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Atlus Readies Stylus-Based Surgery Game For DS

Posted by simoniker on from the cut-snip-snip dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its article discussing Atlus' announcement of a stylus-utilizing touchscreen surgery game for the Nintendo DS handheld. According to the article about Caduceus: Surgical Operation: "The player steps into the role of a talented young surgeon who must operate on different maladies in each of the game's stages... Actions such as cutting the patient or getting rid of an unidentified parasite are done with the [Nintendo DS] stylus. In addition, while operating, the player must cheer on the patient using the device's voice recognition." There's also a couple of screenshots of the forthcoming Life & Death-eque game, featuring the "Hurted Heart" mission, on the Japanese-language NTT site.

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  1. Re:"cheer on the patient" ???? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm guessing that this patient belongs to some cut-rate HMO that won't pay for frills like anesthesia.... "You can do it! Don't start writhing on me now! The pain will only make you stronger!"

  2. Mods by Cyberop5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    First thing I'd do is create a plastic surgery mod for m' ladies ;)

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    Urgo: "I want to live. I want to experience the universe and I want to eat pie!"
    Jack: "Who doesn't??"
  3. Life and Death! by prockcore · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man I loved that game, and I sucked at it! I used to play on my ][gs. I couldn't get past the apendectomy. The game didn't like my sutures or something.

    But man, if I ever had to perform an emergency apendectomy, i could. Oh sure, you'd bleed to death later because aparently I can't sew, but at least you wouldn't die from apendicitis.