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LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Lego potter cover
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) August 13, 2010 (PSP) [1]

Mode(s):

Single Player, Two player simultaneous

Rating:

E 10+

Platforms:

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

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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 agian untill Friday 13 August 2010 now.

Production

Revealed to the Public

The game was admitted 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 a second trailer was released, which 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. At present there are four vignettes, including 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 getting 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

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

Price

The game has been released in eight different versions with eight different set numbers:

Set number Console Price
2855123 Wii US $49.99 / €49.99 / £39.99
2855124 Nintendo DS US $29.99 / €39.99 / £29.99
2855125 Xbox 360 US $49.99 / €49.99 / £44.99
2855127 PlayStation 3 US $49.99 / €49.99 / £44.99
2855128 PC (Windows Vista) US $29.99 / €29.99 / £24.99
2855129 PlayStation Portable US $29.99

List of Characters

*indicates the character is playable

The trio

  • Harry Potter* (Available in Blue Shirt, Sweater(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Hogwarts Uniform, Dragon Task Uniform(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Lake Task Uniform, Maze Task Uniform, Quidditch Uniform, Girl Disguise(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Slytherin Disguise(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Pajamas(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), and in Tuxedo(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), and he can use the Invisibility Cloak)
  • Hermione Granger* (Available in Hogwarts Uniform, Red Hooded Top, Blue Top(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Grey Hooded Top(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Cat(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), and in Ball Gown(Only on Consoles and Windows versions) and she can control Crookshanks from year 3 to year 4)
  • Ron Weasley* (Available in Hogwarts Uniform, Pajamas(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Sweater, Brown Jacket(Only Consoles and Windows versions), Slytherin Disguise(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Girl Disguise(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Tuxedo(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), and in Cardigan(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), and he can control Scabbers from year 1 to year 3)

Hogwarts Staff

Other staff

Students

Gryffindor house
Slytherin house
Ravenclaw house
Hufflepuff house

Wizard World related

Order of the Phoenix

Lord Voldemort, his Death Eaters and followers

Ministry of Magic

Diagon Alley and Leaky Cauldron

Hogsmeade

Knight Bus

Hogwarts Express

Other

  • Rita Skeeter*
  • Dragon keeper*
  • Witch* (Available in white and grey)
  • Wizard* (Available in red and green)
  • Shifty wizard*
  • Boy*
  • Girl*

Beauxbatons

  • Fleur Delacour* (Available in Beauxbatons Uniform, Dragon Task Uniform, Lake Task Uniform(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), and Maze Task Uniform(Only on Consoles and Windows versions)
  • Gabrielle Delacour*
  • Madam Maxime* (Only playable on portable versions)
  • Beauxbatons student

Durmstrang

  • Viktor Krum* (Available in Tuxedo(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Durmstrang Uniform, Dragon Task Uniform, Lake Task Uniform(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), and Krum Shark(Only on Consoles and Windows versions))
  • Professor Karkaroff*
  • Durmstrang Student*

Ghosts

Muggles

Creatures

List of places

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Classrooms

  • Charms Classroom. There are two classrooms: one for the Wingardium Leviosa spell lesson and another for the Lumos spell lesson.
  • Defence Against the Dark Arts Classroom. There are two classrooms: one for the Immobulus and Riddikulus spells, and another for the Patronus and Reducto spell lessons.
  • Transfiguration Classroom which also contains a practice room.
  • Potions Classroom
  • Hogwarts greenhouses/Herbology Classroom
  • Divination Classroom
  • Care of Magical Creatures
  • Flying Courtyard

Common rooms

  • Ravenclaw Tower
  • Slytherin Dungeon
  • Hufflepuff Basement
  • Gryffindor Tower

Other places

  • Great Hall
  • Headmaster's office
  • Library and Restricted Section
  • Mirror of Erised room / Storage Room
  • Clock Tower and Clock Tower Courtyard
  • Owlery
  • Hospital wing
  • One-Eyed Witch Passage
  • Third Floor Corridor
  • Grand Staircase
  • Second-floor girls' lavatory
  • Chamber of Secrets
  • Middle Courtyard
  • Prefects' Bathroom
  • Muggle Studies Classroom
  • First-floor boys' lavatory

Hogwarts Grounds

  • Hogwarts Lake
  • Hagrid's hut
  • Quidditch pitch
  • Stone circle
  • Greenhouses
  • Covered Bridge

Hogsmeade

  • Honeydukes
  • Shrieking Shack
  • The Three Broomsticks
  • Hogsmeade Station

Other magical places

  • Diagon Alley
    • Ollivander's Wand Shop
    • Gringotts
    • Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions
    • Flourish and Blotts
    • Eeylops Owl Emporium
  • Leaky Cauldron
  • Knockturn Alley
  • King's Cross Station/Platform 9 and 3/4
  • The Burrow
  • Mr. Roberts's campsite

Muggle places

  • Little Whinging
    • Privet Drive
  • Hing's Cross Station
  • Hut-on-the-Rock
  • London
  • Godric's Hallow (The Potter House)


Vehicles

List of known spells

Taught spells

  • Reducto
  • Lumos
    • Lumos Solem
  • Wingardium Leviosa (can be upgraded by purchasing Accio)
  • Incendio (DS version only)
  • Immobulus
  • Reparo (DS version only)
  • Aresto Momentum (DS version only)
  • Expecto Patronum
  • Expelliarmus
  • Riddikulus
  • Transfiguration spell

Spells bought in Diagon Alley

  • Flipendo
  • Rictusempra
  • Stupefy
  • Locomotor Mortis
  • Glacius
  • Slugulus Eructo
  • Multicorfors
  • Entomorphis
  • Tarantallegra
  • Redactum Skullus
  • Colovaria
  • Calvorio
  • Anteoculatia
  • Herbifors
  • Incarcerous
  • Trip Jinx
  • Engorgio Skullus
  • Accio

Dark spells

  • Avada Kedavra
  • Crucio

Lego.com Description

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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

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