Game · NDS

Trauma Center: Under the Knife

Also known as Chōshittō: Caduceus

Trauma Center: Under the Knife is a 2005 NDS game by Atlus Co., Ltd..

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About the game

Take on the role of a doctor on this unique title for the Nintendo DS. You play as Dr. Derek Stiles, a young doctor who has just started at Hope Hospital. Things start off rather normally for the doctor, but he soon discovers that he has a special talent called the 'healing touch'. This talent allows him to slow down time to perform surgical procedures much faster than normal. However, a new epidemic begins to appear, and Dr. Stiles will need to be lightning-fast as well as accurate to save his patients' lives!

Trauma Center is almost entirely played with the stylus. All of Dr. Stiles' tools are used with the stylus, whether it be the suture, the scalpel, the drain, or the syringe. Quick and accurate response to the medical procedures will keep your patients healthy, but you'll also need to be prepared for unexpected events that can turn an almost finished operation on its head. The game is surprisingly difficult, and seems to hail back to challenge of the Super NES era.

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Facts

Platforms
NDS
First released
2005-06-16
Developers
Atlus Co., Ltd.
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
visual novel, simulation video game
Ratings
MobyGames score 7.7 (29 votes) · MobyGames

Covers and screenshots

Box, manual and cartridge scans

  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Front Cover (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
    Front Cover (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Front Cover (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
    Front Cover (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Front Cover (NDS · Italy, Spain)
    Front Cover (NDS · Italy, Spain)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Back Cover (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
    Back Cover (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Back Cover (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
    Back Cover (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Back Cover (NDS · Italy, Spain)
    Back Cover (NDS · Italy, Spain)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Media (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
    Media (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Media (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
    Media (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Media (NDS · Italy, Spain)
    Media (NDS · Italy, Spain)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Spine/Sides (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
    Spine/Sides (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Manual (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
    Manual (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Manual (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
    Manual (NDS · Canada, Mexico, United States)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Inside Cover (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
    Inside Cover (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Inside Cover (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
    Inside Cover (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Spine/Sides (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
    Spine/Sides (NDS · Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Spine/Sides (NDS · Italy, Spain)
    Spine/Sides (NDS · Italy, Spain)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Manual (NDS · Italy, Spain)
    Manual (NDS · Italy, Spain)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Manual (NDS · Italy, Spain)
    Manual (NDS · Italy, Spain)

Screenshots

  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Title screen (NDS)
    Title screen (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Title screen (JP) (NDS)
    Title screen (JP) (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: This is the hospital where the initial operations will take place. (NDS)
    This is the hospital where the initial operations will take place. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Derek Stiles, the main character of the game. (NDS)
    Derek Stiles, the main character of the game. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Mission briefing (NDS)
    Mission briefing (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Derek seems to be ready to begin. (NDS)
    Derek seems to be ready to begin. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Here's the first patient. (NDS)
    Here's the first patient. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Cutting up the patient's arm. (NDS)
    Cutting up the patient's arm. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: A little glass can't be so bad, can it? (NDS)
    A little glass can't be so bad, can it? (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Using the forceps to pull out the glass shards. (NDS)
    Using the forceps to pull out the glass shards. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: After finishing an operation I put on some bandage. (NDS)
    After finishing an operation I put on some bandage. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Rank and score after the operation. (NDS)
    Rank and score after the operation. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: About to cut this tumor loose. (NDS)
    About to cut this tumor loose. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Removing the tumor with the forceps. (NDS)
    Removing the tumor with the forceps. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Suturing the incision. (NDS)
    Suturing the incision. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: Putting gel on the wound. (NDS)
    Putting gel on the wound. (NDS)
  • Trauma Center: Under the Knife: After a failed operation, Derek finds himself on the street unemployed. (NDS)
    After a failed operation, Derek finds himself on the street unemployed. (NDS)

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Releases

PlatformReleasedRegionsPublishers
NDS2005-06-16Canada, Japan, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United StatesNintendo

Barcodes

  • 0045496462642
  • 0730865400027
  • 4984995102016
  • 4984995900292

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