Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Wii)

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From an edit to the question: "I have found that you can get further if you only have one player, but it looks like it pushes the Wii too far and it crashes. IGN editor Nicole Tanner awarded it "Best Mindless Fun", at the publisher's "favorite games of 2010 list".

There’s also a range of similarly controlled mini-games, including wizard chess and gobstones, which you can play either in or out of the game. On April 17, 2023, it was announced that a new game, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, was in active development by Unbroken Studios. The version was released after the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and used many of the same assets. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts.

These do not count towards the stud total, but will guide the player to the next section of the level. Featuring all your favorite characters and story environments, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 lets players play as the wizard of their choice, combining them piece by piece as is only possible in the LEGO franchise of games. Potion-making is another integral feature; potions can help the player complete levels or, if created incorrectly, have adverse side effects such as turning the player into a frog. The Official Nintendo Magazine gave the Wii and Nintendo DS version 80%, saying that it was "one of the best Harry Potter games ever", however it lacked originality compared to previous Lego video games.

The DS version uses touchscreen controls to perform spells, and is a downscaled port of the PSP version. If you're a LEGO game fan, you already know that LEGO takes a great story and makes it better with a unique brand of creative customization and tongue-in-plastic-cheek humor. During the year 6 mission "A Not So Merry Christmas" the game freezes when I start putting out the fires.The first retail release of a Harry Potter game outside of the film adaptations was for the Lego Creator, released in 2001 as Lego Creator: Harry Potter and the sequel, [22] Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, released in 2002. The release removed the multiplayer component of the previous two games; Fred and George Weasley were still playable, but only in certain locations. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), the style from previous titles was reduced to a more linear, level-based system, as the character followed certain scenes from the film. The game featured similar components to those of other freemium games, such as wait timers, and microtransactions.

These were both released for PlayStation 3 [29] and used the PlayStation Move controller as well as the Wonderbook accessory for the PlayStation Eye. The boy who lived’ is another movie hero whose video game adventures never seem to have matched up to the quality of his films (or books). Lego Harry Potter 's gameplay is similar to that of most previous Lego video games, with an emphasis on collecting, exploring, and solving puzzles.Explore iconic settings from the wizarding world including Diagon Alley, the Forbidden Forest, the village of Hogsmeade and, of course, Hogwarts castle. K. Rowling and its film adaptations in the Harry Potter film series: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Playing as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as well as more than 100 other favorite characters, gamers will have the opportunity to attend lessons, cast spells, mix potions, fly on broomsticks and complete tasks to earn rewards.

Gerald Villoria of GameSpot praised the developer's efforts, for the PlayStation version, in re-creating the Hogwarts Castle and different-looking characters but said that despite the graphics being like "extremely jagged polygons. Rather than simply repeat the predictable third person action of previous games though, this is something a bit different.One contained Lego figurines of Harry, Voldemort, mini Ford Anglia and mini Hogwarts Express, while the other one contained figurines of Hermione and Buckbeak. The game covers a wide range of characters of the first four parts, from notable ones like Albus Dumbledore, and Severus Snape, to others like Viktor Krum in shark form or the Trolley Witch from the Hogwarts Express. Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. According to the FAQ that was released, [38] the game "has been in development for several years by Unbroken Studios".