Trauma Center: New Blood is a video game that combines surgical simulation gameplay missions, ranging from story-based to optional challenge missions, with storytelling employing non-interactive visual novel segments using static scenes and voiced dialogue. It was also described as a commercial success, selling 300,000 copies in North America.Īn operation from New Blood, performed by two players in the game's co-op mode reception of the cooperative mode was praised by critics. The game met with generally positive reviews praise was given to its gameplay and cooperative function, but reactions to the story were mixed, and several faulted its high difficulty. While using many of the systems created for Second Opinion, the staff focused on adding full voice acting and multiplayer. Development was supported by Media.Vision. The North American setting and overall narrative was influenced by the staff of Atlus USA, based on the series' overseas success. Gameplay combines surgical simulation with a story told as a visual novel, with operations controlled exclusively using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.ĭevelopment of New Blood began following the completion of Trauma Center: Second Opinion. The story follows doctors Markus Vaughn and Valerie Blaylock, each holding a supernatural ability called the Healing Touch, as they face a man-made parasitic virus called Stigma. The third entry in the Trauma Center series, the game was published in North America in 2007 by Atlus, and in other regions in 2008 by Atlus (Japan) and Nintendo (Europe and Australia).

Trauma Center: New Blood is a simulation video game developed by Atlus for the Wii.

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