Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup

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Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup

Developer(s)	EA Games Magic Pockets (GBA)
Publisher(s)	EA Games
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, GBA, PC
Release date	^NA October 28, 2003 ^PAL November 7, 2003 ^JPN November 13, 2003
Genre(s)	Sports, Action
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone PEGI: 3+

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is a video game produced by EA Games that features the fictional sport of Quidditch from the Harry Potter universe. The user plays for the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup (competing between Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw) and then takes on the Quidditch World Cup (competing between the United States, England, France, Germany, Scandinavia (described as "The Nordic Team"), Japan, Spain, Australia and Bulgaria.) Its teams have drawn criticism mainly for its lack of Ireland who won against Bulgaria in the World Cup in the fourth book, which was released more than three years before the game.

1 Featured characters
2 Hogwarts Rosters
3 Brooms
4 Exhibition
5 World Cup Teams
6 External links

[edit] Featured characters

Harry Potter
Draco Malfoy
Cho Chang
Cedric Diggory
Viktor Krum

(Not often shown):

Oliver Wood
Alicia Spinett
Katie Bell
Angelina Johnson
Marcus Flint
Fred Weasley
George Weasley
Roger Davies

[edit] Hogwarts Rosters

Because the books have not named all of the members of the Hogwarts house teams (save the Gryffindor team, for which all members are mentioned in the Harry Potter Books) , the video game has filled in the gaps as follows, around Harry's third year. Though these names are not considered canon, it is possible that J. K. Rowling provided them, as she has been known to participate in multimedia projects, such as the Harry Potter Trading Card Game. In any case, the rosters are as follows:

[edit] Gryffindor

Angelina Johnson (Passing Chaser)
Katie Bell (Tackle and Shoot Chaser)
Alicia Spinnet (Special Move Chaser)
Fred Weasley (Beater)
George Weasley (Beater)
Oliver Wood (Keeper)
Harry Potter (Seeker)

Their team special move is called the Weasley Wangler. The twins hit a bludger side to side with Alicia Spinnet with the Quaffle, the passing and special move chasers try to defend the keeper, however they get scared, at last the keeper screams as he gets pelted by a bludger and Alicia scores. (10 points) (Also greatly reduces opponent's Snitch Bar)

[edit] Ravenclaw

Jeremy Stretton (Passing Chaser)
Roger Davies (Tackle and Shoot Chaser)
Randolph Boam (Special Move Chaser)
Duncan Ingleby (Beater)
Jason Samuels (Beater)
Grant Page (Keeper)
Cho Chang (Seeker)

Ravenclaw's team special move, The Burdish of Raven, is the most offensively powerful of all the teams, at Hogwarts or elsewhere. First, the three chasers go up in the air, the passing and special move chasers gaze in awe as they loop and go down, as they pass, Roger Davies kicks the special move chaser, Randolph Boam punches the passing chaser, leaving the way clear for Jeremy Stretton to shoot, then Randolph Boam scores, then finally, Roger Davies scores. (30 points)

[edit] Hufflepuff

Malcolm Preece (Passing Chaser)
Heidi Macavoy (Tackle and Shoot Chaser)
Tamsin Appleby (Special Move Chaser)
Maxine O'Flaherty (Beater)
Anthony Rickett (Beater)
Herbert Fleet (Keeper)
Cedric Diggory (Seeker)

The Cedric Swoop 'n' Swagger is quite a long move. First, they are in possession of the Quaffle, when the passing and special move chasers from the other team are in hot pursuit of it. Preece fires the Quaffle to Macavoy, avoiding the passing chaser, then Macavoy passes it to Appleby, who passes it to Macavoy who avoids the special move chaser, then she passes it to Preece who does a ground shot which the force lifts it up into the air so it goes in a hoop, then Macavoy passes it to Appleby, then she scores. (20 points) (Minor reduces opponent's Snitch Bar)

[edit] Slytherin

Marcus Flint (Passing Chaser)
Graham Montague (Tackle and Shoot Chaser)
Adrian Pucey (Special Move Chaser)
Lucian Bole (Beater)
Peregrin Derrick (Beater)
Kevin Bletchley (Keeper)
Draco Malfoy (Seeker)

The Zeeburger Slither is very brutal. All the players, except Malfoy and Bletchley knock the opponent passing and special move chasers out of the way with the tackle and shoot chaser screaming, then they use cobbing on the keeper (no penalty), then Montague scores, Pucey kicks it to Flint, who scores it again. (20 points) (Slightly reduces opponent's Snitch Bar)

[edit] Brooms

Comet 260 (You automatically get this at the beginning of the game)
Nimbus 2000 (You need 15 cards to get this)
Nimbus 2001 (You need 35 cards to get this)
Firebolt (You need 50 cards to get this)

[edit] Exhibition

This is when two people play each other. You can play House team vs. House team or World cup team vs. World cup team. You automatically get England's and USA's grounds at the beginning. For the other grounds you need to beat that team away in the world cup.

[edit] World Cup Teams

The following international teams are included in the game:

England (Stadium set in an old ivy-covered British castle Velten Potter of legend world cup forever)
USA (home stadium located in the New England area)
Japan (Stadium set in a Palace, with a massive koi pond replacing the field and the stands set in pagoda towers)
Germany (stadium looks like a medieval walled city, complete with a fountain)
France (Stadium resembles the Palace of Versailles, with opulent gardens covering the field)
Australia (Stadium set in a rocky Canyon hidden in The Central Australian Outback)
Nordic Team (Scandinavia; Stadium set in a massive glacier crevasse)
Spain (Stadium resembles Bull Fighting Arena)
Bulgaria (Stadium set in a dark castle (You need 65 cards to unlock this team))