Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• 2-player local multiplayer support.
• Feel the thrill of Quidditch as the Wii Remote and Nunchuck become your broomstick and you speed through the stadium.
• Defeat the Dark Forces as you use the Wii Remote as your wand to duel your way through the story of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
• Perfect your potion-mixing skills using the Wii Remote to stir, shake and pour potions from the Half-Blood Prince?s recipes.
• When you get stuck, call on Nearly Headless Nick for clues and tips to help you complete your challenges.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001AZFSCO
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 30, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,642 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #82 in Video Games > Wii > Adventure
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo Wii

Amazon.com Product Description

Based on the 2009 summer movie blockbuster of the same name, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince transports fans both old and new to the beloved and action-filled video game universe of Harry Potter. In this most recent adventure players return to the famous Hogwarts school for wizards, as well as other surrounding parts of the wizarding world, to help Harry survive a difficult and danger filled sixth year. Duel against friend and foe. View larger. Join forces with Dumbledore. View larger. Compete in Quidditch matches. View larger. The Story In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the Video Game, Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was assumed to be. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different, but equally unavoidable adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates. And then there’s Hermione, simmering with jealously, but determined not to show her feelings. Yet as romance blossoms throughout Hogwarts, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again. Gameplay Like earlier video game releases in the Harry Potter franchise, the action in Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince the Video Game revolves around the exploration of Hogwarts and the action that results from what you uncover. The game features both engrossing single player and local multiplayer modes, as well as additional unique play features. During their adventures, players will have a chance to engage in exciting wizard duels, mix and brew magical ingredients in potions class and take to the air to lead the Gryffindor Quidditch team to victory. Players may even get sidetracked by Ron’s romantic entanglements as they journey towards a dramatic climax and discover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince. Key Features Relive the action of the movie…from the Hogwarts Express, to the dramatic revelation of the Half-Blood Prince. Feel the thrill of Quidditch as the Wii Remote and Nunchuck become your broomstick and you speed through the stadium. Compete for Gryffindor for the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup: Take on Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin in the most exciting wizarding sport. Defeat the Dark Forces as you use the Wii Remote as your wand to duel your way through the story of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Perfect your potion-mixing skills using the Wii Remote to stir, shake and pour potions from the Half-Blood Prince’s recipes. Explore Hogwarts at night, taking on nighttime missions while the castle sleeps. When you get stuck, call on Nearly Headless Nick for clues and tips to help you complete your challenges. See more of the wizarding world as you explore new magical places scattered throughout the game. Travel with Dumbledore to piece together Voldermort's past, and sneak around Hogwarts to discover Malfoy's secrets. 2-player local multiplayer support.

Product Description

Year six at Hogwarts' darker tone means more action, potions, puzzles, and, of course, more Voldemort. But, it's not all doom and gloom as even the videogame world addresses Harry's growing adoration for Ginny. Wii, PS2, PS3, PSP, Mac, PC, DS, Xbox 360, Electronic Arts, T.

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29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Half-Blood ain't Half-Bad!, July 1, 2009

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Kevin J. Loria (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Video Game)

Beware: If you aren't familiar with the storylines in the HP books, specifically "The Half-Blood Prince" a.k.a. book 6....the game reveals a extended cinema variation on events...so SPOILER WARNINGS....okay? Some book edits the game makes maybe in the Movie as is...others, we'll see...

Harry is beginning his 6th year at Hogwarts, it is believed Harry is the Choosen One of prophecy, who will deliever the wizarding world from the clutches of the re- ascension of evil Lord Voldemort...Dumbledore begins Harry's private lessons again using the Pensieve to educate Harry about his adversary and Harry needs a key memory from newly returing Potion's Master Prof. Slughorn inorder to defeat Voldemort....Harry is also eager to learn the origin a his secret benefactor "The Half-Blood Prince" who as filled Harry's hand-me-down Potions textbook with helpful hints and spells... also Harry begins his quest towards the defeat of his nemesis in a climax that ultimately leads to infiltration of Voldemort's Death Eaters into the very walls of Hogwarts itself.

If you played the Wii version of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" then the game (and Hogwarts) will feel quite homey. Old faithful spells return from the last adventure like EXPELLARMUS, INCENDIO, WIGARDIUM LEVIOSA, ACCIO and REPARO. Spells like STUPEFY can be charged to increase their effectiveness. Many spells are automatic to the character's location, like LUMOS will light your way in dark places. The remote spell gestures are similar as is the layout of the castle...for those of you new to Harry for the Wii...the remote spell casting is great fun, doing the wand work yourself, for example with PROTEGO, a deflecting spell, you cross your arms like an "x" you can bounce your opponent's shot back at them.

You still have plenty of out-of-story freedom to roam and perform good deeds and mini-adventures to earn crests and badges, like other HP games Hogwarts is expansive and authentic, you can run and use shortcuts to cut down on travel time, but a more improvement is Harry's ability to summon NEARLY HEADLESS NICK anywhere in the castle. NICK will lead Harry to the next story point when you're ready. Gone is the functional Marauder's map, although unlocked sections of the castle are revealed via the map.

Slughorn's Potion's Class and the Potions Club allows Harry to enjoy his new found potion prowess thanks to the Half-Blood Prince's old Potions textbook. The Potions Club is for out-of-class potions work, but as in the classroom players can really mix the potions akin to COOKING MAMA, adding the ingredients, shaking, stirring and adjusting potion temperature, even to wave the smoke away....all by remote gestures.

