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Trauma Center: Second Opinion was released in Japan as Caduceus Z: Two Super Surgical Operations as the second game in the Trauma Center series. The first series installment released on Wii, and launch title for the system in North America and Japan, made full use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk attachment. The game is a retelling of Under the Knife for the DS, with updated graphics and mechanics created especially to take advantage of the Wii's functionality.

Once again, players take control of Dr. Derek Stiles and a new doctor named Nozomi Weaver. Dr. Weaver also has the ability to utilize the Healing Touch, although her ability differs slightly to Derek's. The game also features more voice acting than the original, including speech from the two main characters as well as from the side characters.

Plot

Up to Chapter 5 of Derek's missions, much of the story remains the same as Trauma Center: Under the Knife, although the original Chapter 6 is skipped and shortened into a condensed summary (no Sinner operations, for example). As Derek's story's progresses, Nozomi's missions are unlocked upon completing a chapter. During her missions, it is revealed that she was working for Delphi, unaware of their actions. Delphi took interest in Nozomi's Healing Touch, which they would use her to serve their purposes. Nozomi would remain mostly unaware of Delphi's plot until just before the raid, and also places their operation in danger at one point by insisting on performing surgery on a reporter who was wounded in a car accident after chasing down Nozomi and a Delphi operative. Just before their headquarters are discovered by Caduceus, Nozomi escapes with a Savato sample which she plans to use as a bargaining chip.

Upon clearing Derek's Chapter 5 and Nozomi's Z chapter mssions, Chapter 6 is unlocked. The plot of the chapter takes place at Caduceus Europe, where Derek and Angie have been invited to provide assistance to Dr. Hoffman, attending a conference held under near-total secrecy. There, Derek meets Nozomi, who is now using her original name of "Dr. Naomi Kimishima" after being granted amnesty in Europe, along with another doctor called Owen. Langston Miller tells Derek about the Z-Cells, which are fruit of their research on GUILT in order to find a way to use it to help people.

After Derek eliminates a stronger strain of Tetarti, he would be infected with Kyriaki and Paraskevi strains of GUILT, which leaves Naomi to operate on Derek. During his recovery, Dr. Miller would show Derek their "big secret" - that the Z-Cells are directly taken from Adam's body. During the scheduled conference where Dr. Owen explains how a patient has recovered from a wound after a Z-Cell injection, Naomi expresses her doubts, claiming that GUILT was created to kill people, and could never be used to save lives.

"Professor Blackwell told that it was impossible to control this monster. He researched [Savato], created it, and he was even afraid of it. I don't care about how much research they've done with these Z-Cells. If GUILT is involved, it's going to backfire."

Soon after, the Z-cell patient would relapse and falls ill. His blood would spray all over the conference room, infecting many with various forms of GUILT. Dr. Hoffman leaves with Dr. Miller to get more Z-Cells to help treat the infected. After Derek and Naomi deal with the infected attendees, Owen tries to escape and reveals that he was secretly working for Delphi. Dr. Miller orders his rank stripped, and arrested. Shortly after, an accident would occur at the lab where Adam's body is held, where it is revealed that Dr. Hoffman was infected with Mutated Savato. Working together and utilizing their Healing Touch abilities, Derek and Naomi successfully operate to remove the GUILT.

Afterwards, Caduceus International proposes a treaty to deal with GUILT research, which is quickly ratified. It is then mentioned that Derek and Angie are to be assigned to northern Afghanistan - though Tyler, talking to Leslie and Stephen, claims that both Derek and Angie deserve a long holiday as they did not have much time to spend together alone. Naomi reveals that she cannot leave Europe without facing criminal charges for her work with Delphi, and parts ways with Derek.

Finally, additional challenges called the X missions are unlocked for the player. They have no specific plot attached to them, and are simply highly challenging versions of the GUILT featured in the main game.

Characters

Main

  • Derek Stiles: The playable surgeon of the game who possesses the Healing Touch. He was eventually transferred to Caduceus after saving a victim from GUILT.
  • Angela "Angie" Thompson: A forceful and passionate nurse who serves as the main assistant of the game. Alongside Derek, she transferred to Caduceus.
  • Naomi Kimishima: A disgraced Japanese doctor working in America under the name 'Nozomi Weaver', Naomi was hired by Delphi after being disbarred from operating in Japan.

