The difficulty doesn’t go up when you add a second player, so co-op mode is a practical way to get past a mission that you just couldn’t pass on your own, too. Cooperative two-player support is a huge one – the game looks almost exactly the same with two surgeons going at it, but the missions are much less difficult with a helper, and the strategies become more complex as you communicate verbally to delegate tasks in an efficient manner.

Luckily, New Blood does have some small changes that add up to make this game significantly improved over its predecessor.

That’s not such a bad thing, since the last Trauma Center was a sleeper hit from Wii’s launch lineup, and more missions built around the same core gameplay is probably okay with many fans. All in all, New Blood is about as straightforward as a sequel can get. You’ll still have to try some missions numerous times before finally passing them. You’ll still face a mobile, mutating disease being deployed around the world by bioterrorists. You’ll still page through several minutes of storyboards before each operation. You’ll still perform dozens of surgeries, sometimes two or three in a single mission. It is not how the games were meant to be played.There’s a new Trauma Center game on the Wii, but in many ways, not much has changed. I would advise against playing Second Opinion or New Blood with a gamepad. You could probably play the non-action-based, visual novel segments of Trauma Team (Diagnostics & Forensics) with a gamepad because those are more about reasoning and logic than actual operations.

I have a hard time imagining you could survive on anything other than the easy difficulties. Moving your pointer with an analog stick will be way slower than pointing at the screen which will in turn make the whole game harder. Ever hear of how games like Resident Evil 4 are much easier on the Wii because pointing at the screen is a lot faster than moving your reticle with the analog stick? Same deal here. The only way I could imagine you maybe having success is if you play the game on an easy difficulty. Especially if the gamepad doesn't have shake support (that would help a lot for certain actions requiring a flick of the Wiimote). These games rely on the pointer mechanic and the motion controls to play without revamping the entire control/gameplay system, you would not be able to effectively play this game with a gamepad. For all three of the Wii games, it's not.

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