Trauma Center: Second Opinion: And you wanted to be an actor when you grew up.
mrhammer
90% score
You've got to hand it to Atlus. In a video game market filled with most of the same released ad nauseum, they do something that no one else would ever think of. Who in their right mind would make a video game where the player performs surgery? And yet, the first Trauma Center, Under the Knife, was a hit for the Nintendo DS. Now the Wii gets its own version, Second Opinion. If you own the DS version, you'll find not much has changed. You still use scalpels, healing gel, and the like, to try and save patients from various diseases and injuries. The difference is that, now, the stylus has been switched out for the WiiMote. Every incision is done by pointing the WiiMote at the screen and sliding it over the cut line while using the Nunchuk to select instruments. Every shard of glass is removed by pressing the A and B buttons (in a remarkably forceps-like simulation) and pulling it away at the proper angle, and so on. It's a great new way of doing the game, and it's done really well. There's some attempt at a story which could have either been done better or left alone, but that doesn't detract from the overall experience. This is the kind of game the Wii is selling right now: quirky, not something you'd find on most other systems, but oddly entertaining. Even if you're not planning on going to med school, this game should definitely be in your library.