When not concocting potions a new Dueling and Flying Club has been added...early in the game the Gryffindor Dueling Club is introduced, not part of actual movie or story events...the Dueling Club is a great excuse to fire off combat spells, even offering a 2-PLAYER OPTION. The Flying Club allows Harry, the newly named Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team some extra broom-work.

Quidditch practice and game sessions largely consist of flying through stars to increase your speed to catch the snitch to end the game, while fending off rival players over and around the pitch.


Extras like all the Harry games this one has Harry collecting crest like Mario's Galaxy star grabbing...using DEPULSO, you can find and collect hidden ones and other spells along the way... they add up to unlockables and such. Also Harry's good deeds aren't rewards in themselves...jobs well done earn Harry badges throughout the game...forming a collection for later display, like the Wizard cards of old. In fact, after the story plot points are all covered players can continue to find the remaining crests, solve disputes between students (this usually involves a Wizard's Duel) and potion challenges.

The Wii's strength is usually is only weakness...in the motion play of the remotes is the tool that makes the game so interesting is sometimes what interferes with game play...at times to controls miss the mark and gestures are incorrectly interpreted. But, overall these mishaps are few. The look and feel of the game mirrors the movie style down to the music and actor's images....this is a great precursor to the film experience as was the last Wii HP movie tie-in. Some moments in the game I hope play out as well in the movie....Harry's misfires at love, Ron's misadventures with love-potion spiked candy...playing Love-sick Ron is very funny as is the Jazzy/swing variation on the HP theme while using the Luck-potion!

HEADS UP: EA Games is remaking their Harry Potter LEGO games for early part of the New Year....the first installment will cover books 1-4...the original HP games focused too much on building, but the new LEGO/EA Games format (Like Star Wars and Indy) will make these titles worth owning.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bring it on, Voldy!, July 7, 2009

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FountainPenName (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Video Game)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for Wii is definitely the best Harry Potter video game to date. If you're familiar with the video game series, then you probably know that games one through three are very similar, while four sort of . . . stands alone. The sixth game is VERY much like the fifth game. You have a very similar (yet updated) Hogwarts, characters that are made to look their movie counterparts, and even a similar spell list.

Hogwarts is awesome. I dunno if you've heard, but this game is supposed to have the most accurate castle of any of the games. You can get lost in it, yes, but after a while, it's cool to be able to say you can navigate the place. In terms of exploration, in this game you collect silver Hogwarts crests. There are 150 in all, and they're sneaky little things, I tell ya. You also collect mini crests, and when you collect enough of those, they combine to make a whole crest. The best part - No Moaning Myrtle swooping in at you and being a creeper like in the last game. It's sort of more like wizard cards from the games of old.

Graphically, the game is superior in every way to the last one. Remember, though, we're still working with a Wii, which has less power than a 360 or Playstation 3. In addition, the Harry Potter games have always had a lot more STUFF in them at sort of a lower quality. You won't be in awe at the cut scenes, but it's not like we've reverted to Pong here, people. And the actual PLAYING part of the game looks much nicer than any of the videos, as per usual . . .

Magic. That's what we play the game for, right? So then it had BETTER have a ton in it! And it does . . . to some extent. Two spells have been eliminated since the last game: Accio and Depulso. Now, they've managed to work depulso into the game in a different way. You sort of . . . attack glowing things with your Wii Remote, causing mini-crests to fall out. There's no real flash or boom, but it's been dubbed depuslo, so . . . whatever, I guess. I don't know how Accio fits in, either. Of all the things I'm disappointed with in this game, it's the lack of new spells that irks me most. In the words of J.K. Rowling -- "HAVE YOU GONE MAD? . . . ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?" Apparently not as much as we thought . . .

BUT, there are some pretty cool additions that make up for it. The number one thing is extra curriculars! In this game, you now have a Dueling Club, a Potions Club, and a Flying Club.

Dueling is SO much better than the last game. You actually have a health bar [type thingy]! And spells can be cast much more easily. They also don't take forever between casts, so you can fire off a dozen stupifys in like a second. Just . . . how it should have been last time. All of your old spells return for this one, except Rictusempra, which is replaced with a delightful "Charged Stupify." I thought it was a fair trade . . . Anyways, dueling is a definite PLUS! And be aware that YES, your first duels will be very easy, but they DO get more difficult as the game progresses.

As for potions . . . it's different. It's a fun little mini game that they drop in, and I'm proud of how it utilizes the Wii Remote. I suppose I could live without it, but it's definitely enjoyable. ESPECIALLY because my little sister is afraid to play any REAL part of the game, so when I get to a potion she has a chance to actually do something.

As for Quiditch . . . well, I'm reminded of the second game, where you follow a set track. The camera does a lot of the work for you, and, to be honest, the earlier games and practices are quite boring. As the game progresses, however, it DOES force you to pay attention by placing obstacles and enemy players in your way. It starts slow, but definitely gets better!

My final thing is this: While this game is multiplayer, it does not support cooperative gameplay. Your friends can't play with Ron and Hermione and explore the castle with you, which is a shame, because I can definitely see bonding opportunities there. You're, unfortunately, restricted to dueling each other.

So yeah! I really liked it, and I'd definitely go out and buy it again, so you should too!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A big hit with my 12 year old grandson, October 26, 2009

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Aimee (CT) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Video Game)

I gave this to my grandson this week for his 12th birthday and he and his 4 friends played with it endlessly. I heard loud comments , cheers, yells, etc. constantly while they played. Really cool graphics and lots of challenges for the boys who were experienced in played Wii. I would definitely recommend this.

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