http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-09-nintendo-pitched-to-secure-exclusive-harry-potter-rights
>Nintendo tried to get exclusive multimedia rights to Harry Potter video games back in the late 1990s, a new Unseen64 report has revealed.
>Nintendo tried to get exclusive multimedia rights to Harry Potter video games back in the late 1990s, a new Unseen64 report has revealed.
>A spin-off based around the wizarding sport of Quidditch was also worked on, although plans never progressed beyond concept drawings and basic animations.
>Nintendo was just one of many companies making bids for the IP - alongside Disney, Universal and Warner Bros., the latter of which was ultimately successful.
>"All together it was only a week of insanely furious scribbling things to the digital artists to create animations for mock game demos," explained a Nintendo employee who worked for NST at the time.
>But internal disagreement over the Harry Potter art style may have helped scupper Nintendo's chances. Artists had originally opted for a look close to that of the first book's British cover, before Nintendo higher-ups stepped in and forced a change to a more Japanese manga style.
>But internal disagreement over the Harry Potter art style may have helped scupper Nintendo's chances. Artists had originally opted for a look close to that of the first book's British cover, before Nintendo higher-ups stepped in and forced a change to a more Japanese manga style.
>Nintendo's pitch was, obviously, unsuccessful, and it is unlikely the company would have been chosen regardless, against much larger offers from other media conglomerates.
>we could've had anime shota Potter and Malfoy
I imagine lots of companies tried to get a hold of them, basically a license to print money.
Was always going to be EA in the end though, even if EA ended up burning the money tree to the ground with gears of potter
>Harry Potter will never be in Smash
Thanks, Warner Bros
There was so much potential. What a shame.
God Dammit
>Japanese manga style.
glad that didnt work out
>>282679143
Yeah, I like the idea of Nintendo making potter games, but I don't think I would've liked animu potter
The way it turned out was definitely the best but a fully realized Harry Potter game we always wanted would have been amazing
Who cares about Harry Potter? And if the y did, they could add a random clone of siome faggy wizard kid with a wizard hat and glasses and call it a day-
im really really glad this didn't happen
the first 3 harry potter games were amazing, nintendo harry would've been shit
>japanese manga style
praise warner bros
What was the last non-vidya licence Nintendo had? Goldeneye?
Why is every other paragraph duplicated
You suck at copypasting OP
>>282679396
>The way it turned out was definitely the best
>>282679467
>im really really glad this didn't happen
>Implying EA getting their grubby mitts on it was better.
>>282679895
>>Implying EA getting their grubby mitts on it was better.
the games were good
fuck nintendo and their anime shit games
>Hey Rowling, prease surrender yoa futuru to Ninn ten doh, and earn money from what we think you should only receive.
>No.
Why is this surprising to anyone? Whats more shocking is how anons don't seem to see why Nintendo is notorious to the views of western companies.
>Nintendo's pitch was, obviously, unsuccessful
Thank fuck.
I'm legitimately glad we got this.
>>282679460
>Who cares about Harry Potter?
Pretty much everyone a few years ago.
>>282680739
That game was ass though.
>>282680971
you are ass though
>>282676826
>exclusive rights
It's always all or nothing with these assholes, eh? God forbid there be multiple devs able to create different interpretations of something.
>>282676826
you know we have a thread already?
>>282676826
>Nintendo higher-ups stepped in and forced a change to a more Japanese manga style.
>mfw Based Rowling shut it down
It would have been a disaster in my opinion but I seriously want to know what other people think about this
>>282681197
It would have been better than the shitty nostalgia-bait we ended up getting.
>>282680252
Except they weren't.
And it didn't have to be Nintendo. Any serious game company would have been better than fucking EA.
>>282681716
>>282681682
shit taste
>>282682741
>EA = good taste
/v/ in 2015 everyone
>>282678824
>Dear Mr. Potter, we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to SETTLE IT! IN! SMASH!
>Nintendo is known for releasing quality video game products and overall being a more experienced game developer
>LOL LET'S GIVE OUR RIGHTS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER XDD
>LOL ANIME? FUCK THAT LMAO
Yeah, those clunky, slow and muddy Harry Potter games sure were a lot of fun.
Good. Nintendo doesn't deserve to.
