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Famitsu reveals Trauma Center: New Blood
4:37 AM on 07.10.2007, Aaron Linde 31 comments

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When I got my Wii in November, I picked up two games to complement my Sports pack-in: Twilight Princess (which was damn-near required) and Trauma Center: Second Opinion. Sure, the DS version was hard as balls, but Goddamn, it was a hell of a good time, and the promise of swapping instruments using the nunchuk made it an easy buy. But it was a remake of a game that I had already played -- same story, same missions, except for that taste of Wii-exclusive content. Certainly left me wanting more, and not in a bad way.

The truly magical thing about conference season is the way in which long-ago dreams explode into piles of kittens and fireworks when you least expect them: check out these images of the forthcoming sequel, Trauma Center: New Blood, brought to you by Famitsu. Looking quite sharp in 16:9, New Blood promises a fresh cast of characters, brand new missions to sink our teeth into, online leaderboards and -- brace yourself -- cooperative play. Two surgeons, one near-dead bloke, and a whole new way to screw with your friends while they're attempting precise incisions. 

Hopefully we'll get a chance to cut into some folk at E3 this week. Stay tuned. 


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Ritalin Twitch's Avatar
Ritalin Twitch at 07/10/2007 05:17
Oooo, another installment in my favorite malpractice simulator. I cant wait.

I'll have to make sure to score some vicodin when it comes out so I can pretend im Dr. House
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Bas at 07/10/2007 05:21
So, when's the first one coming out in Europe? Oh wait, fuck them.
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Arugala9 at 07/10/2007 05:23
Ya, Dr. House simulator FTW! Anyway back on topic, I gladthat this is getting a sequel, it's a great game.
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Dexter345 at 07/10/2007 05:44
I also bought this at launch, but it got buried in the pile of games I own that I never really played but intend to get around to sometime just not right now. Maybe I'll get into it once I do play.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 07/10/2007 05:55
Wait, will I get to disarm a bomb in this one?
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Pangloss at 07/10/2007 05:56
Will this have the ridiculously weird super-viruses, or will I be doing a lot more fixing broken arms and saving car-wreck victims? That one operation on the dude in dark tunnel (wii version, folks) remains one of the more frustratingly awesome things ever. I did a little dance after I finally beat that one on hard. Meanwhile, my friends watch and make fun of my horrible sutures that earn "Awesome" ratings.

In other news, "fuck yeah, sequel!"
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brainderailment at 07/10/2007 06:20
Why would they make games in 16:9 if they thought people didn't care about HD? That just makes those non-HD owners get letterboxing on their tv.
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mandlebaum123 at 07/10/2007 07:41
I thought second opinion wii was too frustratingly difficult to finish. Im still looking forward to trying this. I would certainly like more of a ER type game, where you'd deal with more varied injuries. The different forms of the virus is where the game went downhill IMO.
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ShawnKelfonne at 07/10/2007 07:42
Holy yes! I got Second Opinion because I couldn't find Under the Knife anywhere, and it was one of the most fun times I've had with the Wii so far. Nothing compares to the feeling of awesome that you get when you manage to get someone to pull through when their vitals are dropping fast, GUILT is everwhere, and all manner of crap is going wrong. I never could do the Z-missions though, they're not kidding when they label the difficulty as "EXTREME"
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Das Inchworm at 07/10/2007 07:47
Im so buying this for the multiplayer. Scalpel fights and races to kill the patient first.
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Steel Frog at 07/10/2007 08:41
I wasn't impressed by Trauma Center..
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Toneman at 07/10/2007 09:04
I still have yet to play Trauma Center. Maybe I'll steal it from a friend for a bit.
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BluDesign at 07/10/2007 09:27
@BrainDerailment

Because they've been making non-HD 16:9 sets in places other than the US. Japan's had widescreen sets available for awhile.

But then again, you probably bought pan and scan VHS movies, didn't ya? I think most people have gotten past the fear of black bars on their TV. Everyone's had DVD's for over a decade.



I liked the concept of the game, but all that shit with GUILT gets too hard too fast for me to enjoy it. I would've been fine if they'd opted instead to go more for realism in difficulty in the surgery than to opt for weird super viruses that require scalpels and tweezers to remove. If I had single celled organisms THAT BIG inside my body, I'd consider stopping what ever it was that made me get those things in there in the first place.
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s0lesurviv0r at 07/10/2007 09:33
I honestly assumed they would keep with the medical terms when naming sequels like Trauma Center: Triage and Trauma Center: Quadruple Bypass.
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Toneman at 07/10/2007 09:39
Trauma Center: Colonoscopy
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F Whipple at 07/10/2007 09:42
I still need to get the first one...stupid lack of money.
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saxomophone at 07/10/2007 09:42
ooh! maybe they'll have instant replay and let you draw on the screen like the new madden. did anyone else think that the first trauma center for the wii had dead-on accurate controls? it didn't feel like there was any lag between the controller and the red spot on the screen like some of the other games.
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Colette Bennett at 07/10/2007 09:53
I came.
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Rhoq at 07/10/2007 09:54
I bought TC:SO at launch, but never got too far and then it got buried behind a bunch of other games. I decided to revisit it last week and played a bit last night. I'm really looking forward to new game. I hope they add some voice acting. It was sorely missing from the Wii remake of the DS game. It would really help to further the whole "soap opera" type of vibe.
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angeldsouza at 07/10/2007 10:39
It'd be real good i think, although all be it a bit mad, if you had to play the paramedic rescuing people first thendriving an ambulance then waiting for ages in a queue like you have to do in England
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Rhoq at 07/10/2007 11:37
NWR just posted the official Atlus Press Release: full voice acting is confirmed!
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Pangloss at 07/10/2007 13:05
@angeldsouza: Newly announced for the Wii: Trauma Center: Waiting Room. Sit around in the "emergency room" with a broken leg and a spiral saw blade stuck in your thigh for three hours, before a doctor will even look twice at you!

No joke, I saw a dude in the waiting room with a saw blade sticking out of his leg once. I was there for a broken nose, and he was waiting about an hour longer than I did. Meanwhile, I waited two hours for a nurse to take an x-ray and say "your nose is fractured." I couldn't tell by the fact that it was pushed halfway across my face. Thanks.

So ends my rant about American hospitals. And the giant misnomer that is the "emergency room."
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Pangloss at 07/10/2007 13:08
Also, whatever was in that little green vial in Trauma Center probably constitutes 90% of my patients' body mass now. Seriously, Atlus should make that stuff cause cardiac arrest after a certain point. It would greatly help immersion, even if it did stop me from completing the game.
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CrackaSlim at 07/10/2007 14:14
Damn! Another Trauma Center. I still can't beat the Fallen Heroes mission.
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Wedge at 07/10/2007 15:08
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Also looks much sharper than the thrown together Wii port.
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Pangloss at 07/11/2007 02:40
@AgentMoo: You know, that makes perfect sense.
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