Pokemon Walkthrough
"Pokemon
Walkthrough"
You start off as a beginning minor trainer when playing the red
or the blue version, or Ash in the Pikachu (yellow) version. You
start off in your own house*. In order to start the real game;
you would have to get a pokemon first. So walk to the field up
North, but you obviously you won't get every far. The professor
will bring you back to his lab and let you choose between
Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle** (or if playing the Pikachu
version, you automatically get a Pikachu.) Before you set off to
your journey, you will have to accept the challenge from Gary***
(or whatever you name him at the beginning of the game.) After
that, no matter you win or not, you can proceed.
*The woman downstairs (which is your character's mother) act as
the nurse in
Pallet town
**Charmander is quite a good choice when starting, because it is
a fire pokemon
and most pokemons are not very strong against fire. Choosing
Squirtle might
give you a problem when trying to defeat grass pokemons, but will
help you a lot
when battling against the first gym leader that uses rock
pokemons. Bulbasaur
will be a great help when fighting the second gym leader
*** He will choose the pokemon that is good against your pokemon
(i.e. if you
choose Bulbasaur, he will choose Charmander)
To the North on your way to Veridian city, you will cross some
small fields where many wild pokemons* will challenge you. Along
the way, talk to the people. One of them will give you a potion.
There is a pokemon center** where your pokemon can get treatments
of their wounds. Now go to the poke-shop. The cashier will give
you an item to deliver to the professor. When the item is
delivered, the professor will give you a "Pokedex"
which will give you the information on the pokemon you caught and
the picture of the pokemon you've seen. To get a town map, go to
Gary's house (at the right of your own) and talk to his sister.
Then proceed again to the North.
*These wild pokemons includes Pidgey, Rattata, Spearow, and
Nidoran (male and
female)
**There is a pokemon center in every town, and in the it there is
a computer that
allows you to store pokemons and other tools
When you get to Veridian city, this time you are able to buy
things from the poke-shop. In order to catch pokemons*, you will
have to buy "Pokeballs" from the shop first. And make
sure you buy some potions if you are a big fan of that. To the
west of Veridian city is the way to the pokemon league (but until
you've won all 8 badges, you won't get very far) and right after
you've crossed the first field, you will see Gary again. There it
will challenge you with pokemons at about level 8. So if you
trained your pokemons to be above level 8, you will have a very
big chance to win**. After battling with Gary, you might want to
walk a little more to the west, because there are a few more
different pokemons around**.
*To catch pokemons, you will have to weaken them with your own
pokemon
first, then throw a pokeball at it. And you can only carry 6
pokemons at a time
**Remember that if you loose to a battle with a challenger or you
as the
challenger, you will loose half of your money, but if you win,
you will gain
some money
***There are Mankeys in the Pikachu version, and none in the
Green version
There is a gym in Veridian city, but at the moment it is empty.
So you should proceed to the North. Thru the house, you will get
to the Veridian Forest where many different bug pokemons are
located*. There is a man lying on the ground blocking your way,
but he'll move when you talk to him. Look at the tree next to the
man; it will give you a booster shot. There are also some
challengers along the way too. There are 2 items (which looked
like a ball) along the way, pick it up 'cuz this is a potion that
will recover your pokemon for up to 20HP. The exit of the
Veridian Forest to Pewter city is on the Northwest corner.
*These includes Caterpies and Metapods in the Pikachu version.
For the other
versions, it includes also Weedles, Kakunas, and some Pikachus
In Pewter city, you will meet the first pokemon gym leader Brock.
He is a rock pokemon* trainner, and carries two pokemons:
1) Geodude: level 12
2) Onyx: level 14
So be sure that most of your pokemons are at level 13 or above,
and remember that flying pokemons are not good against rock
pokemons! At the North of the city, there is a museum displaying
fossils of extinct pokemons. Take a look if you want, but its
reason for being will come up later. After defeating Brock you
can proceed to the East of the city to Mt. Moon.
*Rock pokemons are weak against water, grass, ice, fighting and
ground type
pokemon (and if you are using Pikachu, don't even bother using
any electric
attacks, 'cuz it won't work)
On your way to Mt. Moon, there are quite a few challengers. Most
of them used grass and poison pokemon so by some antidote before
you go. There are also some fields with many Spearows, Jigglypuff
(not in Pikachu version though) and other pokemons along the way.
