they are not allowed to use this. If you find a website other than Game- Faqs that has this F.A.Q. on it, please contact GameFaqs at once. I do not provide an e-mail so I won't be overloaded with spam and such; sorry. This F.A.Q. may not be changed to any sites that I may rarely and unusually give permission to use this F.A.Q. on. == FINAL NOTE == This F.A.Q. will not be updated for I not have the time. Sorry. So this is the FINAL version. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ .: TABLE OF CONTENTS :. = Section 1 - Game Basics = Section 2 - Game Modes - A Story Line - A One Player Mode - B Game Basics - B Two Player Mode - C Advanced Gameplay - C Multiplayer Mode - D Tips and Helpful Advice = Section 3 - Characters = Section 4 - Secrets - A Dr. Mario - A Super Hard Mode - B Wario - B Unlock Metal Mario - C Spearhead - C Unlock Vampire Wario - D Webber - D Change CPU A.I. - E Silky - F Appleby - G Jellybob - H Octo - I Helio - J Lump - K Hammer-Bot - L Mad Scienstein - M Rudy - N Metal Mario - O Vampire Wario _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ SECTION 1 - GAME BASICS _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ .: STORY LINE :. For the first time in gaming history, a puzzle game has a half-decent plot line! Dum dum dum! It may be a bit cute, and Nintendo seems to be stuck on the paper cut-out characters (Paper Mario must have sold too well ... great game), but it's still a storyline. Dr. Mario (it seems like a completely different person from Mario) is needed since it's flu season. The evil viruses (Red, Yellow, and Blue) have struck and only his Megavitamins will kill them and cure the helpless patients. Wario, being as jealous as always, wants the fame of doctor and tries to steal the bottle of Megavitamins from Dr. Mario. However, he fails. Another sneaky character named Mad Scienstein snatches the bottle of Megavitamins. Dr. Mario and Wario chase after them and meet up with many new characters (well, a lot of them are from Wario Land games) along the way. The question is why Mad Scienstein wants the Megavitamins. .: GAME BASICS :. Very little has been changed from the previous three titles. The bottle (your playing field) contains Red, Yellow, or Blue. To win, you must destroy these viruses. Vitamin capsules, or pills, will drop from the top of the bottle and slowly fall. You control them. They have two sides, each with a different color. They are either red, yellow, or blue. They can be mixed or a pill can be one solid color. Your goal is to match them up with the viruses in a row or column and they'll disappear. Match them up four-in-a-row/column and they'll vanish. The viruses count as part of the row/column. For example, to make one virus disappear, it only takes three pills. To make two viruses that are touching disappear, it only takes two viruses. There are never three or more viruses of the same color touching. You can turn the pills with A or B to make them fit in places. Once all of the viruses disappear, you win! .: ADVANCED GAMEPLAY :. This is where the new features come in. Now, you can perform combos. Say you make a virus disappear, which makes some pills drop. The pills drop and make other pill(s)/virus(es) dis- appear. This is called a combo. This counts as a 2x combo. When you perform a combo, your character will say something like "Yes!" or "Woo-hoo!" to indicate it. Plus, you get more points. It's not possible to get more than a 4x combo. But I'm not done yet. When battling against a computer character, performing a combo will drop garbage pills on them. If you did a 2x combo, 2 single pills (not double sided) will fall on the opponent's playing field in the most inconvenient spot it can find. If you do a 3x combo, 3 pills. If a 4x, you get four pills. Like I said before, it's not possible to get a 5x or higher combo. These garbage pills may seem like nothing, but they can be very annoying if they land on a virus that you were about to destroy. Sometimes, very rarely, the garbage pills will help and make a virus or a stack of pills disappear. But, how do the garbage pills work when battling more than one opponent, you ask? Well, let me explain. If you do a combo, the first color of pills cleared determines it. If you did a 2x combo and the first color of pills cleared was blue, then the garbage goes to the player one bottle to the right. If it was yellow, then it goes to the player two bottles to the right. If red, it goes to the player three bottles to the right. If you clear two colors simutaneously (e.g. destroy a red and blue virus at the same time), then it will go to the player one bottle to the right and the player three bottles to the right. It can be hard to work with these odd rules, but that's how it works. .: TIPS & HELPFUL ADVICE :. - Try your hardest to work with every single pill you have. It's very frustrating to get rid of excess pill pieces over a virus. Say you have one virus left. It's blue. On top of it is a yellow pill, then red, blue, blue, yellow, red, red, blue, yellow. It is very hard to get to that virus. I have lost matches because of this. Try you hardest to prevent this from