History VideoGame / HarryPotter

** ''Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells'' (2020), [[/index]]a MatchThreeGame.[[index]]

* MegaphoneGag: Helping the Parvati twins apply Babbling Beverage on the loudspeakers will make Umbridge talk nonsense and say silly things (e.g. "I eat frogs").

* MismatchedEyes: Professor Sprout's dialog box sprites in the Game Boy Color games show her with one blue eye and one green eye.

** Bertie Bott's Beans is the main currency at Hogwarts that you use to trade with Fred and George for stuff. Whose idea on the development team was it to use candy as money? It's revealed that the twins were using them to play a practical joke on Snape by burying him with beans in the first game, but it doesn't make it any less weird. And in the second and third game, the professors get in on the act by allowing students to visit a ''Bean Bonus Room''. It's particularly strange for the third game, because Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw students will discuss Fred and George's shop, which is in Gryffindor Tower. Of course, it's possible they might run secondary shops in other towers, but still...

** Averted in the first two GBC games, which use Sickles.

* ArtEvolution: Compare the [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101003100924/harrypotter/images/thumb/1/1f/Harry_790screen003.jpg/640px-Harry_790screen003.jpg cartoony look of the early games]] to the [[https://i1.wp.com/robgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1-gameplay-Image-2.jpg?resize=970%2C570&ssl=1 realistic look of the latter games]].

** In the fifth and sixth games, you can ''Wingardium Leviosa'' benches and toss them around in the air, meaning you can also throw them at people. In an interview on ''Series/LateNight with Creator/ConanOBrien'', Creator/EmmaWatson reported that her brother once vented his frustration with her by throwing benches at Hermione in the game (here's [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5076j_late-night-conan-o-brien-with-emma_webcam the clip]]).

After Warners had smashing success developing video games based on some of their other IP in house (including ''[[VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkham Batman]]'') throughout the 2010s, they decided to stop licensing. In 2012 and 2013, they released two AugmentedReality games that use the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3's ''Wonderbook'' peripheral. In 2017, they created a subsidiary called Creator/PortkeyGames solely dedicated to this franchise. These games are considered non-canon, not that the earlier games were regarded as canon or anything. Its projects include [[MobilePhoneGame mobile games]] like ''VideoGame/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery'' and an upcoming open world RPG called ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy''.

* HeartContainer: The wizard cards in the ''Chamber of Secrets'' worked this way: Collecting 10 of them would increase your stamina bar. The home console releases ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' had the same mechanic, but you only needed to collect five of them, though they were better hidden to compensate.

* DegradedBoss: A cross-game example. In the PC version of ''Sorcerer's Stone'', you fight Draco Malfoy by catching Wizard Crackers he throws at you and throwing them back at him. In ''Prisoner of Azkaban'', Imps are introduced as common enemies that are handled with the same tactics.

* CanonForeigner: [[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Marilyn Marilyn]] and [[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Arthur_(Hufflepuff_student) Arthur]], apparently members of a mixed-race family.

* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Gameplay takes precedence over Creator/JKRowling's complicated plots, so the storyline of each book/film is more-or-less reduced to this for the game. But let's face it -- practically everyone who plays these games knows the plot already anyway.

* AdaptationExpansion: Minor episodes in the books/films are sometimes expanded upon if they have gameplay potential. For instance, the trio stealing Polyjuice ingredients is a brief scene in the second book and not included in the movie version at all, but the game adaptations turn it into a massive FetchQuest.

* AdaptedOut: The House Cup ceases to be a gameplay mechanic starting in ''Prisoner of Azkaban''. In the various adaptations of the first two years, winning it was either pointlessly easy, annoyingly hard, or made meaningless by DeusExMachina, so relegating it to non-interactive story was perhaps inevitable.

** ''Book of Potions'' (2013), [[/index]]

After Warners had smashing success developing video games based on some of their other IP in house (including ''[[VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkham Batman]]'') throughout the 2010s, they decided to stop licensing. In 2017, they created a subsidiary called Creator/PortkeyGames solely dedicated to this franchise. These games are considered non-canon, not that the earlier games were regarded as canon or anything. Its projects include [[MobilePhoneGame mobile games]] like ''VideoGame/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery'' and an upcoming open world RPG called ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy''.

* ''Book of Spells'' (2012) and ''Book of Potions'' (2013), [[/index]]AugmentedReality games that use the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3's ''Wonderbook'' peripheral.

After Warners had smashing success developing video games based on some of their other IP in house (including ''[[VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkham Batman]]'') throughout the 2010s, they decided to stop licensing. In 2017, they created a subsidiary called Creator/PortkeyGames solely dedicated to this franchise. Its projects include [[MobilePhoneGame mobile games]] like ''VideoGame/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery'' and an upcoming open world RPG called ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy''.

* In 2017, Warner Bros. created a subsidiary of its interactive entertainment division called Creator/PortkeyGames solely dedicated to developing games set in the Wizarding World. These games are considered non-canon. Portkey Games's projects include:[[index]]

* The series of ''Harry Potter'' video games released by Creator/ElectronicArts, most straight adaptions of the films, although including one original title. [[index]]

* GrenadeHotPotato: Used to defeat Malfoy in the first PC game. In the third PC game, the imps will throw such explosive Crackers that need to be tossed back likewise.

** ''VideoGame/LEGOCreator: Harry Potter'' (2001)
** ''LEGO Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' (2002)
** ''VideoGame/LEGOHarryPotter: Years 1-4'' (2010), a VideoGame/{{LEGO Adaptation Game}}
** ''LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7'' (2011), sequel to the above

* PotionBrewingMechanic: In the ''Chamber of Secrets'' game for PC, you can use special cauldrons to make Wiggenweld Potions, a.k.a. the game's healing potions, so long as you have at least one sample of Wiggentree bark and Flubberworm mucus. This is also an important game mechanic in ''Half-Blood Prince''.

!!Tropes exclusive or at least especially prominent to the video games:

* The series of ''Harry Potter'' video games released by Creator/ElectronicArts, most straight adaptions of the films, although including one original title.
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** ''LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7'', sequel to the above

There are also four Franchise/{{LEGO}} games; Two ''LEGO Creator'' games, as well as ''VideoGame/LEGOHarryPotter: Years 1-4'' and ''LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7''.

!!The game series:

* ''VideoGame/LEGOHarryPotter'' (2010, 2011), a duology of VideoGame/{{LEGO Adaptation Game}}s.
** ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'' (2015), a MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover featuring characters and content from both ''Harry Potter'' and ''Fantastic Beasts''.

* The series of video games released by Creator/ElectronicArts, most straight adaptions of the films, although including one original title.

There are also four Franchise/{{LEGO}} games; Two ''LEGO Creator'' games, as well as ''VideoGame/LEGOHarryPotter: Years 1-4'' and ''LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7''. After WB had smashing success developing video games based on some of their other IP in house (including ''[[VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkham Batman]]'') throughout the 2010s, they decided to stop licensing. In 2017, they created a subsidiary called Creator/PortkeyGames solely dedicated to this franchise. Its projects include [[MobilePhoneGame mobile games]] like ''VideoGame/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery'' and an upcoming open world RPG called ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy''.

* ''VideoGame/LEGOHarryPotter'', a duology of VideoGame/{{LEGO Adaptation Game}}s.
** ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'', a MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover featuring characters and content from both ''Harry Potter'' and ''Fantastic Beasts''.

** ''Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells'' (2020), a MatchThreeGame.