There is a pokemon center right beside Mt. Moon. In it, there is
a person that will sell you a level 5 Magikarp for $500, but you
can also catch it with an old fishing rod, which you will get
later on.
In Mt. Moon, there are many different pokemons* to battle. There
are also many challengers and items to pick up in there. To the
left-hand side, there are two items: potion and TM12. To the
right of the same floor, there are 3 more items: potion, rare
candy and escape rope. When going the right, you will notice a
stairway (stairway A) to a lower floor. If you wish to get an
item that will increase the HP of your pokemon, go down the
stairs and follow the path until you see another stairway
(stairway B). Go down stairway B, and you will see the item on
your upper left. Now return to the stairway A you took and go up,
and then to the left. There you will see stairway C. If you go
down the stairs and to the left, where stairway D is, and go down
again, you will see TM01. Now return to stairway C and go
downwards and to your left. In the upper left corner, there is a
Moon Stone, which will evolve some pokemons. There is also
stairway E. Go down stairs and follow the path to stairway F. Now
you can go down the steps and up the others again and walk along
the way to where stairway G is.
*There are Zubats, and Geodudes in all versions, Clefairys and
Paras
Just before you reach stairway G, you will have to battle with
Team Rock's Jessy and James, who train 3 pokemons* which are all
around level 16:
1) Ekans
2) Coughing
3) Meowth
So power up your pokemons first. After battling with them you can
go up stairway G, and then to the right to exit Mt. Moon.
*I'm not very sure if these are the 3 pokemons you battle in all
versions (Pikachu
version for sure it is true,) because I heard somebody saying
something about
battling a level 16 Raticate
Just before reaching Cerulean city, there is TM14 a few bushes
that have some pokemons* along the way. Make sure that you catch
some, 'cuz you can't go back until quite a while. You will see a
man standing in front of a cave, but don't bother trying to get
there, because you can't until you defeat everyone in the pokemon
league In Cerulean city, there is a bike shop, but don't bother
trying to gain money and buy it now. The house above the bike
shop have different purposes in different versions**. In this
city, you will have to face the gym leader, Misty. She is a water
pokemon trainer***, and she use 2 pokemons:
1) Staryu: level 18
2) Starmie: level 21
After defeating her, proceed to the North of the city. There, you
will, once again, have to battle with Gary and 15 other
challengers.**** To the left, there are fields full of grass
pokemons. To the right, you will find Bill***** the
"Pokemaniac." You will have to follow his instructions
to turn him back to a human. Then he will give you a ticket to go
on to the St. Anne later on, and you can go check out his PC.
After all this, go back to the city and to the house at the right
top corner. Go in the house and out the back door, then follow
the path downwards.
*There are some Ekans (not in the yellow version) and some other
pokemons
you've seen before
**In the Pikachu version, this house is a "Pokemon
Spa." The girl inside will give
you a Bulbasaur, if you have captured about 20 pokemons. In other
versions, it is a "Pokemon Trading Center"
***Remember that electric pokemons and grass pokemons are good
against water
pokemon
****If you are playing the yellow version, there is a person on
the upper left
corner after the bridge. He will give you a Charmander
*****One time, a person told me something about taking 4 Evees in
different
evolved (3 evolved and 1 non-evolved) form to Bill, something
will happen, but
I'm not very sure at the moment
Down the path, you will see three houses. One of them is a
"Pokemon School." You will have to go across a few
fields* before getting there. You can put your pokemon there and
come back later to pay some fees to get it back. You will find
your pokemon being powered up more if you leave it there
longer**. Another house, which is a little more southern, is a
gate to Saffron city. You will find that Saffron city has gates
all around it; therefore, at the moment, you can't get there. The
only way out is to go into the third house and go downstairs to
the tunnel. This tunnel will lead you to a field that's very near
Vermillion city. In those fields, there are Abras*** and other
pokemons, and some challengers. Head south to reach Vermillion
city.
*In the Pikachu version, there are some Jigglypuffs there. They
are all about level
5 only
**To my knowledge, the pokemon's experience increase by 1 for
every step you
move
***Abras are very useful. Although it can do nothing but
teleportation before it
evolves, but this knowledge can bring you to the pokemon center
you had visited
last time (saves a lot of time)
At the very south of Vermillion city, you will find a cruise.
