We haven’t had a Reader Retrospective for quite some time, so when Kotaku reader Trjn sent me an email with his experience of playing through Trauma Center: Under the Knife, I thought this might be the perfect time to resurrect it. Much like Trjn, Trauma Center remains one of my favourite games on the DS – I actually bought my DS to play this game… More »
In the United States, health care has passed. Some people are pleased, some are not and others are even indifferent. So let’s talk about video games! More »
Game site Go Nintendo brings word that Atlus has sent out a Trauma Center survey — trying to find out player’s likes, dislikes and whatnot. Here’s the interesting big: Atlus asks players if they’d like to see Trauma Center on another platform. Those who finish the survey get the pictured nurse Angie Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 art.
The Trauma Center games have appeared on the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii. Any interest to see it elsewhere?
Trauma Center survey comes with Nurse Angie art, questions of other platforms [Go Nintendo]
Wanna-be surgeons rejoice! Atlus is bringing Trauma Center back to the Nintendo DS. The sequel has Dr. Stiles and nurse Angie tackle the effects and “unanswered mysteries” of the GUILT Virus from the prequel. There’s new characters as well, along with a tighter tools that will hopefully address the bitching and moaning incurred by the original game’s tool scheme. The game is penciled in for an August release in Japan. Trauma Center: Under The Knife 2 [Jeux France via DS Fanboy]
The Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim is back with another irreverent flash game to help you while away a lazy Monday morning. This time around they’re taking on the Trauma Center series with the game Alan Probe: Amateur Surgeon. Join Alan, a pizza delivery guy whose truck’s faithful meeting with a former doctor leads him to give up his day job in favor of performing unauthorised surgery in a dirty clinic. Open the patient with your pizza cutter, remove glass with salad tongs, close them up with your stapler and then cauterize the wound with your Zippo! Other available tools include a corkscrew, a car battery, and an Etch-A-Sketch? All the fun of surgery with none of those silly hygiene guidelines – plus his name is an anagram for Anal Probe! Top quality.
Alan Probe: Amateur Surgeon [Adult Swim Games - Thanks king_e_dawg!]
Many video game characters have died at my hand over the years, but never have I felt as bad about it as when I play a Trauma Center game. Not only do I lose a poor, innocent patient due to my clumsy attempts at surgery, but then the weak-willed doctors at my command fold like Dr. Folder of the Folding Commandos, quitting their professions forever and going into seclusion, never to know the love of another human being. This makes me feel bad. What makes me feel good, however, is the first real console version of Trauma Center on the Wii (Second Opinion was a port, so it doesn’t count), Trauma Center: New Blood. Atlus has brought in some fresh new doctors, performed some much-needed cosmetic surgery (which more than likely involved removing tumors), and delivered a deep and enjoyable way to develop your god complex. More »
newVideoPlayer("NewBlood_gawker.flv", 475, 376);We must admit, we’re a bit disappointed that the trailer we downloaded was not the super cheesy guy-hitting-on-girl spot you can see here, but it works for us nonetheless. This new Trauma Center: New Blood video really gets the adrenaline pumping—almost enough for us to call our father and yell, “See! I didn’t waste my life!” Almost.
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