Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)



Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a video game developed by Electronic Arts and published by Electronic Arts. The game coincides with the theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The game was released on June 30, 2009, on the Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, and Xbox 360 platforms.

Content

 * Quidditch
 * Wizard duels and multiplayer dueling mode
 * Potion making
 * Hogwarts free-roaming (similar to the previous Harry Potter game, Order of the Phoenix)
 * Missions at night
 * Ron's love-life

Confirmed locations
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 * Hogwarts
 * Astronomy Tower
 * Boathouse
 * Charms Classroom
 * Clock Tower
 * Clock Tower Courtyard
 * Covered Bridge
 * Dumbledore's Office
 * Dungeons
 * Entrance Courtyard
 * Entrance Dungeon
 * Entrance Hall
 * Front Gates
 * Grand Staircase
 * Great Hall (Gryffindor Dueling Club Location)
 * Gryffindor Common Room
 * Hagrid's Hut
 * Herbology Greenhouses (Potions Club Location)
 * Hospital Wing
 * Library
 * Myrtle's Bathroom (sinks are moved and there are urinals instead of stalls)
 * Owlery
 * Paved Courtyard (Slytherin Dueling Club Location)
 * Potions Classroom
 * Quidditch Gate (Flying Club Location)
 * Seventh Floor
 * Slughorn's Office
 * Stone Bridge
 * Stone Circle
 * Suspension Bridge
 * Training Grounds (Hufflepuff Dueling Club Location)
 * Transfiguration Courtyard (Ravenclaw Dueling Club Location)
 * Viaduct
 * Viaduct Entrance
 * Horcrux Cave
 * The Burrow
 * Spinner's End

Wii
The game will utilise the Wii Remote features as it did in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix video game. . But unlike the previous game, players can now also use the motion sensing and vibration features to brew potions. Potion brewing involves following a complex recipe one step at a time. The steps include picking up vials of liquid, shaking them (by shaking the Wii Remote) until they froth, and tipping the Wii Remote to pour it into the mixture, being very careful not to pour in too much. Another possible step is stirring the mixture with the Wii Remote until it changes color. If it starts vibrating, that is the sign to move away before it blows up.

Harry Potter can duel against Draco Malfoy in a Duelling Room with a long platform, similar to the one seen in the second film, but wider to allow dodging of spells. Moving in order to dodge is done with the Nunchuk Control Stick, while casting spells is done with Wii Remote and Nunchuk gestures. Combat spells currently implemented include a shield spell (likely "Protego") cast by crossing the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, a standard attack spell by striking downwards with the Wii Remote, a charged version by holding the Wii Remote up for longer first, and a more powerful attack spell by swinging the Wii Remote and Nunchuck to the left. There will also be 2-player Quidditch & Duelling.

Nintendo DS
In the Nintendo DS version of the game, the Stylus will be used, once again, for spells as well as mini-games such as Gobstones, squashing magic beans for potions, and Exploding Snap

PSP
The Game-Mechanics will be different in the PSP version, because of the lack of the right analogstick. Detailed information about the mechanics is missing.

Nintendo DS
The DS version of the game will have 6 "environmental" spells including Accio and Incendio and 12 combat spells. The game will be free roaming with mini quests as well as following the story line.

PlayStation 3
The game will use SIXAXIS controls or the right analog stick just like the previous game, but this time it will include DUALSHOCK 3 vibration capability. Also, it will include use of the PS3's trophy system.

PC
A keyboard and mouse will be used, just like the previous game and the controls will be easier to use.

Xbox 360
Spells are cast with the control stick just like the previous game

Playstation 2
Spells are cast with the control stick just like the previous game.

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Characters

 * Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy
 * Bonnie Wright as Ginny Weasley
 * Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
 * Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter (appearance), voiced by Adam Sopp
 * Emma Watson as Hermione Granger (appearance), voiced by Rachel Sternberg
 * Katie Leung as Cho Chang
 * Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood
 * Georgina Leonidas as Katie Bell
 * Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown
 * Josh Herdman as Gregory Goyle
 * Jamie Waylett as Vincent Crabbe
 * Alfie Enoch as Dean Thomas
 * Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn (appearance), voiced by Michael Percival
 * Alan Rickman as Severus Snape (appearance), voiced by James Falkner
 * Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange (appearance), voiced by Beth Chalmers
 * Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore (appearance), voiced by Christopher Birch
 * Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy (appearance), voiced by uncomfirmed

Playable Characters

 * Harry Potter - Set as the main character, Harry can travel around the castle, on the grounds, at the Quidditch Pitch, duel, and mix potions.
 * Ron Weasley - You can play as Ron when he is under the love potion sent by Romilda Vane. Hearts burst out of Ron's head as he walks and he is very slow. His only mission is to follow Harry to Slughorn's office.
 * Ginny Weasley - You can play as Ginny when Harry is in detention and can not make a Quidditch game. Ginny becomes seeker and plays against Cho Chang in the Gryffindor-Ravenclaw Match

Spells
These are all the confirmed spells. The game also contains some new spells, like Lumos.

