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[Volcynika]

Summary

Trauma Team takes the Trauma Center series in a new direction by shifting the focus from one incredible surgeon to a group of 6 different doctors, each specializing in a different field and having his or her own story. Of course, they all have their own personalities to go along with these personal dramas, and the characters will interact with each other and take part in each others’ missions as you progress through the game.

Quick Details

Platform: Wii
Release Date: May 18th, 2010 (US) / June 17th, 2010 (JP)
MSRP: $39.99
Website: Official Trauma Team Website (US) / Official Trauma Team Website (JP)

Characters / Video Walkthroughs

Surgery Walkthrough

A genius surgeon that only goes by his prison number because he has forgotten his real name long ago. Though he has a sentence of 250 years in solitary confinement, he will be given a slight reduction if he brings his talent to help people in need.

Endoscopy Walkthrough

She left her wealthy family to pursue the world of medicine and see what she could do as an individual. If she can find a balance between her family's tradition and keeping her own identity intact, she may one day find peace in her life.

Orthopedics Walkthrough

A man that has all the characteristics of a good person: bravery, loyalty, and doing what's right. Though after saving a young girl who only hates him for trying to help her, he questions the path he has taken. He must work to remove his doubts about himself and his way of living.

Forensics Walkthrough

A woman at the top of her game in the medical field, she is now infected with an ultimately fatal disease that will eventually bring her life to an end. She wishes to use her skills to her best ability before she runs out of time.

First Response Walkthrough

A very enthustiastic woman, she puts everything into her work. Her attitude is looked down upon by others, but she shrugs it off as being jealous. If she can learn to work and accept help from others, she'll be able to do much more.

Diagnostics Walkthrough

The finest diagnostician at the hospital, but as he helps more people, he cares much less for any particular person. His personality is slightly off, since his wife took his son and left him in the past, so what he needs now is a positive reason to keep going with what he does.

Other Official Media

Debut Trailer
Official Trailer
Behind the Scenes: Research
Behind the Scenes: Voice-over Recording
Developer Featurettes

Japanese Media/Ads (Focuses on STORY/action cutscenes, so be warned!)

Preview Video 1
Preview Video 2
Preview Video 3
Preview Video 4
Preview Video 5
Preview Video 6

Screenshots

Reviews

Gaming Nexus: A-
Gaming Excellence: 8.8/10
GameTrailers: 8.3/10
Game Informer: 8.0/10.0
Nintendo Power: 8.0/10
GamePro: 4/5
IGN: 7.5/10
The Escapist: 4/5
X-Play: 3/5

F.A.Q.

So what's the difference between this and other Trauma Center games?

This game expands upon the idea, and instead of just doing surgery with funky voodoo magic, you've got multiple styles of playing the game now. Analyze a body and figure out how they died, diagnose patients, and of course the usual "fix their body by doing this" stuff!

Does it have multiplayer?

Yes! This game actually takes multiplayer slightly differently than the previous games with it, you split up tools/patients to work as a team, rather than everyone getting everything and doing whatever. Cooperation is key!

What extras are there in this game?

Well if you think you're pro, time to step it up! They have a new difficulty by the name of Specialist mode which will put your trauma skills to the test! Games in the series are well known for their difficulty, let's see what they have in store for this game. There are also a good bit of achievements Doctor Medals to go for, completionists are in for quite a time. Got to get them all! It's like Pokemon, only the pokemon are people in debilitating pain.

Show me another video!

Ok! Giant Bomb's Quick Look

 

[ShockingAlberto]

fffffffffff

Didn't realize it was this close

Guess I know what my RDR gift card is going toward

 

[Skiesofwonder]

$40?

awesomesauce!!

 

[SSnake]

Can't wait for this. Gotta finish New Blood though

 

[Tenbatsu]

I like the art and the breasts.

 

[Scalpel Knight]

Can't wait. I'm actually writing my final medical exams now, so just a few days after this comes out I'll (hopefully) be a doctor.

