The stunning Wii version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has been added to the GiN Prize Pool. Each week one lucky reader is chosen to reach into the grab bag and pull out the prize of their choice. Anyone can win, and a subscription to the weekly GiN newsletter is completely free! Subscribe Now!
"Every game or product that we put into the prize pool is one that we know our readers will love," said Nate Wooley, publisher of Gameindustry.com. "We got a few copies of this one, but I don't expect them to last too long. Using the Wii Remote as a magic wand is a really cool idea and the game is a perfect way to extend the book and movie experience."
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry returns for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community has been denied the truth about the teenager's recent encounter with the evil Lord Voldemort. Fearing that Hogwarts' venerable Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is lying about Voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job, the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, appoints a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher to keep watch over Dumbledore and the Hogwarts students.
But Professor Dolores Umbridge's Ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community, so at the prompting of his friends Hermione and Ron, Harry takes matters into his own hands. Meeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "Dumbledore's Army," Harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies ahead.
Game Features:
Discover the real Hogwarts :
Use the Nintendo Wii Remote to put a wand in your hand and truly cast spells. Explore the Hogwarts from the movie and discover its magical secrets. Talk to the portraits, complete their mission and gain passwords for shortcuts around Hogwarts. The player can interact with everything, gain discovery points and unlock secrets in the Room of Rewards.
Recruit Dumbledore's Army: Find and recruit the members of Dumbledore's Army. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix's non-linear gameplay allow the player to choose where they go, what they do and when they do it, in Hogwarts.
Go to Hogwarts classes: Complete side-missions for teachers and attend Herbology, Charms, Transfiguration and Potion's classes to earn O.W.L. grades. Achieving "Outstanding" opens secret areas of the castle!
Play Wizard Games: Compete in Exploding Snap, Gobstones and Wizard Chess leagues throughout Hogwarts and beat the best from each house using unique Wii Remote and Nunchuk controls.
Experience the movie in the game: Play the key moments from movie from the Dementor Attack in Little Whinging to the ferocious battles at the Ministry of Magic. Experience the most authentic-to-the-movie game experience in Harry Potter history: the castle is built from movie blueprints and on-set reference; the actors are head scanned and use their real voices; we have licensed the key Harry Potter music theme.
And Play other characters: Fly Fred and George out of Hogwarts as they escape Umbridge's regime. Protect Harry as Sirius Black as you confront Bellatrix and Lucius Malfoy in the Ministry of Magic. Play Dumbledore in his momentous final confrontation with Voldemort.
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