I'm honestly glad they didn't.
It's really got to do more with the fact that I just want someone competent to write a new story for games based off HP's setting, rather the unmitigated disgust I feel for everything Nintendo-related, including all of you fuckers that keep gobbling up its shit over the years.
>>282676826
>tfw this could have been real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zOQq2N3xA
>>282685328
The first few were amazing, but they really dropped quality. They turned into short, no substance, no exploration games.
I guess they were only good because they were still introducing Hogwarts.
>no anime harry potter
Dance thread?
>>282678824
Holy fuck that would be so hype.
>>282686252
HYPE! HOYPE! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYPE!! XDDDD
Literally kill yourself.
>>282676826
That seems interesting. Even more with the current stand of Nintendo and western developers and franchises.
Nintendo of now is too retarded to even see the elephant in the room and realize they are the only fucking device on earth that doesn't have Minecraft.
>>282686358
Having a bad day, anon?
It's OK, you're among friends here.
>>282685837
>I just want someone competent to write a new story for games based off HP's setting.
>the unmitigated disgust I feel for everything Nintendo-related
Well I guess you want complete bullshit then. Who gives two shits about the story as long as it's an interesting setting with good gameplay?
I think the epilogue of Deathly Hallows shows that the story focused on the existing characters can't realy go anywhere without descending into fanfiction level nonsense. A Nintendo approach to making Harry Potter games would be the best idea.
>>282687113
You misunderstand. I want a new cast of characters, I want nothing to do with Harry Potter save that its setting be used and Hogwarts.
Nintendo would just focus on toddler bullshit.
>>282687113
The epilogue of Deathly Hallows was just Rowling selling out to the hard-core fans so the books was the least controversial and fan safe as humanly possible.
I'll say it now and forever: I bet Rowling wanted to kill Harry but fans were so in this crap she feared fans may follow suit and kill themselves for letting the Mc die in the end.
>>282684725
That gave me a hearty chuckle
Hell they could even add in Hagrid with Wario's exact moveset
might be fun
>>282687587
she had the ending planned since she started writing the books
>>282685328
Implying GB Harry Potter, aren't good.
>>282686358
>XDDDD
Ew, what's wrong with you?
>throwing away exclusive rights to Harry Potter games because you wanted animu style
How is a company this inept still in business?
>>282681032
If it isn't exclusive the rates go down because the company involved doesn't want to pay out the ass for a competing product. With exclusivity, the games are guaranteed to print money. Therefore, bidding wars for exclusive rights. Sucks, but that is the way of the EA jew.
>you will never play a high budget harry potter universe MMO that has you dueling other people as PVP gameplay and getting points for your house
>>282689946
thats what wizard 101 is for.
>>282680470
>Whats more shocking is how anons don't seem to see why Nintendo is notorious to the views of western companies.
Because 4chan is a japanese culture board, and a lot of Anons agree with Nintendo's traditional values? A lot of Japanese companies shit over western developers because they don't match Japan's values. Sega once stop Sega of America from making Sonic Cartoon tie-in game because "IT'S NOT MUH SONIC". We have dozens of threads lately about how the west doesn't understand how to make girls, how to make boss fights, and other shit like. .Hell there was interviews of some japanese developer calling Bioshock complete trash.
NIntendo back in the 90's wasn't anti-western through, it was the very opposite. N64 and Gamecube had pretty good western support. It's the Wii/DS era when in Iwata took is when Nintendo became MarioBox, and Japanese-centric..
>>282689946
I was always so frustrated by this
Fuck J.K.
>>282690212
>Iwata took is when Nintendo became MarioBox, and Japanese-centric..
Mario is more popular in the west than Japan.
>>282690212
>A lot of Japanese companies shit over western developers
that may have been true years ago but not these days.
>>282676826
>But internal disagreement over the Harry Potter art style may have helped scupper Nintendo's chances. Artists had originally opted for a look close to that of the first book's British cover, before Nintendo higher-ups stepped in and forced a change to a more Japanese manga style.
fuck both of those, this is how they should look
This is at leas the fourth time we've had this thread today. I want Eurogamer shills to die.