This is the St. Anne. There are many challengers on board, but
don't defeat them all just yet. First you must find the captain,
he will give you Hidden Machine 01* only if you haven't defeat
all his passengers. Just before you enter his room, you will,
again, meet and battle with Gary. Remember that once you got
Hidden Machine 01, and get out of the St. Anne, it will depart.
So be sure you fought some of the passengers first! The 3rd gym
is also located in this city. Before you get to fight Lt. Surge,
the gym leader, you will have to solve a little puzzle first**.
This is an easy match since Surge only use one pokemon***:
1) Raichu: level 28
If you go to the house located on the farthest left of the
pokemon center and talk to the man inside, he will give you an
"Old Fishing Rod." Since the rod is "Old" you
can only catch Magikarp with it. The house above and to the left
of the gym has six people in it. Talk to the man in black and he
will give you an exchange ticket. Now you can go back to Cerulean
city's bike shop and give it to the store manager; he will give
you a bike for free.
*Hidden Machine 01 is a tree cutting ability. You can put it on
grass pokemons
(and I know it also works on Charmander and Sandshrew.) Remember
one thing
though, once a hidden ability is put on a pokemon, you cannot get
rid of it;
therefore, my advise will be, "Just put it on one
pokemon."
**In the Pikachu version, I had to click A in front of two
"Trash Cans" (that's
what I call it.) One is on the upper right corner, and the one on
the left side of it
***In some other walkthroughs I've been looking at, the person
said there were 3 pokemons in the red version:
1) Voltrob: level 21
2) Pikachu: level 18
3) Raichu: level 24
To the East of Vermillion city, there is a cave. There are many
Digeletts and a few Dugtrios in the cave. Out the cave, there is
a tree. Cut it down and get the 2 items. Keep on going and you
will see two houses. In the first house, talk to the baby, and he
will trade a pokemon with you. In the second house, a man will
give you Hidden Machine 05. Now return to Cerulean city.
Go thru the house on the upper right corner again, but this time
proceed to the East instead of South. There will be a tree
blocking the road, but this time you can cut it right down and
keep going. To the east, thru many challengers, there is a
pokemon center. Beside it, is a very dark cave. You can't see
anything without Hidden Machine 05, which is Flash. There are
many pokemons*, challengers, and items along the way. This is not
a very complicated cave, so don't worry.
*There are Onyxs, Machops, Zubats and Geodudes.
Outside the cave, there are some challengers. When you get thru
them, you will find yourself in Lavender town. In this town,
there is a pokemon tower, which contains ghost pokemons. But you
won't be able to see them until you get a Silph Scope in Celadon
city. There is, however, a house at the south of Lavender town
which will let you change the name of your pokemon. Now proceed
to the west of Lavender town. There is a field with many
pokemons* and many challengers there. There will be a house at
the west end of the field with a tunnel as a basement. Go thru
the tunnel and you will arrive at Celadon city.
*There are Mankeys, Pidgey, Oddish and Growlithe.
There is a building at the middle-north with a back door. Go in
from the back door go upstairs then to another room. In there,
you can get a level 25 Evee. At Celadon city is where the 4th Gym
is located. Here you will have to fight Erica; she is a grass
pokemon trainner*.
1)Tangler: level 30
2) Weepinbell: level 32
3) Gloom: level 32
There is a huge shopping mall and a slot machine center. In order
to play slots, you will have to go into the house at the south of
the center and talk to the person in the upper left- hand corner.
He will give you a basket to put your marbles (or coins). Then go
to the slot machine center and you can buy some marbles. There
are also people playing slots there; talk to them and you can
collect up to 60 marbles. At the upper right corner of the
center, there is a guard. Battle with him so he will get out of
the way. Now look at the picture on the wall. There, then, will a
stairway appear. Go up stairs and you will now be in the team
rocket gang's hiding place. There are quite a few challengers and
items along the way to the boss. Fight the head of the gang and
you will get a Silph Scope from him. In the shopping center, you
can buy many things you can't in other pokemon shops. For
example, you can buy leaf stone, fire stone, water stone and
thunder stone to evolve some specific pokemons. There are also
some medicines that will increase your pokemon's AP, DP, SP, and
speed. In the blue version, you can also increase your pokemon's
HP. There is no way that you can proceed to the west, because
there is a sleeping Snorelax in the way. So you will have to go
back to Lavender town.
