Trauma Center Staff Delivers Hospital

The makers of the Trauma Center series aren't straying too far from what they know for their newest title. In development over at Atlus for Wii, Hospital promises to bring more Wiimote-based operations and a dramatic storyline to Wii owners.

Director Daisuke Kanada explained some of the differences between Hospital and Trauma Center via a short commentary in this week's Famitsu, the place where word first broke about the game. Hospital is not a "surgical action" game like previous hospital-themed titles from the developers, he said. Instead, it attempts to make into a game all areas of a hospital.

Players will be able to select from six doctors: Hank, Maria, Tomoe, Mira, Gabriel, and CR-S01 (that last one is a prisoner number -- yes, one of the doctors is a convict). All characters have their own specialties. Mira actually appeared in Trauma Center: Second Opinion.

The dramatic areas of the game promise a fusion of manga and anime, with full voice for all the characters.

Despite Kanada's words, the game will have surgical actions as well, although we're not sure of the details just yet. The surgical action areas of the game do appear to make use of Wiimote motion controls. Two player simultaneous play support is also in the works.

Hospital is currently 30% done. A release date has yet to be finalized.

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