happen- ing. If it does, try to find another ways to get to the virus before eliminating the main problem, because the main problem takes longer. - Garbage pills can be very annoying. They usually cause the above problem. Try your best to work around them. - It's important to do combos. Not only do they annoy the opponent with the garbage pills, which mess up their combos and stuff, but the pills take so long to drop that it slows them down and gives you a chance to catch up. - Try to always have a garbage pile. If you get an uneccessary pill, plop it out of the way so it won't cause any confusion. - You can't get much benefit from destroying capsules by themselves. You can combo them, but I always try to eliminate the viruses and fast. Looking fancy doesn't cut it when you're trying to beat the computer, and eliminating capsules w/out viruses doesn't give any points. It can still combo, but what's the use if no viruses are destroyed? This just wastes time. - Don't always try to destroy a virus with an above column. Try rows across to them (for example, VIRUS PILL PILL PILL). Also, if you have a big mess above a virus, try to elimi- nate it from below (look at the other example with your head turned over to the left :P). It may feel awkward to eliminate them differently, but it really helps. - Comboing is very important. It eliminates viruses faster, drops uneccessary pills on the opponent, and slows them down. It's really important for winning, but don't do it to look fancy (e.g. destroying capsules w/out viruses). _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ SECTION 2 - GAME MODES _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ .: ONE PLAYER MODE :. The main attraction!~ Classic ------- This is the original Dr. Mario game. You clear stages one by one by clearing the viruses. Each stage is harder than the last, with more viruses and sometimes slightly more speed. You can set the stage at the level select screen, along with the speed and music. This mode never ends. You just keep repeating stages over and over again. Story ----- Please see Section 1-A for the story line. In this mode, you follow the story line as either Dr. Mario or Wario and battle different characters on the quest. There are normally only eight stages. You can select the difficulty setting (Easy, Normal, or Hard). Also, the game saves your stages so you can continue if you lose or quit. Here are some slight strategies. == DR. MARIO'S QUEST == Round One - Wario Wario is really simple. Though he can unleash a lot of garbage if you play for too long, he usually loses from a high stack. Just finish to get this match over with. Round Two - Spearhead Spearhead is just a tad more difficult than Wario was. He doesn't usually combo, but he will when he gets the chance! Combo and just get rid of the viruses before it gets ugly. Round Three - Webber Webber's match is when the game develops some difficulty. His specialty is combos, so be care- ful here. Like I said before, concentrate on destroying viruses more than looking fancy. Round Four - Silky Silky is similar to Appleby; he's tough. He'll appear to be ahead near the start, but he'll nag behind later. Just keep playing and try to ignore him the best you can. Round Five - Jellybob Thank God this sea creature doesn't play like Octo does! I'd lose from laughing. Jellybob plays like an ordinary character; just use similar strategies. Round Six - Helio Helio's got one big head, so you better work on popping it! He can be frustrating at times, but just play like always and you'll do fine. Round Seven - Hammer-Bot Grr, I hate Hammer-Bot. He will lose from a high stack if you combo often, but otherwise, he'll be doing the comboing. He is one tough cookie, but don't give in! Round Eight - Rudy Rudy is hard. He's the last boss, so he's meant to be hard. Don't worry about getting gigantic combos; just try to win and don't get stuck with a virus in the corner of a pile of pills. I lose so many times from this! Bonus Round - Vampire Wario If you managed to defeat Rudy without losing at all through the entire game, you play against Vampire Wario. Vampire Wario is very tough, since you have to beat him without losing to make him playable. Just use similar strategies as for the other characters. == WARIO'S QUEST == Round One - Dr. Mario Like battling Wario in Dr. Mario's quest, Dr. Mario is very simple. He'll unleash terror if you let him, so just finish quickly and proceed with the game. Round Two - Spearhead Spearhead is just a tad more difficult than Wario was. He doesn't usually combo, but he will when he gets the chance! Combo and just get rid of the viruses before it gets ugly. Round Three - Webber Webber's match is when the game develops some difficulty. His specialty is combos, so be care- ful here. Like I said before, concentrate on destroying viruses more than looking fancy. Round Four - Appleby Appleby can be tough. Don't be discouraged if he pulls ahead; he always gets a little ahead at the start but will nag behind later. Just concentrate on winning; ignore him. Round Five - Octo Octo is tough. First off, his playing style is very odd. He will