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Rumorbomb: EA releasing microphone accessory with Harry Potter on the Wii photo

It appears that a site broke embargo at GDC during an IRC session, using an anonymous nickname "Raid" to leak the details of an upcoming Harry Potter game for the Wii which will use a clip-on Microphone attachment. So what's the big deal? Spoken spellcasting with Wiimote "wand gestures" could be a killer app, not to mention lots of fun for apprenticing little magicians from the J.K. Rowling cult. Visually speaking, the source says the game is similar to Ico. That's enough to get me excited, Seaman microphones or not.

Here's the full log file of the chat with all the naughty details. Hopefully it will be due out before Q4 so we can actually have a Wii game this summer to look forward to.

[Via GoNintendo] 


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HawtPawkitHero's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 12:02
HawtPawkitHero
Is that legal? O_o (My eyes!)
fedaykin_warrior's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 12:19
fedaykin_warrior
My corneas, they burn!!!Damn you Nierooooooooo!!!
Maxpower's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 13:26
Maxpower
Something died inside after that heinous picture.
Ballistic90's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 14:14
Ballistic90
That's a disturbing picture.

My girlfriend would be interested in the game, though.
synce's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 14:19
synce
Howard Moon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 14:26
Howard Moon
Hairy Potter indeed. happy trails to you.
RestingSound's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 14:29
RestingSound
That was the most annoying conversation to read ever... Who talks like that.

So does the Mic communicate to the Wii or to the Wiimote?

Also halfway down he mentions that T and M rated games don't use the friend code system isn't this bigger news or did I miss that announcement?
Husky Hog's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 14:35
Husky Hog
holy shit it's next gen hair!

Raid? seriously? they're leaking information and they used the raid?

SOMEBODY's out of the loop
pulga07's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 14:40
pulga07
Huh? does anyone not see the spanish in this?

"y raid se iso pasar como que estubo en el EA keynote y empeso a decir fake info y la gente se lo creia hahaha"

Which means that raid acted as if he was at the EA keynote and started spewing off fake info and everyone believed him. Why am I the only one noticing this?
JohnnyGoTime's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 14:48
JohnnyGoTime
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH the "next-gen" label on that image brought Coke out my nose!!!

...Anybody who thinks that img is photoshopped, it's not: it's Harry Potter in some play called Equus, where he stabs out horses' eyes or something.
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 14:58
topgeargorilla
yeah, that play is equus. It's a big deal her in london, with the british sociolaite brats freaking out. I have a friend who saw it, and she thought it was ok. of course she would, all girls want to see harry's wand. of course, the big news is that daniel radcliff is all surprised gay mags haven't asked him to do a photo spread. England is weird; I miss california.
fra_diavola's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 15:41
fra_diavola
lmao at harry's next gen happy trail.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 17:18
bhive01
If the arrow was lower it truly would have been the next generation. Although, I hope they really work on it extra hard. The DS has a hard time with blue. BLUE BLU!!!! MF BLUE!!!!!!

Think how hard it would be for it to detect Wingardium leviosaa
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 18:20
subnet6
I think the "raid" kid admitted this was fake.
perri's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 20:28
perri
yup- fake. Gonintendo has brief translation in the comments section. I guess it could have been cool but I really didn't want to have to yell out spells in my living room...thats just silly...maybe if it was optional, because it is cool but...Its just asking too much, what if I want to play late and everybody is asleep?

As far as it looking like Ico though, that'd be cool
stagl's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/11/2007 23:48
stagl
ok, next gen had me seriously LOL. thanks, niero!!
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