LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 | |
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LEGO Theme: | |
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.
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 |
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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
- Professor Dumbledore* (Available in Purple and Grey Robes(Only on Consoles and Windows versions))
- Professor McGonagall* (can become a Cat Animagus)
- Rubeus Hagrid*
- Professor Flitwick*
- Professor Snape*
- Professor Moody*
- Professor Quirrell* (Available in Purple robes and as Voldemort)
- Professor Lupin*
- Madam Hooch*
- Professor Lockhart* (Available in White robes and Green Jacket(Only on Consoles and Windows versions))
- Professor Sprout*
- Professor Trelawney*
- Professor Binns* (Ghost)
- Professor Sinistra*
- Professor Vector*
Other staff
- Argus Filch* (can control Mrs. Norris)
- Madam Pince*
- Madam Pomfrey*
- Sorting Hat
Students
- Gryffindor house
- Katie Bell*
- Seamus Finnigan*
- Percy Weasley* (Available in Sweater and Prefect Uniform)
- Fred Weasley* (Available in Hogwarts Uniform, Quidditch Uniform(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), and Sweater)
- Neville Longbottom* (Available in Hogwarts Uniform and Pajamas(Only on Consoles and Windows versions) and can use Trevor)
- George Weasley* (Available in Hogwarts Uniform, Quidditch Uniform(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), and Sweater)
- Oliver Wood*
- Ginny Weasley* (Available in Hogwarts Uniform, Grey Hooded Top, and Cardigan(Only on Consoles and Windows version))
- Colin Creevey*
- Parvati Patil* (Available in Hogwarts Uniform and Ball Gown(Only on Consoles and Windows versions))
- Dean Thomas*
- Angelina Johnson*
- Lee Jordan*
- Alicia Spinnet*
- Gryffindor Boy*
- Gryffindor Girl*
- Slytherin house
- Draco Malfoy* (Available in Sweater, Quidditch Uniform, and Hogwarts Uniform)
- Vincent Crabbe* (Available in Sweater and Hogwarts Uniform)
- Gregory Goyle* (Available in Sweater and Hogwarts Uniform)
- Marcus Flint*
- Millicent Bulstrode* (can use her cat)
- Tom Riddle* (16 Year old Hogwarts student)
- Slytherin Prefect*
- Slytherin boy*
- Slytherin girl*
- Ravenclaw house
- Padma Patil* (Available in Hogwarts Uniform and Ball Gown(Only on Consoles and Windows versions))
- Cho Chang*
- Penelope Clearwater*
- Moaning Myrtle*(Available in Hogwarts Uniform and Swimsuit and she's a ghost)
- Ravenclaw Prefect*
- Ravenclaw boy*
- Ravenclaw girl*
- Hufflepuff house
- Justin Finch-Fletchley*
- Cedric Diggory* (Available in Sweater(Only on Consoles and Windows versions), Hogwarts Uniform, Dragon Task Uniform(Only on Consoles and Windows), Lake Task Uniform, and Maze Task Uniform)
- Susan Bones*
- Ernie Macmillan*
- Hannah Abbott*
- Hufflepuff Prefect*
- Hufflepuff boy*
- Hufflepuff girl*
Order of the Phoenix
- Arthur Weasley*
- Molly Weasley*
- Sirius Black* (can transform into his animagus dog form)
Lord Voldemort, his Death Eaters and followers
- Lord Voldemort* (Available as 16 year old Tom Riddle, Professor Quirrell version, and final form)
- Lucius Malfoy*
- Peter Pettigrew* (can transform into his animagus rat form, Scabbers)
- Walden Macnair*
- Barty Crouch Jr.*
- Death Eater*
Ministry of Magic
Diagon Alley and Leaky Cauldron
Hogsmeade
- Madam Rosmerta*
- Shrunken Heads
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
- Professor Binns*
- Lily Evans*
- James Potter*
- Bloody Baron*
- Fat Friar*
- The Grey Lady*
- Nearly Headless Nick*
- Moaning Myrtle* (Available in Hogwarts and Swimsuit)
Muggles
- Vernon Dursley*
- Petunia Dursley*
- Dudley Dursley*
- Marjorie Dursley
- Mr. Mason*
- Mrs. Mason*
- Milkman*
- Station guard*
- Guitarist*
- Drummer*
- Bassist*
- Vocalist*
Creatures
- Fang*
- Dobby*
- Griphook*
- Hedwig (She sends red bricks to Diagon Alley)
- Mrs. Norris* (Only playable with Argus Filch)
- Fawkes
- Firenze
- Mountain Troll (As a boss for year 1)
- Security troll (They protect some Hogwarts entrances during the third year. They can use expansive waves when someone throws a spell to them)
- Boggart (As an enemy. It turns into a Dementor(for Harry Potter), McGonagall giving a bad grade(for Hermione Granger), a giant spider(for Ron Weasley), Professor Snape(for Neville Longbottom), the moon(for Professor Lupin), Harry Potter (for Lord Voldemort) and Lord Voldemort (for all the others characters except the ghost characters)
- Whomping Willow (As a boss for year 3)
- Dementor (They protect some Hogwarts entrances during the third year, but are also enemies and are as final boss for year 3)
- Hungarian Horntail
- Swedish Short-Snout
- Chinese Fireball
- Common Welsh Green
- Basilisk (As a final boss for year 2)
- Acromantula (As an enemy)
- Crookshanks* (Only playable with Hermione when the third year starts)
- Norbert
- Buckbeak* (Only playable in some missions)
- Cornish Pixie (As an enemy)
- Bowtruckle (They help building wooden ladders in the Forbidden Forest)
- Mandrake (Can be taken by a wizard with earhelders to crash crystals)
- Trevor* (Only playable with Neville Longbottom)
- Giant Squid (Its tentacles are seen during the Second Task and in the Chamber of Secrets)
- Scabbers* (Only playable with Ron Weasley until year 4, and can be transformed from Pettigrew's animagus ability)
- Aragog (As a boss for year 2)
- Werewolf* (Only available with Remus Lupin's transformation ability)
- Devil's Snare (As an enemy)
- Gargoyle
- Goblin
- Gnome
- Sphinx (As a statue in the Third Task)
- Grindylow (As an enemy in the Second Task)
- Merpeople (As enemies in the Second Task)
List of places
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and WizardryClassrooms
Common rooms
Other places
Hogwarts Grounds
Hogsmeade
Other magical places
Muggle places
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Vehicles
- Flying Ford Anglia
- Light-blue flying scooter
- Broomsticks
- Firebolt
- Knight Bus
- The Dursley Car
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!
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Gallery
Stills
Locations
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Videos
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