turn his pieces constantly, which will probably break your concentration (I lost from laughing too much). He is actually very good, and he loves to combo. Try to ignore his odd playing strategies and just go for the gold! Round Six - Lump Lump isn't too difficult. He usually loses from a high stack against me. Try some combos and ignore him and you should do fine. Round Seven - Hammer-Bot Grr, I hate Hammer-Bot. He will lose from a high stack if you combo often, but otherwise, he'll be doing the comboing. He is one tough cookie, but don't give in! Round Eight - Rudy Rudy is hard. He's the last boss, so he's meant to be hard. Don't worry about getting gigantic combos; just try to win and don't get stuck with a virus in the corner of a pile of pills. I lose so many times from this! Bonus Round - Metal Mario If you managed to defeat Rudy without losing at all through the entire game, you play against Metal Mario. Metal Mario is very tough, since you have to beat him without losing to make him playable. Just use similar strategies as for the other characters. * If you play as GUEST, your progress won't be saved. Do this when you are trying to unlock Metal Mario and Vampire Wario. VS. Computer ------------ This mode lets you freshen up on your skills against a computer player. You can select any character and play against any character. Nothing very special here. Just basically practice. You can change your/their virus level and speed. You can also select the music and stage. Flash ----- In this original game mode, your goal is to destroy only the flashing viruses. You can destroy non-flashing viruses, but you win by destroying all of the flashing ones. The computer plays differently in this mode, targeting the flashing viruses more than normal ones. This mode is rather tough, but it's fun to have a change. You do the setups before the match like you would in VS. Computer mode. Marathon -------- Yay! An endless mode. In this mode, you keep playing until you lose. This is the mode to see how long you can last and how high of a score you can maintain. There is no way to win, so don't get angry if you lose eventually. In the magnifying glass beside your bottle, you'll see Red, Yellow, and Blue moving clockwise in it. When one of them reaches the top of the magnifying glass, a new row of viruses appears at the bottom of the bottle. In other words, the stack rises. If you perform a combo, the 3 viruses will stop moving momentarily. Oh, and by the way, you can manually make the stack rise by pressing L or R. Score Attack ------------ A.K.A. Time Attack. In this mode, you have 3 minutes to try and get an incredibly high score. You can win on this mode, but it is rather difficult. If you don't clear all of the viruses in under 3 minutes or your stack rises too high, you lose. Try to get a higher score with combos. .: TWO PLAYER MODE :. Two controllers required!~ Two Player VS. -------------- This is like VS. Computer, except two opponents battle each other. The same rules apply. Flash ----- Like the One Player Flash, except there are two players battling each other. Score Attack ------------ You have 3 minutes to see who can get a higher score or finish first. Same rules apply. .: MULTIPLAYER MODE :. You can play this with one controller to four controllers!~ Four-Player VS. --------------- Four players battle each other at the same time! In order to fit all four bottles, they were decreased in size so pill and virus sprites were shrunk. Also, the characters do not talk any- more, which I don't understand. It makes it rather boring if you ask me. Please see Section 1-C for an explanation of how to drop garbage pills on your opponent(s). Team Battle ----------- Interesting concept, if you ask me. Players 1 and 2 are Team A, 3 and 4 are Team B. The game ends when one of the team members clear all of his viruses or both team members' stacks get too high. Dropping garbage pills here is a little confusing, but here goes! You now have "Team Banks." If you do a combo and the garbage pills go to your partner, then they are stored in your Team Bank. Your bank can hold up to four pieces of garbage pills at once. The garbage deposited in the bank will be saved and used in your or your partner's next combo. For example, if you have 2 pills saved up and your partner sends 2 pills to the opponent, then the 2 pills from the bank will be added to drop 4 pills. No more than 4 pills will be sent at a time. Also, garbage sent to a retired opponent will just vanish and cannot be used. It's hard to follow at first, but you'll get it eventually. Flash ----- This is just like all of the other Flashes, except with four players. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ SECTION 3 - CHARACTERS _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ This section just gives brief information about each character, since there isn't anything but brief information about each character. The only difference in them is their difficulty. They are all the same when YOU play as them, but when they are computer controlled, they have different difficulty levels. .: DR. MARIO :. DIFFICULTY: ****--- Dr. Mario is the main character. He is trying to cure all of the flu season victims with his bottle of cure-all Megavitamins, but Wario and Mad Scienstein are after them. Can his wits and bravery help him overcome their evilness? * Dr. Mario is playable in all game modes .: WARIO :. DIFFICULTY: ****--- Wario wants to be rich, so he wants to steal Dr. Mario's Megavitamins. However, it doesn't quite work out and Mad Scienstein ends up taking them. They team up temporarily to chase down Scienstein and get them back! * As an extra, Wario is playable in Story Mode .: SPEARHEAD :. DIFFICULTY: *------ Spearhead is one of Rudy's henchmen. Though he is rather bad at being guard, he tries his best to stop Dr. Mario and Wario from proceeding towards Rudy's Castle. .: WEBBER :. DIFFICULTY: *------ Another one of Rudy's henchmen, Webber traps people in his strong webs when they travel through the dark forests. He is just as weak as Spearhead, but he tries a little harder. .: SILKY :. DIFFICULTY: **----- Silky was minding his own business when Wario and Scienstein trampled all over him. Dr. Mario sees if he's okay, but the enraged Silky attacks Dr. Mario instead! .: APPLEBY :. DIFFICULTY: **----- Appleby loves his apples. But Dr. Mario and Scienstein trampled on him, so he lost his shiny apple! He gets very upset and takes out his anger on the passer-by Wario. .: JELLYBOB :. DIFFICULTY: **----- Jellybob is a jellyfish who is very upset that the chase has disrupted his quiet nap by the beach. He decides to attack Dr. Mario as pay-back. .: OCTO :. DIFFICULTY: **----- Octo was sleeping behind a rock when Dr. Mario knocked a coconut off a palm tree and bonked him on the head. He jumps out to attack and finds himself attacking Wario. .: HELIO :. DIFFICULTY: ***---- The chase goes into the clouds. Helio is the guardian balloon of the cloud world, so he gets very upset when Dr. Mario and Wario come crashing by. So it's time to retaliate! .: LUMP :. DIFFICULTY: ***---- Lump is a huge frog who was napping on a rock. Suddenly, the chase knocked him over and he began to roll down a hill. He crushed Wario and began to fight! .: HAMMER-BOT :. DIFFICULTY: ***---- Hammer-Bot is the creation of Mad Scienstein. He protects Rudy's Castle from intruders. Dr. Mario and Wario have to deal with him to get inside. .: MAD SCIENSTEIN :. DIFFICULTY: ***---- You never battle Mad Scienstein in Story Mode, but he's a character. He stole the Megavitamins to give to Rudy, but Dr. Mario won't allow that! .: RUDY :. DIFFICULTY: *****-- Rudy is the monster that lives in this spooky castle. He has the flu and doesn't want to be treated by Dr. Mario, so he wants the Megavitamins so he can cure himself. .: METAL MARIO :. DIFFICULTY: *****-- After Rudy is foiled, Wario steals the Megavitamins but trips and they all fall into Dr. Mario's mouth. The power of the Megavitamins transforms Dr. Mario into Metal Mario. .: VAMPIRE WARIO :. DIFFICULTY: *****-- After Rudy is foiled, Wario steals the Megavitamins but trips and they all fall into his mouth. The power of the Megavitamins transforms him into Vampire Wario. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ SECTION 4 - SECRETS _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ This game is home to some secrets, though none of them help you but are for Dr. Mario veterans out there. Want more difficulty? Try some of these cheats. UNLOCK SUPER HARD MODE ---------------------- As if we really want it, huh? It's really easy, actually. Go to Story Mode and highlight Hard. Press Z and it will change to S.Hard Mode (not permanent). S.Hard Mode is VERY DIFFICULT! How- ever, if you manage to ACTUALLY win, you are only rewarded with a Congratulations message. Big friggin' whoop-dee-doo. UNLOCK METAL MARIO ------------------ In Story Mode, play as Wario and beat Normal, Hard, or S.Hard Mode without losing once. After defeating Rudy, you'll battle Metal Mario. Beat him without losing at all and you'll be able to play as Metal Mario in VS. modes. Using the "Redo" option on the pause menu counts as losing. UNLOCK VAMPIRE WARIO -------------------- In Story Mode, play as Dr. Mario and beat Normal, Hard, or S.Hard Mode without losing once. After defeating Rudy, you'll battle Vampire Wario. Beat him without losing at all and you'll be able to play as Vampire Wario in VS. modes. Using the "Redo" option on the pause menu counts as losing. Note that unlocking these two characters is VERY HARD! CHANGE COMPUTER A.I. DIFFICULTY ------------------------------- As if we really want this too, eh? In a VS. mode, when you are selecting a computer's character, hold L and press A to change their difficulty to Hard (add one star to difficulty) or hold L and press B to change it to S.Hard (add two stars to difficulty). These are not permanent. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ I suppose this concludes my F.A.Q. Though this game is rather small and there is little to accomplish, it is a perfect update of the originals and you'll be wanting to play it more, even if you suck royally at it (like me). Thanks for reading! Bai bai and God bless. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/