Atlus really was serious when they revealed to investors that they'll be investing more in their successful Persona and Trauma Centre series. Even though Trauma Center: New Blood was just released for the Wii just a few months ago in Japan, it already looks as if the next title in the series is ready for release and it's for the DS.

Named "Caduceus 2: Kyuukyuu Kyuumei (Trauma Centre 2: Emergency Life Support)", the story takes place three years after the events of "Under the Knife" starring Derek Stiles and Angela Thompson once again, this time in Africa taking care of the refugees there. Other characters include twenty-seven year old counsellor Silvia Wallenburg and twenty-five year old Dr. Adel Chiluba.

And the new features? You will now be able to select the difficulty level right from the very start (although this was added to the later budget version of the original game), there will be new operation tools and use of the mic. It also looks like there will be some voice acting involved and the artwork from the Wii titles will be used which is good news because I prefer the cleaner refined presentation.

The action operation game is currently 85% complete and is due in Japan on August 7th.

Under the Knife was released in the West after Japan but both the Wii titles that followed were released in the West first. I wonder what it will be for this game? Well, if the Japanese version comes out first, I'll play through that but won't be buying it until the European version is out over here. Can't wait to play it!