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Trauma Center: Second Opinion

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Trauma Center : Second Opinion
Developer Atlus
Publisher Atlus
Release United States November 19, 2006

Japan December 2, 2006
Europe: August 10, 2007

Genre simulation

Trauma Center : Second Opinion (カドゥケウスZ 2つの超執刀, Kadukeusu Zetto Futatsu no Chōshittō?, Caduceus Z: Two Super Surgical Operations) is the second game in the Trauma Center series. The series has now moved to the Wii, and was a launch title for the system in North America and Japan, and made full use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk attachment. This version is a remake of the original game for the DS, although its graphics and mechanics have been completely redone to take advantage of the Wii's functionality.

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

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Up to Chapter 5 of Derek's missions, much of the story remains the same as the DS version, though the Wii version's Chapter 6 assumes the DS version's had already taken place (no Sinner surgeries, for example). As Derek's story's progresses, Naomi's missions are unlocked. During her missions, it is revealed that she was working for Delphi, who knew of her ability and was using it for their own purposes. Naomi remains mostly unaware of the circumstances of Delphi until just before their raid, and also places their operation in danger at one point by insisting on operating on a reporter wounded after chasing down a car in which Naomi and a Delphi operative were passengers. Just before their headquarters are discovered by Caduceus, Naomi escapes with a GUILT sample which she plans to use as a bargaining chip.

After Derek's Chapter 5 and Naomi's missions are cleared, Chapter 6 is unlocked. The plot of the chapter takes place at Caduceus Europe, where Derek and Angie have been invited to provide assistance and Dr. Hoffman has come to attend a conference held under near-total secrecy. There, Derek meets Naomi for the first time, who is now using her original name of "Dr. Kimishima" and granted amnesty in Europe, along with another doctor called Owen. Dr. 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 somewhat stronger strain of Tetarti, his heart becomes infected with a combination of Kyriaki and Paraskevi, which leaves Naomi to operate on Derek. Naomi succeeds, and time passes. During his recovery, Dr. Miller shows Derek their "big secret", that the Z-Cells are directly taken from Adam's body, which they took during the raid on Delphi's ship, leading you to believe that the Z-Cells are really Bliss, the eighth GUILT. During the scheduled conference where Dr. Owen explains how a patient (especifically Mr. Heigl) has recovered from a wound after a Z-Cell injection, Naomi expresses her doubts, claiming that GUILT was created to kill people, and probably could never be used to save them. She said:"Professor Blackwell told that it was impossible to control this monster. He researched it, created it (Savato) 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 patient suffers from an injury that causes his blood to spray all over the conference room, infecting all the attendees with various airborne strains of GUILT. Dr. Hoffman leaves with Dr. Miller to get more Z-Cells from Adam to help treat the infected.

After Derek and Naomi deal with the infected attendees, Owen tries to escape and reveals that he was working all this time for Delphi. Dr. Miller orders him to be stripped of his rank and taken away, and is then told that there is a problem in the lab where Adam is kept, presumably because of Dr. Hoffman. Meanwhile, at the lab, Derek learns that Hoffman has become infected with a strain of GUILT that is revealed to be mutated Savato. In the final mission of the game, Derek and Naomi work together to take down the upgraded Savato with their combined Healing Touches and save Hoffman's life.

Afterwards, Caduceus International proposes a treaty to deal with GUILT research which is quickly ratified. As for Derek and Angie, they are revealed to be assigned to northern Afghanistan, but not much else is revealed in the main game - though Tyler Chase, talking to Leslie Sears and Stephen Clarks, claims that both Derek and Angie deserve a long holiday because lately, 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.

The X Missions are extra missions made only for the sake of an extra challenge to the player.

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    v • d • e Trauma Center series
Games Under the Knife • Second Opinion • New Blood • Under the Knife 2
Characters Derek Stiles • Naomi Kimishima • Markus Vaughn • Valerie Blaylock
Organizations Caduceus International • Delphi • Eidoth Pharmaceuticals • Humani • Parnassus • Acropolis Pharmaceutical • Hands of Asclepius
GUILT Kyriaki • Deftera • Triti • Tetarti • Pempti • Paraskevi • Savato • Bliss • PGS
Stigma Cheir • Soma • Ops • Onyx • Brachion • Cardia
Neo-GUILT Nous • Sige • Bythos • Aletheia
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