*In the red version it is
1) Victreebel: level 29
2) Tangela: level 24
3) Vileplume: level 29
With the Silph Scope in your pocket, you can see the ghost in the
pokemon town in Lavender town. Enter the pokemon tower and you
will meet Gary again; defeat him and go to the top floor. There a
person will give you a pokemon flute. This flute can wake up a
Snorelax. There are two Snorelaxes in this game, so if you want
to collect all 150 (or 151) pokemons be sure you catch at least
one of them. One is blocking the west of Celadon city, and the
other, is blocking the south of Lavender town. To wake them up,
you will have to use the pokemon flute. And once you did, you
will have to fight it. Snorelax is not a very tough pokemon, but
it's sure hard to catch, because it can recover its HP by
sleeping. Now there are two ways to go to Fushia city. You can
either proceed to the south of Lavender town, or to the west of
Celadon city. If you choose the path at the south of Lavender
town you will be able to get a better fishing rod in a house
along the way and to fish some water pokemons.* If you choose to
go to the west of Celadon city, you will be able to catch some
other neat pokemons,** but you will need a bike. Also that on the
road that you see snorelax in Celadon city, there is a tree, cut
it down and go thru the building, there is a person in the house
that will give you Hidden Machine 02, which is Flying. Put this
on any flying pokemon, and you can fly to any pokemon centers
you've ever been to. With is machine, you would want to go back
to the museum in Pewter city. Cut down the tree there and go into
the back room. Talk to the guys in there and one of them will
give you the Old Amber. Both paths contain similar amount of
challengers, and both are very challenging.***
*There are many Horseas and Seadras to catch (the Seadras are
usually level 35)
**There are Ponytas in the fields
***Personally, I recommend going thru both paths. You may want to
consider to
use the bike path to go to Fushia city, and the other for
practice, because the
bike path is not very good if you want to go from Fushia city
back to Celadon
city
The man in the house on the right of the pokemon center will give
you the best fishing rod, and the one beside it will give you
Hidden Machine 04, which is a rock pushing ability. At the north
of Fushia city is the Sarfari Zone. The admission fee is $500,
this includes 500 paces (steps) and 30 sarfari zone pokeballs. So
you might want to spend some time there, because there are many
pokemons that you can't catch outside. And don't forget to bring
your fishing rod, 'cuz there are many Dratinis in the water.
There is a house in the Sarfari Zone with many statues in the
front. Go into that house and the man will give you Hidden
Machine 03, which is swimming ability.
The 5th gym is also located in Fushia city. In the gym, there are
places that you can't walk thru, because there are invisible
walls everywhere, but it's quite easy to figure out your way.
After beating the Fushia gym, go back to Celadon city's shopping
center. Go to the top floor and buy a drink. Carry it to the gate
to Saffron city.
There are two gyms in Saffron city. You will have to beat the gym
leader on the left first. After you beat him, he will let you
choose between a Hitmochan and a Hitmonlee. Then go to the big
building located in the center of the city. This is another
hideout of Team Rocket, you will met Gary again and will have to
fight him too. Then talk to the guy in the same room, he'll give
you a Lapras. Beat everyone, and when you get to the top, to the
gang leader, beat him and you will be able to get a Master Ball*
from him. Be sure that you don't already have 20 items with you,
otherwise, if you don't get the Master Ball you might be in deep
trouble. Then go back to the gym on the right. You kind of have
to guess your way thru the gym until you see Sabrina, the 6th gym
leader. She is a psychic pokemon trainner and has 4 pokemons**:
1)Kadabra: level 38
2)Mr. Mime: level 37
3)Venomoth: level 38
4)Alakazam: level 43
*Don't use the pokeball until later on! Or you'll regret it like
I do!
**In the pikachu version, there's only 3 pokemons to fight: Abra,
Kadabra, and
Alakazam. And the tip for fighting this gym is to use regular
attacks instead of
special ones
Now you might concider going back to Cerulean city's pokemon
center. If you could still remember, there is a water path at the
north of the dark cave. Now that you have swimming ability, swim
to the south and you will find a power plant there. Since many
electric pokemons are gathered there, you might want to catch
some before you have to deal with the water pokemons later on.