 

[The_Reckoning]

Nice OP, my girls loved the first 2 on wii. Needless to say, they are stoked for this. Me too, fun games.

 

[Sloane]

Does anybody know how difficult it is yet? I'll probably only play it in co-op anyway, but the previous games used to destroy me. :lol

 

[ZealousD]

I'm definitely picking this up. The old formula was getting pretty stale by itself, I'm glad that they're changing things up a bit.

 

[Hellsing321]

Boooooobies.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Man I so wish I had the money for this.

 

[cw_sasuke]

I hope so too.

 

[Mudkips]

You had me at

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Had this preordered for ages, loved this series since playing the first on DS in Japanese One of my most anticipated games of the year.

 

[Aeana]

Oh dear; I completely forgot about this game. I wish it wasn't coming out on the same day as both Alan Wake and the new Prince of Persia, but I'll do what I have to in order to make time for it.

 

[Salsa]

I didnt expect the art to be this good.
We`ve come a long way since this shitty drawings:

Cant wait for the game.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

Already pre-ordered, looking forward to it!

It sounds like more or less everything I've wanted since New Blood!

 

[hiro4]

Damn.. no PAL release imminent
Guess it is for the better, since i'm busy with Monster Hunter Tri :lol

still would love to play this one, was a huge fan of the first few titles.

 

[slaughterking]

Bring this game to Europe, Nintendo! >:I

 

[dragonlife]

I'm such a huge Trauma Center whore...I can't wait!

I'm definitely going to play co-op on what we can with a friend or two

 

[Sagitario]

I haven't finished the first two Wii entries, yet I'm going to get this game ASAP...

 

[Nemo]

Though he has a sentence of 250 years in solitary confinement, he will be given a slight reduction if he brings his talent to help people in need.

What the fuck :lol

Looking forward to this, art looks okay enough so that I can live with it.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

everyone ever should buy infinite copies

 

[Colocho]

everyone ever should buy infinite copies

You only need one guy buying infinite copies.

 

[Sohter.Nura]

Really wish I could buy this, but I have no time or desire to buy new games right now =( no need for it either since I just got Demon's Souls.

Oh well, I'll buy it when it's 9.99 at k-mart >_<''

 

[Fuu]

Haven't kept with the media and updates for this one but I'm in, I like the series.

Surgery Walkthrough

A genius surgeon that only goes by his prison number because he has forgotten his real name long ago. Though he has a sentence of 250 years in solitary confinement, he will be given a slight reduction if he brings his talent to help people in need.

lmfao, this character. I saw the artwork but I had no idea about his "name" and background.

 

[Azure Phoenix]

Giant Bomb sold me on this, but now I've got to suffer and pray for a European release. Hurry up and announce that you are publishing this over here, Nintendo.

 

[Volcynika]

Yeah, all the characters have a bit of an odd quirk about them, like CR-S01 and his past, Hank Freebird and his (spoiler ahead)

Spoiler

dressing up as a superhero outside of work

, and Naomi's ability to (not really a spoiler since it's one of the ways she is able to do her job, but tagging anyways)

Spoiler

hear the voices of the deceased on her cell phone

. So while the game is trying to ground itself into reality a bit more, we have a few special things going on here.

 

[Crash Station]

Can't wait for this. Hope I can finish 3D dot before it.

 

[ZealousD]

You only need one guy buying infinite copies.

I volunteer EmCeeGramr!

 

[Brazil]

I bought New Blood from a Gaffer a few months ago, and only played through the first chapter. I'll surely pick this up after I clean my backlog, though.

 

[wazoo]

Trauma Team has to go to Europe

 

[Duelist]

Argh, really tempted to get a Wii for this.

 

[Boney]

I don't know how I'm gonna find balance between this game, MHTri, Dementium and Galaxy. Thank god Peace Walker is on June.

 

[Mejilan]

What the hell?
Last night I spent about an hour going through Amazon's "coming soon" lists and adding in everything that I wanted to my cart/wishlist.
How the hell did I miss this!?

