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It is the first Harry Potter game to feature open exploration of Hogwarts.
The game has been released for the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and PC/MAC.[1]
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizard community is in denial about his encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. Dolores Umbridge, an official from the Ministry of Magic, teaches courses in defensive magic, but this leaves the young wizards unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces that threaten them. Harry teaches other students, in secret, how to defend themselves.
The following is only playable during two missions:
Fred and George Weasley - Player has one of the twins set off a Portable Swamp, and also plays as them when setting off the fireworks. In the GBA version they help Harry duel Slytherins.
Playstation Portable System (PSP) players have the opportunity to play as dark characters such as Lord Voldemort, Bellatrix Lestrange, and as a member of the Inquisitorial Squad (Draco Malfoy, Crabbe & Goyle etc.) Although it has yet to be figured out how to unlock Voldemort. This feature is not available on other platforms.
There are nineteen spells in the game, all classified under Environmental and Combat (13 spells for combat and 6 spells for the enviroment). You use environmental spells to earn discovery points in and around Hogwarts. Combat spells are for when you are dueling other wizards which has been described as quite common. The following spells are in the game:
Combat Spells[]
Crucio (Only in cut scenes) Consists of a strong flash of green light that strikes the victim's body hard and tortures them.
Expelliarmus: A spell used to disarm your opponents and fires a jet of sparkling yellow light at an opponent.
Expecto Patronum: A spell used to defend yourself against Dementors. (Only used in specific story battles)
Levicorpus: A spell used to suspend your opponent upside down in mid-air. Consists of a multi-coloured jet of light.
Petrificus Totalus: A spell used to put a full-body bind on your opponents. Note: This spell can be deadly for when used on a lonely opponent, the battle ends automatically and the same can happen to you. Consists of a jet of white light and when a player reaches level 11 or 12, two curses will be released.
Protego: A spell that deflects spells coming your way. Consists of a glowing pin-point of light that surrounds the player's body and lasts for several seconds.
Protego Duo: (PSP version only) A spell that sends back spells to your opponent.
Rictusempra: A spell that tickles and stuns the opponent. Consists of a purplish jet of light that surrounds the apponent, encircles them and finally strikes them.
Stupefy: A spell used to damage your opponent. Consists of 3 (5 when playing as Dumbledore) jets of red light that strike the opponent and cause them to fall into a knealing position.
Stupefy Duo: (PSP version only) A spell that causes more damage than the original.
Ventus: (GBA & DS Only) A gust of wind is emitted from the end of the wand.
Finite Incantatem: (PSP Version Only) A spell that removes the effects of any spells.
Environment Spells[]
These spells are used to work out all the tasks around Hogwarts and the other locations.
Accio: "Summoning Charm" A spell used to pull objects closer.
Depulso: "Banishing Charm" A spell used to push objects farther.
In the game you will do different things that Portraits ask you to do (after you talk to them) to learn their passwords and gain access to shortcuts. The passwords in the game are:
Flaming earwigs - Timothy the Timid's portrait, connects the corridor outside the Herbology classroom to the fifth floor corridor. (Repair both suits of armour)
Mimbulus mimbletonia - The password of the Fat Lady's portrait to the Gryffindor common room on the seventh floor. Once Harry has used it, the trio can enter and leave the common room without saying it.
No news is good news - Termeritus Shanks' portrait, connects the Library to the fourth floor corridor. (Find a Daily Prophet in the Great Hall - cast Depulso and then Accio on the owl stand)
Slytherins are supreme - Elizabeth Burke's portrait, connects the Dungeon corridor to the Dungeons where the Potions classroom is located. (Wearing the Invisibility Cloak, walk down to her corrider off the Grand Staircase and listen in on the Slytherin students)
This password is absurd - Percival Pratt's portrait on the Grand Staircasefourth floor, will transport you to the Boathouse.? (Talk to Edward Rabnott, then Basil Fronsac, the Shepherdess on the stairs between the second floor and the Herbology corridor, then talk to Google Stump, and finally Gifford Abbott)
Three heads are better than one - Edward Rabnott's portrait, connects the seventh floor corridor near the Room of Requirement to the fourth floor corridor.? (Talk to his other portrait on the fourth floor after clearing away the spider web with Incendio)
Volo futurus unus - Google Stump's portrait, connects the first floor corridor to the Viaduct Entrance. (Scare away the students by pointing your wand at them)
Wii Version[]
The Wii version of this game was not available until July 21st, 2007, in conjunction with the movie release, according to EA Games. The Wii version of the game is different from the other versions as you will need to use the Wii Remote to cast spells by waving it with the appropriate wrist movements to cast a spell correctly. EA hoped this would give the players using the Wii a more 'WIZARD FEELING'.
The following is a table detailing all the Wii Remote movements in the Wii version of the game.
The music featured in this game consists of some of the same tunes used in the previous games plus an entirely new, original score composed by James Hannigan. This is the first video game that includes the song titled "Hedwig's Theme," the main theme in the Harry Potter films, for the producers were sold the rights to play the tune.
In the American DS version, the second year Ravenclaw by the Hospital Wing who you have to win the Gobstone from is wearing a red and gold tie made for Gryffindor.
Lavender Brown is not even mentioned at any point in the game, although there are supposedly 28 DA members just like in the book. However, after telling the Patil twins to meet in the Room of Requirement, the number of members in the room goes up by three, suggesting that they tell Lavender, although this is not mentioned in the game script.
Dumbledore's wand is the only wand that is different in the game, he still wields the Elder Wand while everyone else's wand is an exact replica of Harry's.
Instead of using Incarcerous on the centaur in the forest, Umbridge uses the Cruciatus Curse on him.
In the PC version, you can lose most of the battles with the Inquisitorial Squad and the game will continue. When you are playing as Dumbledore dueling against Lord Voldemort, if you lose, the game will continue as if you won with slight changes to their dialogue after battle.
Areas of Hogwarts castle that are inaccessible in the game are the Quidditch Stadium, Training Grounds, Divination Classroom (you can go up the staircase to the door, but you can't enter), the Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff Common Rooms (you can go down a staircase in the dungeons that leads to the Slytherin Common Room, but it stops abruptly at the bottom. This is probably the entrance, but you can't get the password), the Kitchens, most of the Forbidden Forest, the Lake (it can be seen, but you can't go right up to it or in it), Dumbledore's Office (it is only seen in cutscenes), the Chamber of Secrets (you can open the entrance in the bathroom, however) and the Sorcerer's Stone Chambers.
In some outdoors areas of Hogwarts (ie. the Middle Courtyard) if you look around in the discovery view, you can see that parts of Hogwarts were not fully completed, and don't have any window patterns on (such as the Bell Towers and Training Grounds Tower).
There are noticable differences in graphical quality between the Wii, Xbox, and PS2 versions and PS3 and Xbox 360 versions as they have a more advanced hardware than the Wii, Xbox, and PS2.