Duelling Spells

 * Stupefy
 * Protego
 * Expelliarmus
 * Petrificus Totalus
 * Levicorpus

Environmental Spells

 * Wingardium Leviosa
 * Lumos (automatically cast when entering dark areas)
 * Incendio
 * Reparo
 * Accio

Guide to collecting all 150 Hogwarts crests
(these are not in a particular order)

1-3. In the beginning of the game you walk straight passed these
 * Walk With Luna (beginning of the game)


 * Quidditch Locker Room

1. On pedestal straight ahead.


 * Quidditch Tower

1. High on the tower on the right with the Hufflepuff flags.

2. On the staircase to the Training Grounds, behind the bench.


 * Training Grounds

1. At the top of the steps from the Quidditch Stadium, turn right. It's inside a plant.

2. From the Hufflepuff Dueling board, head around the outside of the fence.

3. Covered by plant on the wall to the left of the Herbology entrance. 4. From previous crest, walk along the wall towards Herbology and climb up the small stairs.

5. In the gate to the left of the Herbology entrance - break the pieces then levitate through the gate, repair 6. Same as previous, but to the right 7. From previous Crest, walk to the right until you come to a doorway with a vase inside. Crest is above the doorway. 8. From previous Crest, walk along the wall and around to the right. Crest is inside spiderwebs 9. On a rock just outside the Herbology entrance. 1. Upon entering from Training Grounds, turn around and check above and to left of the door.
 * Herbology

2. Head into the greenhouse on the left. Use Wingardium Leviosa in the corner to your left. 3. In the greenhouse with Potions Club, head all the way to the back room.

4. Straight back between the two greenhouses, next to a box of dung bombs. You will need to repair it.

5. Head to the door that leads to the Transfiguration Corridor. Go through it, and in a pot to your right will be the Crest.
 * Transfiguration Courtyard

1. In the doorway to (assumed) Ravenclaw Tower.

2. On the wall to the right of the Transfiguration Classroom. 3. From the portrait, enter the courtyard to the right, turn around and check the wall to left of the archway

4. On a bench just outside the doorway leading to Herbology. 1. Right above doorway.
 * Transfiguration Classroom

1. Head to the Restricted Section in the back. The Crest is visible in the fence.
 * Library

2. On your way to the back of the Library, a Crest is between two bookshelves on the right.

3. Out in the corridor, right next to the desk. You need to repair this one. 4. From previous Crest, head down to the end of the hall. It's up on the wall.

5. From previous Crest, head to the stairway on your left. Crest is high up on the wall straight ahead as you walk in. 1. Above the huge double doors.
 * Viaduct Entrance

2. Above the entrance to the Potions Dungeon.

3. Behind the boar statue.

4. Head up the stairs and into the next corridor. Check behind some spiderwebs on your left.

5. Keep following the hall to the next door. Crest is above door.

1. On the wall to the left of the Hospital Wing.
 * Hospital Wing Corridor


 * Stone Bridge

1. Above one of the two doors.

2. On the ledge next to the door opposite the one with the crest.

3. Head through the door with the crest, follow the hall until given the option to go left. Check above the door down that hall.


 * Suspension Bridge

1. Above the door next to the Crest Statue


 * Grand Staircase

1. Proceed straight out of Gryffindor Tower and down the stairs to the left. Look at the wall at the bottom of the next set of steps.

2. When exiting the Library portrait, head up the stairs to your right.

3. Head all the way to the bottom of the stairs. Check underneath the stairs.

4. From previous crest, head up the nearby stairs, and instead of going right, keep going straight until you hit a dead end with the crest.

1. Follow the curved hall, turning right after passing through an archway. Follow that hall to a door. Turn around after going through the door and check above the door
 * Floor 1 (by the Grand Staircase)


 * Floor 3 (by the Grand Staircase)

1. Head down the stairs and into the curved hallway. Halfway through there will be a statue to your left holding a Crest.

2. Continue down the hall, and then down the stairs. Crest is in a gate beneath the stairs.
 * Floor 5 (by the Grand Staircase)

1. Head down the stairs and through the door and turn around to check above the door.


 * Floor 7 (by the Grand Staircase)

1. A Crest is in an alcove to the left of where the student drops the brass scales during your visit to find Malfoy.

2. Follow the hallway around until you see a Crest on the wall in front of you. 3. Double back and take the previous right. Go left down the next hall. Check the wall in the alcove to your right

4. Head back to where you got Crest one and proceed through the door. The statue standing above the stairs has a Crest. 5. From previous Crest, check the bottom of the stairs for a Crest sitting beside the fire. 6. From previous Crest, head into the cave. Halfway through there will be a Crest on the rocks to your right. 7. Further into the cave. Usually get on your trip with Luna.


 * Gryffindor Tower

1-2. On the walls in the common room. 3. Up in the boys dormitory. 1-2. One to the left and one to the right of the castle entrance.
 * Entrance Courtyard

3. Head out of the courtyard towards the Viaduct Entrance, but instead head into the alcove on the left and repair the broken Crest

4. From previous crest, head towards the Paved Courtyard. It will be on the wall on your left, covered by a plant.

5. Just outside and to the right of the Viaduct Entrance door. 6. Head to the stairs leading down to the Boathouse. When you reach the first turn in the stairs, turn around. Crest will be sitting on the ledge behind the window.


