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Trauma Team scenario writer on the trauma of writing its scenarios
by JC Fletcher 
{ Feb 24th 2010 at 5:15PM } 
A couple of videos of story sequences are also included in the featurette. In addition, new screens are available here.
Gallery: Trauma Team (2/24)
Investigate Trauma Team's forensics missions
by JC Fletcher { Feb 17th 2010 at 7:53PM }
Of course, it wouldn't be Trauma Center without some odd supernatural elements, and in Trauma Team's forensic missions, space virus monsters give way to phone calls from the dead. If only Dr. Naomi Kimishima had the presence of mind to ask the victims who killed them.
See who made the cut in Trauma Team character contest
by JC Fletcher { Feb 9th 2010 at 7:15PM }
Charlie won Atlus's Trauma Team contest, which awarded him the "prize" of becoming a patient in the upcoming medical game. He submitted pictures to Atlus, and was redrawn to "make the character fit the game while retaining the features from the reference picture," according to art director Masayuki Doi. As a result, it'll seem like you're really patching up this guy's insides.
We've also updated our gallery with new images of the game's fictional characters.
Gallery: Trauma Team (2/10)
Trauma Team delayed; recover from the shock with new trailer
by JC Fletcher { Feb 2nd 2010 at 4:59PM }
In the meantime, in lieu of an old magazine, why not watch this video about Trauma Team's orthopedics mode? It's all about bones -- setting broken bones, drilling into bones, setting pins, and all manner of extremely methodical work to fix broken Day-Glo bones, all represented in-game as movements within precise guidelines. Even without the Trauma Center time limit or malevolent viruses, it seems stressful.
Summon the endoscopy gods in this Trauma Team video
by David Hinkle { Jan 21st 2010 at 10:00AM }
If there's one thing to take away from this video, it's that the inside of your body is most likely tumor-ridden with tiny little holes everywhere, and you should probably bug your doctor for a check-up. Of course, you could just ask your friend to take a look -- just make sure you sterilize the Wiimote first.
Examine these new Trauma Team screens
by David Hinkle { Jan 18th 2010 at 2:58PM }
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We hope you've got your stethoscope handy, because we have some new Trauma Screens to look over and nary a Doctor Wife™ in sight. There are some cuts to look at, erratic breathing patterns to resolve and even the case of trembly handitis pictured above that needs a cure. So: grab a pen and a clipboard and head into our gallery below to help nurse these wounded screens back to health.
Gallery: Trauma Team (1.18.10)
A slice of Trauma Team gameplay
by JC Fletcher { Jan 6th 2010 at 8:15PM }
In this somewhat infomercial-esque video, Atlus introduces the aspect of the game most like its Trauma Center predecessors: the surgical portion. However, unlike the maddening, arcade-style Trauma Center, many of the surgical challenges come without a time limit. Also seen in this video: pretty good 3D models of bones! We just wanted to point that out.
Meet Trauma Team's voice team
by JC Fletcher { Dec 23rd 2009 at 2:15PM }
In the first of two videos (above), Atlus offers a tour of PCB Productions, the company producing the voice work for the multidisciplinary medical adventure. In the second (after the break), we meet a few of the actors portraying the quirky medical team, allowing us to put different faces to the voices behind the cartoon characters. Trauma Team is currently scheduled for an April 20 release date.
Trauma Team screens feature the whole team at work
by JC Fletcher { Dec 22nd 2009 at 1:45PM }
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They all seem to involve similar activities: jabbing, cutting, and otherwise manipulating human bodies with Wii Remote motions. Still, the variety of methods through which you manipulate said bodies should help keep the Trauma Center formula from going stale, as should the personalities of the six quirky doctors (the "Drama Team," if you will).
Gallery: Trauma Team (12/22)
Atlus opens up old wounds with Trauma Team for Wii
by Jason Dobson { May 29th 2009 at 8:30AM }
Atlus hasn't yet sewn up all of the details, However, the game is expected to be among the publisher's titles on display during next week's show and we look forward to finding out more before Trauma Team scrubs in next Spring.