>>282690897
>harry potter and the train to auschwit
>>282690212
Nintendo is anti western thanks to the disasters that were Denis Dyak, Factor 5, Rare and n-Space. Considering the cesspool that western gaming is nowadays, thank god they abandoned themexcept Retro and Next Level Games.
>>282691292
haha fuck
>>282676826
is harry supposed to be wearing glasses like a retard or is this not the real picture? o_0
smiley face to explain what I mean
>>282684564
Some of EA's harry potter games were awesome.
Stop trying so hard to fit in.
Nintendo should have bought the rights to Barry Trotter instead.
>>282680739
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPg5U65didA
go to 18:15
Why haven't you read fanfiction yet, /tv/?
http://pastebin.com/wwtmhSKY
also I'm mad about OP, very fucking mad, they could have been fun
> Artists had originally opted for a look close to that of the first book's British cover, before Nintendo higher-ups stepped in and forced a change to a more Japanese manga style.
FUCK
We've had so many of these threads. Companies bid on weird things all the time.
>>282685328
first 3 were excellent, and 5th one was pretty good.
>>282693230
How often does Nintendo actually make video game adaptaions of things?
As far as i know Hamtaro is the only one since the early NES days.
>>282693570
>subjects that don't actually require magic are at the top
disgusting
Any reliable torrents for order of the pheonix game? I want to explore the fully recreated 1:1 hogwarts map.
OFFICIAL POTTERMORE SORTING QUIZ WITHOUT THE RIGGING
http://www.gotoquiz.com/pottermore_sorting_hat_quiz_2
>>282693886
>spellcrafting and warding don't require magic
u wot m8
>>282694151
Don't bother, the gameplay is so awful I actually regretted pirating it
And it's not 1:1, not even to the movie set
>>282694217
You could literally do those subjects without being a wizard.
>>282694389
you'd need magic to actually cast the spells, and what? you can do quantum physics without being a wizard, doesn't mean they ain't hard
>>282694217
but in the trailers they brag about it being a full accurate recreation of the movie hogwarts.
>>282694692
>The advertisements lied
What a shocker.
>>282694528
>harry_potter_and_the_meth(...).jpg
I'd read that book.
>>282694692
>EA
>telling the truth
It's not, trust me. Maybe some parts are accurate, but they're scaled down. Most of it is not in the movies, and you can't access 90% of the implied space between parts you saw
>>282694794
>>282685841
>snape kills dumbleydore!
Imagine all the better Hermione porn we would've gotten if this had happened.
>>282695246
Hermione trainer would still have been shit
>>282685837
>sony plush
I wasnt expecting anything else.
You dont need to be THAT obvious.
>>282690212
Western devs cant make good boss fights or good girls anymore.
They used to know.
And no, slavs are not western.
>>282695481
You're right, slavs are subhuman scum.
The harry potter games were terrible. I enjoyed the second one when I was a kid but going back and playing it I can legitimately say even that it was awful. I doubt Nintendo could have done any worse.
>>282694217
Best house represent.
>>282693209
I've either read or dropped all of those already. Should I just stop at this point? Is there anything worth reading outside of this list, and how do I find it?
>>282695947
Slytherin a shit
>>282696283
I bet you're hufflepuff, you little fag.
>>282694217
Ravenclaw Reppin
>tfw harry potter as a book series is actually really inspired and an obligatory fantasy read
>tfw modern hollywood has fucked the series more than anyone could have ever predicted, and more than anyone really appreciates
>>282696541
Hufflepuff is one of the better houses if anything.
Ravenclaw > Hufflepuff > Gryffindor > Slytherin
Slytherin would be higher, unless it was literally "LOOK AT ME I'M EVIL" the house. But would you look at that, it fucking is, and the little twits don't even bother denying it.
>>282696229
I moved on to naruto fics, pretty much the second best fandom for numerous good fics (probably because the source material is crap and everyone wants to fix it)
Team 8 is a good start.
>>282696541I got Gryffindor actually. I didn't think I would though.
>>282676826
You done it now, arry porrer.
>>282696915
I never understood why anyone liked Harry Potter.
>>282696757
The description even says you don't have to be evil.
They could have never made anything as good as the first two Harry Potter games
>>282697065
literally the world with the most potential in the entirety of fantasy literature
before you sperg out and tell me LotR is better, Bombadil, wizards being literal gods, and all that bullshit from Silmarillion ruin it
>>282696771
I'm not really into Naruto. Actually, HP is really the only franchise I want to read fics of, because it makes me feel like there's so much more potential to the characters and setting than what was delivered in the books.
