Hands-on : Trauma Center: Second Opinion - Wii

by Steven Williamson on 21 November 2006, 10:50

Tags: Nintendo (TYO:7974), Atlus USA, Simulation

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Stitched up



The Nunchuck is used to assign tools such as syringes or antibiotic gel or a bandage and using two hands to perform these procedures gives the feeling of being in total control of the situation, allowing you to switch between tools as quick as surgeon would have to in a real life scenario. It’s essentially a point and click game where you’ll need to move the Wii-mote in a certain pattern to perform an incision or to create stitches, but using the forceps and defibrillator requires you to press both the A and B buttons adding to the realism of performing the operation.

The graphics are in an anime style so you won’t see any blood and gore, just pulsating hearts, numerous shades of red and various body parts that don’t particularly look like the real thing, but although the style is simplistic and the game is heavy in text dialogue, Trauma Center: Second opinion was an engaging, clever game that demonstrated how well the Wii-mote and Nunchuck work together, and from being a game that I had no intention of buying, it’s now a title that I’ll definitely be picking up.













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speaking as a semi-retired gynaecologist - I still like to keep a hand in - this game looks a lot better than I thought it would be.
dum de de dum de de dum shiny scalpel, dum de de dum de de dum, gonna cut you up! :p

When I first saw the initial descriptions for this I thought it could be pretty interesting. Not planning on getting a Wii till some point in the new year but this is definitely on my short list of things to get
haha elessar…. thats scrubs right?
looks quite interesting, ill keep my eye on this :)
Raz316
haha elessar…. thats scrubs right?

Yep :D