Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup Online Shopping

Product Description

Take to the air in the first game that allows players to fully experience the magical speed, power, and competition of Quidditch, the favorite sport of witches and wizards, in the Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup game.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5456 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 14633147018
• Released on: 2003-07-16
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Game Boy Advance

Features

• Play as any of the four Hogwarts houses and as numerous characters from the books, from Harry himself to Draco Malfoy and international star Victor Krum
• Choose any position on the seven-player team, to score the most points or catch the Golden Snitch & win the game
• Play in numerous Quidditch stadiums around the world
• Climb aboard the flying broomstick for realistic flying action
• Collect Quidditch cards to unlock special moves you'll need to win the Quidditch World Cup

Customer Reviews

Fun
This is a grate game! I would recomend this game for ages 6 and up. First in the game you do training then you get to play Quiddich game!!! I loved it!!!

Very good
My kids loved it. got a lot of play until they finished it.

Excellent game - better than the PC version
I had a copy of the PC version of this game, which had excellent graphics and special moves but only medocre game play. The PC version suffers from being way too easy to shut out any opponent on just about every level. On the plus side, the French team were hot!

The GBA cut of Quidditch World Cup is much better. Since the play is almost entirely two-dimensional (it's side-scrolling with you controlling movement across the field), it's pretty easy to follow, and scoring is challenging enough even on the easy levels to make an interesting game.

You have a lot more control over your special moves and beaters in the GBA version than in on the PC. Instead of waiting for the game to award you a chance at a special move or beaters, you just build up enough energy in your energy bar and then do it. It makes it a lot more interesting and unpredictable.

The international stadiums are just as cool as they are on the PC, and the games are much more challenging even on the lower levels.

The downside, though, is that it's very difficult to win on goals alone, the way Ireland did in Goblet of Fire. The Snitch race typically happens well before either team scores more than 150 points, so it makes the Quaffle a bit superfluous.

All in all, a worthy effort at simulating an extremely difficult sport. I bought it for my daughter a few days ago and she hasn't stopped playing it yet.