IGN commented on the game not forcing "random battes" from similar RPGs as a positive, but saying that it wasn't "enough to make Prisoner of Azkaban a successful RPG.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is a 2001 video game developed by Griptonite Games and published by Electronic Arts for the Game Boy Advance. To be able to purchase content for Wii U or Nintendo 3DS family systems, your funds usable through the Nintendo Account must be merged with the funds tied to your Nintendo Network ID.Tim Wapshott of The Times gave the game a score of four stars out of five and stated, "The game remains faithful to the spirit of the book, but it is perhaps a little too linear and predictable. You explore the school and its grounds, gather items for potions, cast spells and battle a dazzling spectrum of adversaries in turn-based wizard challenges. Michael Lafferty of GameZone said that the game lived up to his expectations as a fan of the book series and figured that it would be appealing to casual gamers as well, but warned that the initial puzzles would be too simple for veterans and that the enemies' artificial intelligence (AI) was predictable.

K. Rowling and the producers of the film adaptation to ensure that all three versions shared a consistent presentation. If the funds have not yet been merged, you will have the option to do so during the purchase process. You may be looking for the novel, film, soundtrack, the video game soundtrack or object of the same name. The main dissapointment of the game to me though is that you don't get to fly the funky car at the start. The game is viewed from a top-down perspective, [2] and Harry can explore his environment and communicate with other characters.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. Excitingly enough though, there are five completely different versions of this game across as many platforms. The visual presentation was cited as a strength, [18] with reviewers praising the smooth animation, [2] [11] lush and colourful backgrounds, [1] [11] [15] cutscene illustrations, [17] and stylized likenesses of the characters to their film counterparts. Take the wheel of a flying car and don't be late for a second term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . In the United States, the game was among the highest-selling titles released for handheld consoles between 2000 and 2006.

You'll have to work hard to succeed — there are 29 different objectives to complete, as well as obstacles and enemies to avoid. This is followed by a segment in which Harry must use the newly learned spell to collect a number of certain items while fending off creatures and solving puzzles. When a mountain troll infiltrates Hogwarts, Harry and Ron notice Professor Severus Snape behaving suspiciously before they go to rescue Hermione from the troll. The player's health is represented by the lightning bolts in the top left of the screen, and one is taken away for each time the player comes into contact with an enemy.Many of the dungeons are irritatingly laid out or disorientating, and being sent back to the start happens far too often. It's got a solid storyline based on the book and film, and dozens of quests that branch outwards from situations from the film . Storywise, whole chapters of the books like the Norbert Quest that were completely ignored in the films was made into one of the coolest quests in the whole game!