<s>
Trauma	B-Application
Center	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
is	O
a	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Atlus	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
follows	O
doctors	O
Markus	B-Application
Vaughn	I-Application
and	O
Valerie	B-Application
Blaylock	I-Application
,	O
each	O
holding	O
a	O
supernatural	O
ability	O
called	O
the	O
Healing	O
Touch	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
face	O
a	O
man-made	O
parasitic	O
virus	O
called	O
Stigma	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
combines	O
surgical	O
simulation	O
with	O
a	O
story	O
told	O
as	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
,	O
with	O
operations	O
controlled	O
exclusively	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
and	O
Nunchuk	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
New	O
Blood	O
began	O
following	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
Trauma	B-Application
Center	I-Application
:	I-Application
Second	I-Application
Opinion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trauma	B-Application
Center	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
combines	O
surgical	O
simulation	O
gameplay	O
missions	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
story-based	O
to	O
optional	O
challenge	O
missions	O
,	O
with	O
storytelling	O
employing	O
non-interactive	O
visual	O
novel	O
segments	O
using	O
static	O
scenes	O
and	O
voiced	O
dialogue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
roles	O
of	O
protagonists	O
Markus	B-Application
Vaughn	I-Application
and	O
Valerie	B-Application
Blaylock	I-Application
,	O
surgeons	O
with	O
a	O
mystical	O
ability	O
called	O
the	O
Healing	O
Touch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actions	O
during	O
surgery	O
are	O
guided	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
and	O
Nunchuk	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
many	O
actions	O
including	O
stitching	O
up	O
wounds	O
and	O
using	O
the	O
scalpel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Operating	O
tools	O
are	O
selected	O
from	O
a	O
radial	O
options	O
menu	O
using	O
the	O
Nunchuk	B-Device
's	O
control	O
stick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Healing	O
Touch	O
can	O
be	O
activated	O
by	O
drawing	O
a	O
star	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
single-player	O
,	O
a	O
local	O
two-person	O
multiplayer	O
option	O
is	O
available	O
,	O
allowing	O
two	O
people	O
to	O
work	O
together	O
during	O
operations	O
with	O
separate	O
pairs	O
of	O
Wii	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
a	O
decade	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Trauma	B-Application
Center	I-Application
:	I-Application
Second	I-Application
Opinion	I-Application
,	O
New	O
Blood	O
follows	O
doctors	O
Markus	B-Application
Vaughn	I-Application
and	O
Valerie	B-Application
Blaylock	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
stationed	O
in	O
Alaska	O
,	O
where	O
Vaughn	O
lives	O
in	O
a	O
self-imposed	O
exile	O
at	O
the	O
local	O
hospital	O
,	O
a	O
visit	O
for	O
surgery	O
by	O
nurse	O
Elena	B-Application
Salazar	I-Application
prompts	O
Markus	O
and	O
Valerie	O
to	O
be	O
recalled	O
to	O
the	O
Concordia	O
Medical	O
Institute	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Second	O
Opinion	O
,	O
Kanada	O
wanted	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
similar	O
feel	O
to	O
classic	O
titles	O
like	O
Space	B-Application
Harrier	I-Application
and	O
Gradius	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tsuchiya	O
,	O
whose	O
previous	O
work	O
included	O
the	O
Persona	O
and	O
Growlanser	B-Application
series	O
,	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Trauma	O
Center	O
series	O
since	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
met	O
with	O
lower	O
sales	O
than	O
Second	O
Opinion	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
attributed	O
to	O
a	O
crowded	O
market	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
not	O
being	O
a	O
console	O
launch	O
title	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
release	O
close	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