Gameplay

Changes

  • All characters receive updated artwork and portraits, featuring a new art style from Masayuki Doi .
  • The Miss Limit is replaced with a Chain system, and by extension, getting a chain of a certain length or longer would allow the player to gain parts of the Special Bonuses. Special Bonus criteria are also evaluated during the results screen, letting the player know what they missed out on for the higher grades.
  • A skip function is also present in operations, allowing the player to perform with minimal hindrance from mid-operation dialogue.
  • Story progression now consists of a menu where the player can go back and visit previous chapters or replay certain operations, compared to the strictly linear progression in Under the Knife.
  • Difficulty levels are introduced, each of them posing a different degree of challenge to the player in terms of rank criteria and stability of patients; XS ranks are also available on Hard and Extreme modes for the highly proficient to pursue. It is likely that these were introduced in response to the high difficulty of the DS predecessor.

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Trivia

First released for a trial play session in September 2006 as the temporary name Super Surgeon Caduceus NEO (超執刀カドゥケウスNEO(仮称)).

Credits/Staff Roll



    vde Trauma Center Series
Games Under the KnifeSecond OpinionUnder the Knife 2New BloodTrauma Team
Universe
General LocationsOrganizations (Caduceus InternationalDelphi)Healing TouchSurgical ToolsDiseasesGame OverEpisodes
Media
Music Under the Knife SoundtrackSecond Opinion SoundtrackUnder the Knife 2 SoundtrackNew Blood SoundtrackTrauma Team Soundtrack
Physical Caduceus GuidebookCaduceus Z GuidebookCaduceus 2 GuidebookCaduceus New Blood GuidebookHOSPITAL. Guidebook
Trauma Center: Under the Knife and Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Characters
Caduceus Derek StilesAngela ThompsonRobert HoffmanSidney KasalTyler ChaseVictor NiguelCybil MyersStephen ClarksLeslie Sears
Delphi AdamKenneth BlackwellNozomi WeaverNavelOwen
Patients Linda ReidAmy ChaseSinners
Others Greg KasalMary FultonRichard AndersonLangston Miller
For minor characters, see: Minor Characters
Episodes
Chapter 1: Dr. Stiles PrologueStandard ProcedureStandard Procedure 2/Learning the RopesA FarewellNurse AngieSinging the BluesA Real DoctorDownpourLife or Death
Chapter 2: The Healing Touch Dormant AbilityMaster SurgeryStriving for AsclepiusAwakeningPaying the PriceJust Let Me DieReasons WhyReconciliationPlease Let Me LiveCaduceusFor Everyone's Sake/For the Greater Good
Chapter 3: Caduceus New BeginningsGUILTThe Darkness WithinSomething PreciousInternational ConferenceAn Explosive PatientFootfalls of TerrorMiracle at 9,800ft/Caduceus on a PlaneDeserted VillageForbidden Knowledge/Pandora's Box
Chapter 4: Bio Terror Hope Under AttackRace for the CureNothing to Do but WaitStepping UpForeboding CluesTaking a First Step/The First StepMedical ResearchThe Next StepNew Laser Technology/ProgressDoctors' Struggle/Prolonged StruggleIncurable Disease
Chapter 5: It Never Ends Caduceus in ActionUnder the KnifeShifting GUILTGUILT EvolvesInfiltrationInfectionDelphiDevil/A DevilDeath Awaits All
Chapter 6: Original Sin (UtK) Delphi HQFirst SinSecond SinThird SinFourth SinFifth SinSixth SinFinal SinAdamEpilogue
Chapter 6: Dark Gospel (SO) An InvitationCaduceus EuropeRelapseSecond OpinionOriginal SinThe Future of GUILTFallen HeroesVulnerabilityEpilogue
Z-Episodes (SO) From OverseasMiraclePursuitTransplantSayonara
X missions X-1: KyriakiX-2: DefteraX-3: TritiX-4: TetartiX-5: PemptiX-6: ParaskeviX-7: Savato
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