Way back in March, rumors surfaced regarding the long-overdue localization of LifeSigns: Hospital Affairs, and it looks like Siliconera's detective work was right on the button: the doctor sim is due this summer.Now here's where it gets confusing. Our original reports had Hospital Affairs coming out this week and Surgical Unit at the end of June. Now, as of this new announcement, Hospital Affairs, based on the Japanese DS launch title Kenshuui Tendo Dokuta, is coming sometime this summer. We originally assumed, based on the separate GameStop listings, that Surgical Unit was a localized version of the second Tendo Dokuta game, but according to an interview with one of the game's producers, they're two different names for the first game.
During the interview, the producer asserted that the US-released LifeSigns game was going to be called Surgical Unit, but all the promotional material (including the website) uses the title Hospital Affairs. Yikes. We think this is because the promotional information is for the European release.
Okay, we're getting mixed up ourselves, so here's the final breakdown in bullet-point form:
- There is only one LifeSigns game announced for the US so far, with some kind of subtitle.
- It is coming out some time this summer.
Gallery: Lifesigns
1. Sad thing is, it's not that great. Similar to Phoenix Wright, but just doesn't have the humor
Posted at 6:18PM on May 18th 2007 by Dead_Prophet