LifeSigns: Surgical Unit (Nintendo DS)

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Description

LifeSigns is similar to Trauma Center medical games, but focuses more on the story and character development, almost like a soap opera. You play as Dr. Tendo, a second year intern at a hospital, performing surgeries on patients while at the same time balancing relationships with fellow doctors and nurses.

The gameplay for the surgery is a more step-by-step-style minigames, performing certain tasks during the surgery for it to be a success, but you also have to examine the patient beforehand to figure out the problem they are suffering from. Between surgeries, you also have to juggle romantic relationships with female doctors and nurses, saying the right things or buying them romantic items in order to succeed. You can also play mini-games like fishing and cooking to relieve stress from the hospital as well.

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Alternate Titles

• "Lifesigns: Hospital Affairs" -- European title
• "Lifesigns: A Coeur Ouvert" -- French title
• "Lifesigns" -- European alternate cover title
• "Kenshūi Tendō Dokuta 2: Inochi no Tenbin" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Group

• Kenshūi Tendō Dokuta series

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Critic Reviews

ZTGameDomain	Nov 12, 2007	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Vortex	Nov 24, 2007	75 out of 100	75
Cheat Code Central	Nov 09, 2007	3.5 out of 5	70
GameSpot	Jan 08, 2008	6.5 out of 10	65
Jeuxvideo.com	Apr 10, 2009	13 out of 20	65
Thunderbolt Games	Jan 06, 2008	6 out of 10	60
IGN	Nov 15, 2007	5.5 out of 10	55
DS-Extreme	Dec 04, 2007	46 out of 100	46
Game Shark	Dec 12, 2007	C-	42
Game Informer Magazine	Jan, 2008	4 out of 10	40

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Non-Japanese manuals use the same images used in Japanese manuals with Japanese text. As such, in European and such manuals all text using kanji and kana have been blurred, while text that used latin letters such as "Mission 05" were left as is since it is identical in English, German and other localized game versions.