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(More customer reviews)So far I am very impressed with this game. Overall it is the best recreation of the castle yet. There are no load times as seen in the previous games. So when you go from say the courtyard to the common room you can go straight there with no loading screens. There is a slight slow down when going between some areas but nothing really noticeable. For the most part you just walk up to a door and continue through it.
The Spell casting on the Wii is pretty fun. Instead of having to switch between them like they were items it is just a flick of the wand (or Wii Remote) to activate a spell. The spell used depends on the flick.
The graphics are beautiful and the attention to detail is amazing. In this one almost all of the paintings are animated in some way or another and you can talk to some of them.
I just can't get over how huge the castle is. The map is very essential to finding your way about. You can even select locations and the foot steps will appear in front of you to guide you to that location or person. The voice acting is well done though there is some repetition. But since they recorded the same lines several different times the character can say the same thing and say it a little differently each time.
There are also many mini games. So far I have found a game of Wizard chess, a version of shooting marbles (gobstones I think) and some sort of matching game.
If you are a fan of Harry Potter then this is a must buy. Its not for everyone (there are a lot of anti-potter's out there) The game is like the others where there are a lot of fetch and grab missions, not much on the fighting aspect of it though there are some times where you get into a duel with some of the other students and some bad guys later in the game.
() Game play: This is pretty easy since you have the nun chuck to navigate. Some of the spells are frustrating to pull off. Like the levitating spell the floating objects are difficult to get positioned exactly where you want to. I had one painting that I wanted to position on the wall get stuck behind the wall in limbo and couldn't get it back in the room. Though after leaving the area and revisiting it later the puzzle reset itself and I was able to complete it.
() Music: The music is great everything just works well where you are at and does not seem out of place. They did a great job on that.
() Graphics: These are some of the best on the wii. Nothing was rushed through. There are some low frame rates on the characters movement but nothing horrible.
() Lasting appeal: I don't know how long it will take to beat yet. And I always spend more time that necessary to find every thing. I think that the lasting appeal will be more for the younger crowd. My children still want me to get out the other Harry Potter games to knock around in, explore the castle, and fly around whatever. For the older crowd I think it will be like everything else where after beating the game it will only be revisited every so often.
() Overall I can say that this is the best Movie tie in game made yet that I have played. It just does not feel that they just rushed through this and slopped something out to sell.
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Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts is shaping up to be his most dangerous yet. Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is lying about the return of Voldemort in order to undermine his power, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge appoints a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the students. But Professor Dolores Umbridge's ministry-approved course leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared, so Hermione, Ron and Harry form "Dumbledore's Army" with the goal of preparing themselves and other courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that looms against Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
