Trauma Centre: New Blood (Nintendo Wii)

New Blood is a brilliant addition to Altus's much underappreciated medical drama franchise, Trama Center. Gameplay wise, the game is near identical to the past entries, although that isn't really a bad thing. A gameplay concept which started on the Nintendo DS was brought over to the Wii, for a past entry, and it's been fine-toned here to give the best experience possible while performing surgeries with your Wii remote.Timeline wise, the game is the latest in series, and follows two new protagonist doctors. It's also unique to the past entries in that, instead of Japan, this game's main setting is America, with an American cast. The English versions of the previous games localized the setting to America, but this is the first one to have that setting in the original release too. This isn't just some cheap gimmick to try and make it feel fresh either. Parts of the story deal with issues exclusive to an American setting, like medical reality shows, and needing to pay for health care. Part of the story also takes place in Africa, so it keeps things fresh throughout the game in terms of it's setting, and the types of characters you're meeting.As usual, the story is ridiculous, but in a good way. This is not a realistic medical drama, so you really shouldn't go in expecting one. The overarching story resolves around a highly deadly disease which is beginning to spread across the world like wildfire. And when I say "highly deadly" I mean it. I don't know much about surgery and medicine, but I imagine in our real life present world, this disease would be impossible to deal. But that isn't so for our protagonists, who not only have a arsenal of advanced tools at their disposal (since it's set in the not-too-distant future), but also magic powers.Yes. There's magical powers in this game. The "Healing Touch" to be specific, which is a returning element from the other games. Activating this lets the surgeon perform a superhuman feat once during any given surgery, and this in turn essentially acts as the main difference between the two player characters, Markus and Valerie. Some operations require you to play as one of the two for story reasons, but with most you can pick who to play as. However there isn't any difference between them, outside of their unique powers. Markus can temporarily slow down time, whereas Valerie is able to lock the patient's vital signs to whatever they currently are. This does, at least, offer a bit more freedom with how you approach a given operation then past games, as both powers have their advantages, and drawbacks. If you feel overwhelmed by the multitasking required in an operation, Markus may be the best to go for, just keep in mind that the patient's vitals can fall just as rapidly as ever, so even the smallest thing can still kill the patient without seconds. On the other hand, if you're struggling with preventing a patient from flatlining, try using Valerie. But remember that locking a patient's vitals in place means just that; they won't fall, but they can't be improved either.Nevertheless, it is basically the same gameplay as before. And the story is also a retread of past storylines as well, although it explores some new areas that those past stories didn't. Presentation wise, the game is akin to a visual novel. It's split into chapters, each with a bunch of parts. Each part begins with a visual novel scene that continues the story Something happens that causes a surgery to take place. Then you're thrust into the actual surgery, which you have to perform yourself as one of the surgeons while being talked to by the other characters. Succeed, and you get another scene that continues the story some more. The game is dialogue heavy, so if you don't really care much for that this might not be your kinda thing. Or if you don't like games with a minimalistic, visual novel style of presentation. On the other hand, unlike past games, this one is fully voice acted; even all the dialogue during operations, so this time you don't need to do any reading.After all if you liked the past Trauma Center games, this is more of the same fast-paced surgical gameplay and over-the-top medical drama, along with some fine-tuning and new elements sliced in, so you won't be disappointed. If you're a new comer, you'll be able to go into this game no problem. It doesn't tie into the others in any way, outside of obviously taking place in the same world, and a few appearances from some past characters. It's just important to know what you'll be getting into beforehand: despite it's genre, this is NOT a "surgeon simulator". It's a story-driven medical drama, set in a world where supernatural surgeons exist. If you want something that's wholly grounded in reality this isn't it. If you want something that'll make you feel like you're a real surgeon performing real surgeries, this also isn't it. The gameplay isn't trying to simulate realistic, slow paced surgery, it's trying to be fun, and intense .But, as with the series as a whole, it does what does really well. It's a uniquely weird spin of the typical medical drama story line, with some fun game play that, despite not making you feel like you're performing real surgery, DOES do a great job of making you feel like a person's life really is in your hands. This is one series where you're routinely saving people's lives, and it feels great each and every time you do it. If that seems like your kinda thing, definitely give this game, and the entire series, a try.

Took a while, but finally arrived, in good condition, pretty well-wrapped. The game is fun on multyplayer (very chaotic). Gets tiring after a few hours though.

