LEGO Harry Potter Is Official

Keane Ng

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LEGO Harry Potter Is Official



The LEGO videogame enterprise will be making even stupider amounts of money next year when Warner Bros and TT Games release LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, a LEGO-ized trip through Mr. Potter's first four years at Hogwarts.

You can scratch yet another name off the list of major entertainment franchises that have yet to be turned into a LEGO game: Harry Potter. Scheduled for release next year, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 tells the stories of J.K. Rowling's first four Potter books in plastic bricks and blocks. It will very likely sell many, many, many copies.

Players will control Harry and his best friends Ron and Hermione as they "attend lessons, cast spells, mix potions, fly on broomsticks and complete tasks to earn house points." Notable locales from the Harry Potter world will be present in LEGO form, including Hogwarts (obviously), Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, where you'll hopefully be able to drink LEGO butterbeer from a LEGO mug. Other "favorite characters" will also be playable. Maybe this means I'll get a chance to control a LEGO Neville Longbottom, or, better yet, LEGO Argus Filch.

"Harry Potter is one of the world's most popular and inspirational heroes, and LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 will appeal to a generation of gamers who grew up immersed in the Harry Potter books and films, and also loved playing with LEGO toys," Samantha Ryan of Warner Bros. Interactive said. "The game is geared for players to experience a good mix of puzzle solving gameplay with exploration and battle in some of the most beloved Harry Potter environments, plus a few other surprises."

Quite a lot happens over the course of Sorceror's Stone (or Philosopher's Stone if you're on the UK side of things) and Goblet of Fire, so I wonder how much of Harry's first four years we'll really get to experience.


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Keane Ng said:
Quite a lot happens over the course of Sorceror's Stone (or Philosopher's Stone if you're on the UK side of things) and Goblet of Fire, so I wonder how much of Harry's first four years we'll really get to experience
I would say quite a lot, given that Lego graphics were more or less perfected during the last console generation.

I look forward to buying this from a bargain bin some years form now.
 

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SomeBritishDude said:
RebelRising said:
Didn't they already make two LEGO Harry Potter games?
Nope. You dreamed it.

There is Harry Potter LEGO creator, if thats what your thinking.
Still...overkill, in my opinion.

There's a chance it could be better than the regular Harry Potter games.
 

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I'd prefer to see movie franchises made into LEGO games than regular ones, to be honest. They're reliably fun and humourous at the very least. I still have a good time with LEGO Star Wars co-op when I sit down to it. LEGO Harry Potter will probably translate the books' surreal vibe better than the current games do.
 

Trivun

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Next up: LEGO Twilight. Or: LEGO Resident Evil. LEGO Star Trek. LEGO Monkey Island. Hell, even LEGO Duplo :D
 

Ashbax

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um...LEGO: LEGO will be next.

Although, I actually think this could be fun - the other lego games were ^^
 

Tadakatsu1honda

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As Yahtzee Crowshaw once said; "What's next, Fuzzy-Felt deep space 9?"

Seriously, I do feel that this whole lego thing has been milked enough. After star-wars I don't think this should be used anymore. Not being helped by my innate hatred of all things Harry and Potter like.

-Tadakatsu (senses epic fail coming on)
 

Meado

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I'm still waiting for my LEGO: Manhunt. Or LEGO: Matrix. Or LEGO: Lord of the Rings.
 

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Panzer_God said:
SHOOT ME NOW!!!
*Shoots Panzer_God, then looks around*

...What, he asked for it!

But to be serious, I'm not that suprised. It'll make tons of money and be decent. I'll buy it when the price goes down and have a few laughs.
 

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The Bandit said:
WHO BUYS THIS SHIT?!!?
*raises hand sheepishly* What? They're a good laugh and a fun game to just dip into occationally to complete a level then leave it again for a week.