*preorders*

 

[Volcynika]

Yeah, Amazon's offering $10 credit for pre-orders, and they have release date delivery. Awesome.

To those that use GameStop, you get $5 off if you pre-order, I think.

 

[Glass Soldier]

I'm actually happy this hasn't got an EU release-date yet.

 

[RuneFactoryFanboy]

Why did this have to hit during my MH phase MH3 has taken over my life and keeps me so occupied I probably won't buy a thing for a month or two.

There are very few games I actually care beyond that of a normal consumer enough to "support" instead of waiting for bargain bin. Trauma series is one of them.

 

[Mofobolous]

I know I shouldn't have preordered this, but the $10 Amazon credit, the good reviews, and the game's structure reeled me in. Since I didn't choose release date delivery, I hope I get a chance to play it before SMG2 comes out or it goes to the backlog pile. I can only hope this game is good as I'll be a neophyte to the series.

 

[Lafiel]

This might be the first "trauma" game i really get into. Always loved the series, but never played it enough.

 

[stupei]

Family owned place near me got both this and Alan Wake in yesterday.

The plan was to just put this in for a little while and then get back to Wake, buuuut. That hasn't happened.

The game is so good so far. I haven't played a lot of the other Trauma Center games on the Wii (played both DS versions) so I don't know if this is new or not but the production values are really great. The story scenes are really beautiful and the different gameplay styles are varied enough to keep everything interesting. Whether or not some of them -- endoscopy in particular -- will get boring after a while is something yet to be seen, but so far I'm loving every minute.

Diagnostics in particular is an especially fun and almost surprising change of pace. I'd already seen the videos, but it's still striking just how different it feels from not only what I'm used to from the other Trauma Center games, but different from a lot of games in general. Something about the game feels really fresh, in my opinion. Good on Atlus for changing things up with such a popular series.

 

[botticus]

Missed all the official thread launches while I was on vacation, I guess.

I had this preordered up until a few days ago, but sadly I can't justify even $34 with a $10 credit right now. Assuming nothing else comes up, I think I'll plan on getting it with my $20 Galaxy 2 gift card once that one is finished.

 

[mjc]

This is a standalone right?

I might have to order this along with some other Wii games when I trade some stuff into Amazon.

 

[Snakeyes]

Will have to pick this up along with Galaxy 2.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

This one of the few games I can say DAY ONE.

Obvious you are.

 

[Costanza]

Can't wait to play this.

 

[MidnightScott]

I have both DS games and New Blood. Quit the first game, and the other two games I just stopped playing because some other game came out that I wanted to play at the time.

I preordered this on Amazon with Galaxy 2 and free shipping and I can't wait to play it. But I definitely need to play Fragile & Bayonetta too! >_< $30 Amazon credit, which I will use for S&P2!

 

[Nemesis_]

Really looking forward to this. New Blood did such a good job of bringing the series over to the Wii (properly >_>);

 

[Aeana]

This game is truly, truly incredible. Ever since I popped it in, I've been totally enthralled, and unfortunately neglected what I was actually supposed to be doing today. :/ I wasn't expecting a whole lot going in. I mean, I like the Trauma Center games well enough. They're pretty good. But Trauma Team is on a whole, completely different level. There's so much variety in the game, and it feels so very polished. Each of the characters has their own story that's really interesting to follow, and they all weave together as you progress through them. My favorite so far has really been the forensics stuff. It's like a fully-fledged detective game, and the cases are really interesting so far. It certainly helps that Naomi is a very cool character to follow, as well. I really can't wait to play some more and see what's next.

It's been a really long time since I've been so blown away by a game, and I can't stop gushing about it to all of my friends. I've been a little down on gaming lately, and I was actually hoping that SMG2 would be able to pull me back. It looks like I didn't even have to wait that long, though. If you're on the fence, please don't be. Buy this game. It's worth it.

 

[farnham]

another game i need to buy.. good bye money (still no EU date ? wt)