Great game for the Wii and a bit different than any other games on the market. Each level gets a little harder and you really do feel you need to be quick and have a steady hand.

I played this game in two player mode, and found it quite enjoyable, well worth the low price. Although you only have a certain number of tools available for use, the operations are all different enough to keep the game engaging and enjoyable.There are a large number of different operations, the game is not low on content. You get rated on how well you did on each operation, so trying to get a better rating gives the game some replay value.I think the story aspect does add something to the game, and makes it more interesting than just doing a series of operations.Given that the game was produced by Atlus, I was really hoping to see a Snowbow Kids reference in there somewhere. Sadly I don't think there is.

Superb

Great little game for the budding doctors or nurse's out their.Great fun to play and easy understand and follow.And there is a 2nd game once you master this one

I previously owned Trauma Center - Second Opinion, and sold it soon after finishing. It wasn't a bad game, really. Using the Wiimote in new ways and performing the electronic version of "Operation" was very entertaining. The storyline was very cheap and hackneyed, and the odd voice acting and non-fmv animation was overly long and intrusive. The surgeries themselves were very good, and removing bone fragments and pulling glass out of people's hearts was quite engaging. Things took a turn for the worse when "GUILT" showed up. GUILT was the main adversary in the game - an engineered pathogen that resided in the bodies of patients and had to be removed. All of which is ok, except that GUILT is a couple of inches across or more, and swims around under the surface of organs - dumb. How to kill it? Shoot it with the surgical laser, a bit like an arcade shooting game.So it was with reluctance I bought this sequel. It was going very cheap (thank you recession) at a toy store, and I picked it up. It started out well, with the normal everyday surgeries I really enjoyed in the last game. Tumour excision, pulling a bullet out of a heart, etc. Then, your sometime mentor, a Professor Wilkens, announces that he is sick with "Stigma". Uh-oh. My worst fears were realized as, sure enough, a small swimming pathogen about 2 inches across had to be shot with a surgical laser.The Stigma gameplay worsens, as did the GUILT gameplay, as the pathogen changes forms and requires a slightly different method of shooting or cutting with a scalpel. It's a series of very similar mini-games, really, with increasing difficulty as the games winds on. The story isn't enough to keep you entertained, and its really very hard to keep coming back to this. The occasional normal surgery in the midst of the mini-game style surgeries is an oasis of entertainment, in a game that leaves you otherwise very thirsty. There is another niggling issue too: talking during the operation. It may be hard to remember the exact procedure for a given operation, but the nurse reminds you of what needs to be done. This is fine, but to move past her current sentence when she's finished speaking, you need to press the A button. Press it twice inadvertently, and you could jab the patient in the spleen with your scalpel, and poof - an otherwise perfect surgery score ruined. In a game where your actions are rated cool, good, ok, bad and miss, a miss you shouldn't have made is quite frustrating.Is this game worth owning? You could probably get Second Opinion cheaper, and except for the co-op mode (none of my mates want to play it anyway) and the heart-massage technique, which is actually kind of cool but way overused, its virtually identical. The normal surgery components of the game are the only surgery sim going, even though they are quite unrealistic. So until someone actually fills the realistic surgery sim niche, this is all we have.

Bought as a gift & have been told it was good

I bought this and everythink looked right until i went to go play the game in my new wii and it said there was nothing on the disc

Avete davanti a voi uno dei giochi più originali e geniali della scorsa generazione. Uno di quei giochi che mi duole dirlo. Ormai non si fanno più.Se i vostri gusti si estendono oltre i giochi più conosciuti e state cercando qualcosa di diverso prendetelo ad occhi chiusi. Sopratutto a questo prezzo. Un gameplay innovativo e che sfrutta al pieno le potenzialità del compianto Wii vi porterà in una storia bizzarra ma comunque interessante e all'interno di operazioni chirurgiche sempre più impegnative ed emozionanti.

La franquicia Trauma Center me enganchó en ds y pillé este título por el precio y por e además esta edición es multi idioma y está traducido al castellano.Los titulos de Atlus siempre se convierten en clásicos. Es prácticamente igual pero en vez de usar el stylus usamos el mando de Wii.

Game can only be used on European game stations and TVs.No where on the listing did it state thishighly disappointing after a 2 week wait for the game to arrive

Pues genial, juego precintado y cuando lo abro me llevo la sorpresa de que el juego tiene marcas de uso y el manual hecho una asco. Un timo, fue barato pero no deja de ser un timo vender como nuevo algo que NO LO ES.