Gallery: Trauma Team
Atlus goes beyond Trauma Center for new Wii game 'Hospital'
by JC Fletcher { May 27th 2009 at 3:55PM }
The rest of the group include a diagnostician, a paramedic, a cosmetic surgeon (who performs non-life-or-death procedures like hip replacements), an endoscopic surgeon, and a forensic examiner. Each character features a different style of play.
According to 1up's translation of the article, producer Daisuke Kanada told Famitsu that the game "completes one of the goals for a medical series that we've been striving for before, and it's also a wholly new title, not a sequel to Trauma Center. It's not just a surgery game, but an entire hospital in game form.
Wii fans' wish come true: Nintendo Fun Center in action
by JC Fletcher { Sep 17th 2008 at 12:42PM }
WiiHacks forum moderator ModderMan recently took his kid to the hospital for a broken leg, and discovered one of the Starlight Foundation Fun Centers made specifically for hospitals. We're sure he paid appropriate attention to his son and all, but the calling of, uh, someone who cares a lot about the Wii cannot be ignored.
While he was unable to figure out how to open up the unit, ModderMan took video footage of the device and its interface instead. The selection of games ranges from the expected Nintendo hits to things like Elebits and Zack and Wiki, whose release Nintendo apparently noticed!
He also inspected the inside of the unit with the aid of a flashlight. The biggest revelation here is that since there are 20 games on the device, and since one of the USB slots was occupied, there's probably a hard drive at work here. In a Wii. But this probably has as much to do with the development of retail Wiis as those hotel systems did with other Nintendo systems.
[Thanks, Eoin!]
Hospital puts Wii to use, surgeons praise it
by David Hinkle { Jul 10th 2008 at 2:00PM }
Surgical resident, Jeff Henke, commented that "this does really help." He further added that it "prepares you to enter the operating room." Now, we may be a bit biased, but we're not surprised that the Wii is such a diverse system. it's used to doing what no video game console could in the past.
[Via Codename Revolution]
Hospitals now less boring -- Fun Centers on the way
by Phil Larsen { Jun 25th 2008 at 11:00AM }
Sick kids are in for some fun, thanks to Nintendo and the Starlight Foundation. The Wii is heading for hundreds of hospitals in North America and Canada, all bundled up in Fun Centers packed with awesome stuff. Rehabilitation seems to be the Wii's favorite word, as Nintendo manufactures 1250 Fun Centers -- with 500 to be in place by the end of the year.The Fun Centers come with a Sharp flat-screen TV, a DVD player and a Wii with a bunch of games including Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports and Mario Party 8. What, you were expecting Resident Evil 4?
Paula Van Ness of Starlight said "Our Fun Centers transform the hospital experience for children, bringing enjoyment and laughter to an otherwise daunting experience." Yeah, damn straight it's daunting -- and what did the friendly hospital staff bring this blogger when he was down and out with appendicitis? Battletoads. Yeah, the most ball-breakingly difficult game ever conceived didn't make the hospital stay any more fun.
[Via press release]
Nintendo of Italy donates handhelds to hospital
by Candace Savino { Jan 11th 2008 at 8:00PM }
In the latest show of charity for Nintendo, the company's Italian division donated a DS to every child in the pediatric ward at San Paolo Hospital. Nintendo also gave copies of Nintendogs, New Super Mario Bros., and Pokemon Diamond and Pearl for the kids to enjoy, as well as a few Wiis. Some cynics might cite ulterior motives for Nintendo's actions, but the fact is, you can't argue with a smile on a sick child's face. Check out the video (with music that Super Mario Galaxy fans might recognize) of the event
[Update: The video is now after the break because of its autostarting tendencies. Be warned, if you check past the break, the video will autostart.]
