LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

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LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
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LEGO Theme:

Harry Potter

Developer(s):

Traveller's Tales

Publisher(s):

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Date Released:

June 29, 2010 (US) June 25, 2010 (UK) (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS) July 2, 2010 (Windows) July 30, 2010 (PSP) [1]

Mode(s):

Single Player, Two player simultaneous

Rating:

E 10+

Platforms:

Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows Vista, Windows 7, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360,


LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is a video game based on the first four installments of the Harry Potter series in a LEGO form. The game was released on June 29 2010 in the US. It was released in the UK on June 25, 2010[1], and was developed by Traveller's Tales, the company that is responsible for most of the recent LEGO games.

The UK PSP game has been delayed to 30 July 2010.

Production

Revealed to the Public

The game was proven to be in the works by Traveler's Tales in 2009, when a Trailer was released at Nintendo's E3 conference. This trailer was one of the only sources of information about the game until another trailer was released, which actually involved gameplay and more characters including old characters like Professor McGonagall and Professor Quirrell "revived" with flesh skin. This was called a Year 1 vignette and more vignettes may come out as time goes by. Right now there are four vignettes, which are for Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, and Year 4.

Before the Year 3 vignette, the first 2 minutes of cutscenes which involved Harry arriving at number 4 Privet Drive and him gettting his letters to Hogwarts was released.

Tie in with the Sets

This game will obviously feature the minifigures from the Harry Potter sets. Before the game, sets of Harry Potter were released for the first four movies and one set came out to accompany the fifth movie. Since this game will feature the first four movies, all the sets already created could be implemented into the game, although if a game with all the movies implemented would not have source material for the the Deathly Hallows, as it hasn't even been released yet.

Revival of the Franchise

No sets were released for the theme since 2007, and only one set was released for the Order of the Phoenix. No sets have been created for the most recent movie, the Half-Blood Prince. This caused many people to believe the LEGO Harry Potter franchise was over. This video game is considered a revival of the Harry Potter franchise and more new sets will be released later in 2010.

Development and Distribution

The game is being developed by the well-known LEGO game developers, Traveller's Tales and TT Fusion for the handheld versions. Traveler's Tales was responsible for the development of all four LEGO Star Wars games, two LEGO Indiana Jones games, and the LEGO Batman game. If Traveler's Tales will use their usual format for the game, which is a free roaming hub, and a combination of beat-em up and puzzle gameplay, will appear is unknown, but very likely.

The game is being published and distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment .

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which now owns Traveler's Tales, will be partly responsible for the distribution and publishing. They have already published many LEGO games, including LEGO Batman: The Video Game, LEGO Battles, and LEGO Rock Band.

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to LEGO Indiana Jones. In the first level, The Leaky Cauldron, Harry can't use magic yet because he doesn't have a wand but Hagrid can since he is an experienced wizard. All Harry is able to do is smash objects by rolling into them until he learns his first spell at Hogwarts.

The game uses the new split-screen introduced in LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues and is a co-op game, similar to all other Traveller's Tales LEGO video games. The new split-screen is a moving division on the screen in relation to where the characters are in the level. This makes finding your partner much easier than a stationary horizontal or vertical dividing line.

LHP Split Screen Example

The Hogwarts castle from the game is notably the biggest LEGO video game environment ever created. There are many areas to explore, including the Great Hall, the covered bridge, Gryffindor and Slytherin common rooms, the courtyard, the quidditch field, Hagrid's hut, and more. Players can go to classes to learn new spells to advance to new areas in Hogwarts. An example would be if an area is covered by Mandrakes, the player might not be able to get to that place in Year 1, but after you have covered that Herbology lesson, you can get through there because you have learned how to get past them.

Potion-making is another vital gameplay feature. If there is a cauldron nearby you must collect the right ingredients to put in it. If you collect the right ones, you get a reward or advance in the level. If you get it wrong you could likely to be turned into a frog.

As with all schools, there are other students at Hogwarts who you can practice your defensive spells on. For instance, in the Gryffindor common room you might find a student sleeping on a couch. Zap the couch and the child is eaten up and then belched out. But you can't do this with just anyone. Zap Professor Snape and you might be turned into a frog again.

The moving pictures on the walls can usually be zapped to help you, and many other things in Hogwarts can be enlisted to help you as well, usually quite comically.

(Please note: There are 2 hubs instead of 1. They are: Hogwarts and Diagon Alley)

Versions

The game has been released in eight different versions with eight different setnumbers:

  • 2855123 (Wii)
  • 2855124 (Nintendo DS)
  • 2855125 (Xbox 360)
  • 2855127 (PlayStation 3)
  • 2855128 (Windows Vista)
  • 2855129 (PlayStation Portable)



Console versions

Naturally, the console versions of the game have sold quite well due to the number of LEGO and Harry Potter fans, so the number of copies are very high and popular.

Windows version

Not as popular as the console versions, the PC port of the game is sometimes reported to have a few bugs, or even crash. The player might even be unable to run the program. Players had abandoned the game as a problem, and as a result, the number of copies for Windows is very low.

Portable versions

The portable versions of the game are not as good as the console versions, due to LEGO games on the DS having poor graphics and a few bugs, like the Windows version.

