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Trauma Center Tuesday, brought to you on Wednesday (cause we’re rebels like that)

November 14th, 2007 by Candace Savino

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Yesterday marked the last Trauma Center Tuesday before New Blood's release next week, and that means Atlus had more surgical goodies for us. The most notable treat this week was the video of the game's introduction, which we posted above for your viewing pleasure. Aren't we just the best?

Normally we wouldn't go all ga-ga over a game's opening (okay, well sometimes we do), but this is one of the best we've seen. The art, the effects, the music, and everything about this introduction makes us weak in the knees. It was like watching the opening to a TV show ... er, if TV show openings were actually good and made us want to cut people open.

Atlus, you sly dogs, now you have us looking deeper into our wallets during this video game glut, hoping that we can stretch them enough to pick up your game next week. Does anyone else feel our pain?

On a side note, you should check out the ridiculous poem Atlus sent us that's posted after the break. Atlus, stick to making video games and not poetry, okay?

"This Trauma Center Tuesday,
Three things shall we give thee!
The first is a release date,
This year, 'leven twenty (11/20/07)!

Se-cond shall we give you,
A brand new video!
It's quite different from those before,
For it's the game's intro!

And last but not the least,
For those who like a treat,
We offer up some art and stuff,
So you too can be l33t!!!"

You're lucky we love you and Trauma Center, Atlus, or we'd feel really, really inclined to make fun of that poem right now. And that would make us feel really bad, since you probably had an intern stay up all night to write it.
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Fast, frenetic two-player action in New Blood

November 6th, 2007 by Alisha Karabinus

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Ever since Trauma Center: New Blood was announced, it seems we're awash in videos from the forthcoming title, but really, who can complain? This latest shows off some of the cooperative play, and by "some of," we mean an entire operation. Looks like nothing's decreased in intensity here, but really, what is Trauma Center if not an experience in getting your ass kicked? We're in!
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Trauma Center ad is bloody brilliant

October 29th, 2007 by Eric Caoili

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If, like us, you've been wondering where Atlus' creativity went with its terribly plain Trauma Center: New Blood boxart, you'll be happy to hear that we managed to find some of it in the latest issue of Nintendo Power. While not as hilarious or ridiculous as the Geometry Wars: Galaxies piece we featured late last week, this blood transfusion ad we spotted certainly is creative. Jump past the post break for the full page.

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Another Tuesday, another Trauma Center update

October 23rd, 2007 by Candace Savino

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Today marks another Trauma Center Tuesday, which means we get new information about Trauma Center: New Blood. The most recent update happens to be the official trailer, embedded above. This video gives us a further look into the new surgeries, locales, characters, and cooperative mode. It also shows evidence of an online ranking system for all you competitive types. Oh, and the formerly inactive tool tutorials are now watchable over at the game's official website.

We're pleased with today's updates, and Trauma Center: New Blood is looking mighty fine in our second opinion. (Please forgive us for that, but it's "Lame Pun Day" over at the Nintendo Fanboy blogs.)
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Wii Warm Up: Well, it’s medical … ish

October 14th, 2007 by Alisha Karabinus

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We love Trauma Center. It's just good, clean, surgical fun, and the forthcoming New Blood just looks awesome. It's just this box art we're not sure about. Maybe it's just us, but it seems so ... plain. So mundane. So not in-keeping with the other games. What do you think of it?

Look, don't get us wrong. We're likely to sink an unhealthy number of hours into it anyway, because that's what we do in the seven minutes of spare time we have per week. It's just that sometimes, we're forced to shake our heads over boxart decisions, and this is one of those times.
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Trauma Center: New Blood — costume not included

October 2nd, 2007 by Alisha Karabinus

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What's more fun than waiting around for a new Trauma Center? Getting an update on the title every week like clockwork. Today, Atlus debuted Trauma Center Tuesday, and they plan to put something new -- be it video, screens, or info -- on the site every week. The first update consists of the above commercial, which shows off a little coop mode ... as well as one particular gameplay style we do not recommend. Sometimes, cosplay and gaming just don't mix.

Though we must say, latex gloves probably cut down on Wiimote slippage.
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