Trauma Team for Wii Reviews by Gamers

Scrubs dawned, masked tightened and soapy clean all the way to the elbow, it’s time for surgery. Trauma Team by Atlus is a Wii game based on the use of motion controls to perform medical operations, diagnose patients and solve murders as a team of five different professionals.
When I first clicked my nunchuk in place and prepared my medical tools I had very little hope for the controls. A Wii game that requires surgical precision? Chyeah, and monkeys might fly out of my butt. But my fears were put to rest quicker than you realized that last line was a bad Wayne’s World joke once I began extracting tumors and stitching wounds with acute precision. Trauma Team hits motion controls right on the money leaving all other Wii games with no excuse (you hear that Okami).
Much like the controls the game play nails it. With five different doctors each specializing in their own field it’s hard to get bored with this game and with the inclusion of two none surgical doctors (a diagnostician and a FBI investigator) you never have to do too much of the same thing.
The story is a classic Japanese tail of doctors working with robots, fighting crime as a super hero and even receiving cell phone calls, from the dead. It’s very ridiculous and over the top in all the right ways, creating a very entertaining tale of friendships and hardship. All this is very well complimented with great art and fantastic voice acting.
There’s very little to complain about in Trauma Team. A more linear path for story enthusiast and fully rendered animated cut scenes would have been nice but far from an experience killer. I recommend this title to anyone with a Wii and highly recommend it to anyone who’s a big fan of motion control and/or big Japanese games.

9 out of 10.