List of Characters

*indicates the character is playable

The trio

  • Harry Potter* (Muggle Clothes, Hogwarts, Quidditch, Triwizard, Yule Ball Tuxedo, Pajamas, Girl Disguise, Slytherin Disguise)
  • Hermione Granger* (Muggle Clothes, Hogwarts, Yule Ball Dress, as a Cat [polyjuice potion])
  • Ron Weasley* (Muggle Clothes, Hogwarts,Pajamas, Yule Ball Tuxedo, Girl Disguise, Slytherin Disguise)

Hogwarts Staff

Hogwarts students

Order of the Phoenix

Lord Voldemort, his Death Eaters and followers

Ministry of Magic

Wizarding World-related

Ghosts

Muggles

Creatures

List of known rooms

  • Charms Classrom - There are two, One for the Wingardium Leviosa spell and another for the Lumos spell.
  • Ravenclaw Common Room - Ravenclaw Common Room hallway
  • Slytherin Common Room - The Dungeons
  • Great Hall
  • Gryffindor Common Room
  • The Owlrey (timeturner)
  • Potions classroom
  • the Greenhouse (lumos solem and mandrake handeling)
  • Transfiguration classroom
  • Hagrid's hut
  • Hagrid's backyard (timeturner)
  • The clockworks (timeturner)
  • Defense against the dark arts classroom 1 (Queirll, Lockhart, and Lupin)
  • Defense against the dark arts classroom 2 (Moody,Lupin)

Veichles

Flying Ford Anglia Light-blue flying scooter Broomsticks Firebolt Knight Bus The Dursley Car

List of known spells

  • Accio
  • An unknown spell used when you shoot at paintings and objects
  • Reducto
  • Lumos
    • Lumos Solem
  • Wingardium Leviosa (used with evil characters (Voldemort, Snape, Death Eater...) can destroy the red sparkle items (like the black balls) )
  • Incendio (DS Version only)
  • Immobulus
  • Reparo (DS version only)
  • Expecto Patronum
  • Expelliarmus
  • Riddikulus
  • Transfiguration-this is the only name given to the spell. You learn it in transfiguration and it turns people into either rats or frogs.

Dark Arts Spells

These are the special spells that Voldemort and his followers have:

  • Crucio
  • Avada Kadavera


Spells bought in Diagon alley

  • Flipendo
  • Rictusempra
  • Stupefy
  • Locomotor Mortis
  • Glacius
  • Slugulus Eructo
  • Multicorfors
  • Entomorphis
  • Tarantallegra
  • Redactum Skullus
  • Colovaria
  • Calvoria
  • Anteoculatia
  • Herbifors
  • Incarcerous
  • Trip Jinx
  • Engorgio Skullus
  • Aresto Momentum(DS version only)



Lego.com Description

Red2x2.png This is a description taken from LEGO.com. Please do not modify it. (visit this item's product page) Experience the magic of Harry Potter's first 4 years at Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!
Experience the magic of Harry Potter's first 4 years at Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in an exciting new way! LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 1-4 combines the first 4 Harry Potter books and films in an interactive fun-filled videogame. Build the adventure from Privet Drive to the Triwizard Tournament through new LEGO gameplay elements like magical building and spell-casting. Select from over 100 playable characters including Harry Potter, Ron Weasley™ and Hermione Granger™. Experience the wonder of Hogwarts: attend lessons, interact with the professors, mix potions, fly on broomsticks, and complete tasks to collect LEGO studs as you relive the adventures like never before with tongue-in-cheek humor and creative customization that is unique to LEGO videogames.


  • Attend lessons, cast spells, mix potions, fly on broomsticks and complete tasks to collect LEGO studs.
  • Play as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger™ as well as other favorite characters; over 100 playable characters.
  • Explore iconic settings from the wizarding world including Diagon Alley™, the Forbidden Forest, Hogsmeade and, of course, Hogwarts Castle.
  • LEGO Hogwarts is a grand, immersive 3D environment and the largest, most detailed LEGO game location ever built.
  • Conjure up fun with a friend and play through Harry's first 4 years at Hogwarts as a team with easy drop-in/drop-out co-op play.
  • ESRB Rating: E10+ with Animated Blood and Mild Cartoon Violence

Gallery

Stills

Locations

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3


Videos

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 [1]

External Links

Traveller's Tales +
Lego_potter_cover.jpg +
Single Player, Two player simultaneous +
Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows Vista, Windows 7, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, +
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
+
E 10+ +
Experience the magic of Harry Potter's Experience the magic of Harry Potter's first 4 years at Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!<br />Experience the magic of Harry Potter's first 4 years at Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in an exciting new way! LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 1-4 combines the first 4 Harry Potter books and films in an interactive fun-filled videogame. Build the adventure from Privet Drive to the Triwizard Tournament through new LEGO gameplay elements like magical building and spell-casting. Select from over 100 playable characters including Harry Potter, Ron Weasley™ and Hermione Granger™. Experience the wonder of Hogwarts: attend lessons, interact with the professors, mix potions, fly on broomsticks, and complete tasks to collect LEGO studs as you relive the adventures like never before with tongue-in-cheek humor and creative customization that is unique to LEGO videogames. * Attend lessons, cast spells, mix potions, fly on broomsticks and complete tasks to collect LEGO studs.* Play as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger™ as well as other favorite characters; over 100 playable characters.* Explore iconic settings from the wizarding world including Diagon Alley™, the Forbidden Forest, Hogsmeade and, of course, Hogwarts Castle. * LEGO Hogwarts is a grand, immersive 3D environment and the largest, most detailed LEGO game location ever built.* Conjure up fun with a friend and play through Harry's first 4 years at Hogwarts as a team with easy drop-in/drop-out co-op play. * ESRB Rating: E10+ with Animated Blood and Mild Cartoon Violenceh Animated Blood and Mild Cartoon Violence +
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 +