The one and only one Zapdos: level 50 in the game is also located
at the exit of the power plant.
Go back to Fushia city, and swim to the south of the city, and
remember to carry a pokemon with rock pushing ability with you.
Don't worry about the pokemons that bumps into you when you are
swimming because most of them are only level 5. But there are 20
pokemon trainners along the way so watch out.* To the southwest
you'll see a Saefoam Island. There is a cave that you'll have to
find your way thru. There are many pokemons in there. You will
see some rocks lying beside some holes. Push them in the hole so
that you will be able to block the current of the water under the
cave. This way you can get to Articuno: level 50. Keep in mind
that there's only one Articuno in the whole game, so be sure to
save before you play! After you found your way out of the cave,
you might want to heal your pokemons either by going to the
pokemon center in Fushia city, or your home. In my opinion, going
back to Pallet Town is a better choice because it is closer to
Cinnabar Island, and you don't have to go thru the cave again.
*It will be best to carry a pokemon with either the ability to
fly or teleport back to
a pokemon center
If you start from Saefoam Island, you will just have to swim to
the west. If you start from Pallet Town, swim to the south of the
city, and you will arrive at the Cinnabar Island, where the 7th
gym is located. There is a house on the very left of the pokemon
center. There are a few pokemon trainers in this house that will
trade pokemons with you. The furthest room is where you can find
the scientist that will help you to turn your Old Amber and Ocean
or Sea Fossil into pokemons.* Just give him your fossils or
amber, and walk around for a bit, then go back there and he'll
give you the pokemon. In order to get into the gym, you will have
to go to the building on the top left corner of the island and
find the keys. Gym leader Blaine uses fire pokemons. He owns**:
1) Growlithe: Level 42
2) Rapidash: Level 42
3) Ponyta: level 40
4) Arcanine: level 47
*The ancient pokemons that he will give to you are both at level
30
**In the Pikachu version, Blaine still owns the above pokemons,
but Ponyta and
Arcanine were both level 50
Now you only have one more gym to go before you can enter the
pokemon league. This gym leader, you've already met twice in the
game. But I don't want to spoil the fun, therefore I won't be
telling his name. The 8th and the last gym is located in Veridian
city. He is kind of tough, but if you use the right pokemons*, is
will be an easy battle. Here we go, his pokemons are**:
1)Dugtrio: level 42
2)Rhydon: level 50
3)Nidoking: level 45
4)Nidoqueen: level 43
5)Rhyhorn: level 45
*My suggestion is to use a water pokemon in this battle
**I'm not quite sure about the levels of his pokemons in the
pikachu version, but
I'll varify that later on
Before you go anywhere, be very sure that you are caring a
pokemon with rock pushing ability and a pokemon with swimming
ability with you, or otherwise you will waste a lot of time. Now
proceed to the west of Veridian city, and you'll once again met
Gary. This time he is a little tougher in my opinion, but he's
still beatable. After beating him, keep going to the west and
then north to the building. Show the guards your badge, and they
will let you proceed. It is a pretty long road, so if you don't
want to go thru all that and waste your time, I suggest you to
bring a pokemon that can either fly or teleport to pokemon
centers.
