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Super Surgical Operation
''Trauma Center: Under the Knife'' is a simulation video game developed by Atlus for the Nintendo DS. The debut entry in the ''Trauma Center'' series, it was published in Japan and North America by Atlus in 2005, and by Nintendo in Europe in 2006. Set in a near future where medical science can cure previously incurable diseases, the world's population panics when a new manmade disease called GUILT begins to spread. Doctor Derek Stiles, a surgeon possessing a mystical "Healing Touch", works with the medical research organization Caduceus to find a cure to GUILT. The gameplay combines surgery-based simulation relying on the DS's touchscreen controls with a story told as a visual novel. Designed to take advantage of the DS's control options after planned development for earlier consoles stalled due to inadequate hardware, development lasted just over a year. Its early inspirations included Western television series '' ER'' and ''Chicago Hope'', with science fiction elements incorpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlus
is a Japanese video game developer, video game publisher, publisher, Arcade game, arcade manufacturer and distribution company based in Tokyo. A subsidiary of Sega, the company is known for the ''Megami Tensei'', ''Persona (series), Persona'', ''Etrian Odyssey'', and ''Trauma Center (video game series), Trauma Center'' series. Its corporate mascot is Jack Frost, a snowman-like character from their ''Megami Tensei'' series. The company is also known for their ''Print Club'' arcade machines, which are selfie photo sticker booths in East Asia. Atlus was established in April 1986 and spent its early years as a video game developer for other companies. It became a video game publisher of its own in 1989 and existed until it was merged into Index Corporation in October 2010. The Atlus name continued as a brand used by Index Corporation for video game publishing until it filed for bankruptcy in June 2013. This company was then acquired by Sega via its new subsidiary Sega Dream Corpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
