There are basically three new features for the new
Harry Potter. First, there's a potion making aspect. In the new movie, Harry is going to learn how to make potions (I guess) and you'll have to mix things together to make spells (or soup).
Next up is the return of the Quidditch game. The last time a Quidditch game was made was back in 2003 and they're finally bringing it back and thankfully, not making it a separate game as a way to sneak in extra cash from crazed Harry Potter fans.
The main mode that they were showing off was the Dueling mode. Two players will stand on a table and shot sh*t out of their wands. It's actually a fun little mini-game, but it's presented very weirdly. I only saw one camera angle that's positioned right behind Harry. You can see (the back of) Harry just fine, but the other player is pretty far off in the distance. Not that it really hurts the gameplay.
Players will move the Wiimote in certain directions to cast spells. Crossing the Wiimote and nunchuck against your chest will put up a shield, swinging both controllers up in the air sends a bird that holds people upside down in the air, pointing the controllers downward sends out a strong blast and simply swinging the Wiimote sends out a light blast.
It's a very simple mini-game, but oddly very fun. Maybe it's just because I was schooling Flynn DeMarco, but I actually had fun with it.
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince will be coming to the Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS, PC, Mac, and mobile around the time the movie is out. News broke over the weekend that the movie has actually been delayed until July. The game will pretty much be ready by then as the movie was originally coming out this November.
Also, Snape raped Dumbledore. That's the meme, right? I'm not sure.
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You can play with Harry Potter's magic wand? Now that is a hardcore game.
You know Hamza, Emma Watson may be hot but would you fuck her accent???
I would
Is kicking Flynn's well-formed ass considered a hate crime? You should be ashamed of yourself! Anyway, Potter's been making potions with the help of Granger for a while now. Remember the polyjuice potion? Damn, CTZ, get with it!
Hopefully the extra months will be used to polish the title far more than it could have been under the previous deadline.
If it just sits around for those months and comes out buggy, unpolished, etc., it better get blasted by reviewers.
Hell, if it's good enough I may pick it up, and I never buy licenses games. Ever.
hmmm... I dunno about this, though if it's even remotely fun and related to Harry Potter I'm sure the wife will pick it up before I can even consider it.
Also, obligatory joke about using my wii to manipulate Harry's wand.
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