 * Paved Courtyard

1. When entering from the Grand Staircase, go into the curved corridor and turn around. Check above the door. 2. Keep following the corridor to reach the Paved Courtyard. Keep going straight and turn at the far corner. Crest is broken and straight ahead of you.

3. Head up the stairs in the courtyard and follow the path around to the next Crest. It's behind another plant on the wall. 4. In the tunnel leading to the Boathouse, on the wall to the left.

5. About halfway to the Boathouse from the Paved Courtyard there will be a Crest on the cliff to the left, covered by a plant


 * Boathouse

1. On the wall behind the Boathouse. 2. From previous Crest, above door at the base of the stairs to the left. 3. Halfway up the stairs leading back to the castle.

4. A little ways up the slope to the Paved Courtyard, there will be a crest hidden in a bush to the left
 * Hogwarts Grounds

1. Above the archway leading to the bridge. 2. When facing the bridge, look to the left. It's in a plant.

3. In a plant to the left of Hagrid's Hut.

4. On top of Hagrid's Hut.

5. Halfway across the bridge. You will get this while heading to the Quidditch tryouts.

6. On the left side of the path heading to the Owlery. Will get on your way to Quidditch tryouts.

7. Next to a tree a short ways behind Hagrid's Hut.

8. From Hagrid's Hut, head straight up the hill. The Crest is in a wooded alcove to the left.

1. On the wall outside. 2. Behind the stairs when you first enter.
 * Owlery

3. Head upstairs. Behind the stairs on the first platform.

4. Keep going upstairs. In the cage at the top


 * Quidditch Cave

1. On the wall straight ahead when entering beneath the Owlery.

2. On the ground just as you are coming to the underground pond place.

3. Head deeper into the cave. Eventually you will see it on the wall in front of you.


 * Clock Tower

1. Straight ahead, just behind the bells. Stand to the left and use Wingardium Leviosa.

2. From previous Crest, turn around. It's in a little alcove at the top of the steps.


 * Clock Tower Courtyard

1. Behind the ticker of the clock. 2. In pieces in the corner with the purple tree. 3. When facing the clock tower, in an alcove to the left. 4. When facing the bridge, on the wall to the left, covered by a plant.


 * Astronomy Tower

1. In the gate behind you when facing the corridor.

2. On the wall above the sliding bookcase.

3. Head out into the corridor and follow it around the far corner. Check above door. 4. From previous crest, head up the stairs. Head down the next set. Check behind the statur at the bottom.

5. From previous Crest, head into the hall and take a right. Follow the hall till you come to a door. Crest is in an alcove on your right.


 * Charms Classroom

1. On the wall to the right when entering.

2. In the seats to the left when entering.
 * Potions Dungeon

1. From the portrait, head to the room on the far right. Crest is inside the gate.

2. From previous Crest, head back out and take a left. Go left down the short steps then turn around. Crest is to the left of the center archway.

3. Head back through the archway then down to the left to the dead end. Crest (Slytherins Common Room is behind this wall) 4. To the right of the Slytherins Common Room is a spiderweb with a Crest behind it.


 * Firework Boxes: (cast Incendio to release a crest)

1. Training Grounds on wall to the left of the Hufflepuff Dueling Board

2. Clock Tower Courtyard platfrom between the four statues

3. Hogwarts Grounds on your right just before entering the Quidditch Cave

4. Paved Courtyard up the steps on your way to Crest 3

5. See Paved Courtyard Crest 5 a little ways down, the box will be on your right


 * Banners: (Have to continuously hit in succession, 3 Magenta colored Hogwarts banners in a row. After you hit the last banner, a crest will drop)

1. Transfiguration Corridor start from entrance to Herbology

2. Transfiguration Courtyard from Transfiguration Corridor entrance, head all the way down the hall and turn right

3. See Viaduct Entrance Crest 4 turn around and hit the banners

4. See Floor 7 Crest 2 hit the banners as you proceed back down the hall

5. From Slughorn's Office on the 6th Floor head down the hall and turn right when given the chance. banners run down the hall on your next left


 * Statues: (Either a duel or making a potion for a student will unlock a crest out of each statue)

1. Transfiguration Courtyard girl to the right of the portrait (when using portrait) - need to make a potion

2. Transfiguration Corridor guy by wall opposite statue - need to make potion

3. Library girl by the right bookcases in front of the portrait - need to make potion

4. Astronomy Tower Corridor girl close to door opposite statue - need to make a potion

5. Clock Tower Courtyard guy close to the portrait - need to make potion

6. Hagrid's Hut two students short way behind hut – duel

7. Training Grounds from Herbology entrance, run around the castle to the left and look for two students – duel

8. Clock Tower, Middle Floor head towards the Hospital Wing and look for two students – duel

9. Suspension Bridge look for two students – duel

10. Entrance Courtyard look for two students - duel

Total = 125 Crests


 * Remaining 25 Crests: Need to collect 25000 mini-crests.