After passing all 8 guards, you will arrive at Victory Road. This
is where you will have to use your pokemon with rock pushing
ability. You will see that there are special squares on the
ground. You can't walk thru them. Therefore, you will have to
push the rock onto the circles on the ground in order to make the
squares disappear. There are many pokemons in there, and most of
them are rock pokemons, so having a water pokemon battling will
help a lot. They are also big fans of self-explosion, so if you
see pokemons that you can't kill with one shot and knew that it
will self-explo, just get a ghost pokemon out, because the
explosion won't hurt them a bit. There is also a Moltres in
there, and so catch it if you are going for all 150 pokemons,
'cuz it's also the only one in the whole game. After you get out
of this place, go to Indigo Plateau and heal your pokemons. This
is the only place that I'll strongly suggest you to buy some
items such as healing, PP enddo, because you will have to battle
with at least 26 pokemons that are at least level 50 with no
chance to go back to a pokemon center to heal your pokemons. The
following is the list of pokemons you will have to fight in the
league:
First trainer, Lorelei, uses water pokemons (the use of electric
pokemons are recommended):
1)Dewgong: level 54 (type: water & psychic)
2)Cloyster: level 53 (type: water & psychic)
3)Slowbro: level 54 (type: water & psychic)
4)Jynx: level 56 (type: ice psychic)*
5)Lapras: level 56 (type: water & ice)
Second trainer, Bruno, uses rock and fighting pokemons (the use
of water & ghost or psychic pokemons are recommended):
1)Onix: level 53 (type: rock)
2)Hitmonchan: level 55 (type: fighting)
3)Hitmonlee: level 55 (type: fighting)
4)Onix: level 56 (type: rock)
5)Machamp: level 58 (type: fighting)
Third trainer, Agatha, uses mainly ghost pokemons (fighting
pokemons are not recommended, but psychic, electric and fire
pokemons will do a fine job):
1)Ganga: level 56 (type: ghost & poison)
2)Golbat: level 56 (type: flying & poison)
3)Haunter: level (type: ghost & poison)
4)Arbok: level (type: poison)
5)Ganga: level 60 (type: ghost & poison)
Fourth trainer and the last before Gary, Lance, uses dragon
pokemons (psychic and electric pokemons are recommended):
1)Gyarados: level 58 (type: water & flying? & maybe
dragon)
2)Dragonair: level 56 (type: dragon) ***this dragonair uses
electric
attacks
3)Dragonair: level 56 (type: dragon) ***this dragonair uses water
attacks
4)Aerodactyl: level 60 (type: flying & earth? & maybe
dragon)
5)Dragonite: level 62 (type: dragon & flying)
After fighting those four trainers, you will have you fight your
good old rival, Gary. The pokemons he owns depends on what
pokemon you choose at the beginning of the game, and here they
are:
For the Pikachu Version:
1)Sandslash: level 61 (type: ground)
2)Alakazam: level 59 (type: psychic)
3)Exeggcutor: level 61 (type: grass & psychic)
4)Magneton: level 61 (type: electric)
5)Cloyster: level 63 (type: water & psychic)
6)Flareon: level 65 (type: fire)
For other versions, if you choose Charmander:
1)Pidgeot (type: flying)
2)Alakazam (type: psychic)
3)Rhydon (type: ground)
4)Arcanine (type: fire)
5)Exeggcutor (type: grass & psychic)
6)Blastoise (type: water)
Bulbasaur:
1)Pidgeot (type: flying)
2)Alakazam (type: psychic)
3)Rhydon (type: ground)
4)Gyarados (type: water & flying & maybe dragon)
5)Exeggcutor (type: plant & psychic)
6)Charizard (type: fire & flying)
Squirtle:
1)Pidgeot (type: flying)
2)Alakazam (type: psychic)
3)Rhydon (type: ground)
4)Gyarados (type: water & flying? & maybe dragon)
5)Arcanine (type: fire)
6)Venusaur (type: grass & poison)
It won't be surprising for you to have to go thru that a few
times before winning, but don't worry, this is the only time in
the whole game where you can loose as many times as you want and
not to loose any money. You will only earn money and experience
for your pokemons and maybe yourself, and won't be loosing
anything. When you beat them all and recording the pokemons in
the league, there will be a 1 or 2 minute credit scene, although
it's boring, don't turn off the game, or you'll have to go thru
all of it again, which is worst. Wait until it's finished and
then you can check if they saved the game for you. You will be
right in front of your house. Go and heal your pokemons first,
and then go to Cerulean city.
Now is when you will want to use your Master Ball. Go to the
north east of the town and swim to the south. The guy who stands
in front of the cave will go away and you can enter Mewtwo's
Cave. It's a great place to train your pokemons because all the
wild pokemons in there have a level from 45 to 65. All?
except one. And that's Mewtwo. You will have to find your way
there, but before you do that, I suggest that you should really
train your pokemons well, and have at least one pokemon that is
able to make other pokemons sleep. You can only catch Mewtwo when
it's in some kind of condition, and the sleeping condition is the
best. But remember that it will only sleep for one or two rounds
and it's extremely hard to catch even if you have a Master Ball.
When you have caught all 150 pokemons, there is a guy in Celadon
city that will give you a Pokemon Diploma. Good luck then!
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I got this walkthrough from http://members.xoom.com/gckw888/
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