But I suppose I don't have anything better to do than to check it out. I have no doubt I will feel incredibly dirty afterwards, but honestly I've found that to be part of the charm.
We could've had Emma Watson in Smash?
>>282697153
Oh yeah, that one line totally invalidates seven full books of Slytherins being evil dicks.
>A spin-off based around the wizarding sport of Quidditch was also worked on, although plans never progressed beyond concept drawings and basic animations.
It was made anyway.
>>282697310
I'm not at all into Naruto either, I literally watched ~40 episodes to learn the core of the franchise so I could read fanfiction of it (and also get all the references, I somehow never went through an edgelord anime phase like most people)
but it seems to have a huge potential for fics too
>>282681032
You mean... let other companies make money?
OY VEY! IT'S LIKE THE SHOAH ALL OVER AGAIN!
>>282697065
I remember in middle school I had a drama teacher that fucking loved that shit and forced it down everyones throat. She was the kind that dyed her hair bright colors and liked invader zim. She ruined Harry Potter for me.
>>282697264
>literally the world with the most potential in the entirety of fantasy literature
What does this even mean?
Because if it's just power level bullshit you're as bad as Warhammer neckbeards.
>>282676826
Good. Nintendo is a fucking shithouse of a company, they would've milked that shit for all it's worth with their shitty gameplay, artstyle, and exclusive bullshit.
>>282695313
I don't even own a single console.
I just like the Nameless One.
>>282676826
>Artists had originally opted for a look close to that of the first book's British cover, before Nintendo higher-ups stepped in and forced a change to a more Japanese manga style.
thank god this didnt go through
>>282697427
Snape wasn't evil and he was Slytherin. He may have been a dick, but he was a good dick.
>>282697605
Potential for expansion. The world is so rich in characters, environments, unexplored avenues and mechanics that it makes the derivative material of it equal or better than the original.
Basically, it allows fanfiction of it to have a high chance to be good even if the writer isn't that great.
For example, while His Dark Materials is the better series, there's pretty much not a single good fanfiction of it, because the story is self-contained with no leftover plot hooks. Everything in the story is there because it needed to be for the plot to be good. Rowling was great at adding pointless bullshit for variety and atmosphere.
I don't know how to better explain it without sounding pretentious.
>>282697929
No, he was pretty much evil, just not Voldemort type of evil.
>>282697065
You're better off.
In my opinion, HP had more potential than almost any other book series, but it didn't deliver on the promise and went downhill, particularly in book 7.
>>282694217
postin
>>282693063
That's great
>>282697929
Snape? You mean the guy who's only redeeming factor is that he wanted to give Harrys mum the dick?
>>282696725
imo first three films and games are top tier, but went downhill from there.
>>282697929
His only good trait was being Dumbledore's slave for so long
>>282697523
>I somehow never went through an edgelord anime phase like most peopleI did. I read it up to like chapter 500. In retrospect I have no idea how I put up with it.
>>282698746
well at least you got friends out of it, right?
RIGHT?
>>282694217
>http://www.gotoquiz.com/pottermore_sorting_hat_quiz_2
>78%Gryffindor
>76% Ravenclaw
Weird I expected Slytherin
>>282694217
>all these fags not having hufflepuff as their last
>>282678824
Up B: Nimbus 2000
Side B: Expelliarmus
B: Wingardium Leviosa/Levicorpus
Down B: Impervius
Final smash: Sword of Gryffindor and Invisibility Cloak
Dumbledore's phoenix flies in and drops the items into Harry's hands. For a time, he becomes invisible (no damage taken like with cloaking device) and gets a much stronger set of A moves
Also his "evil" alt costume would have blond hair and Slytherin colors
>>282698637
I remember when I was reading the books the first time I didn't pay too much attention to the side characters. When I got to Prisoner of Azkaban, I was like "What kind of name is Neville Longbottom?
>>282699127
Rowling intentionally gave him a shitty name, just like she does with every awkward/evil character
she's terrible at making them subtle
>severus snake
>draco mal foy
>dolores umbridge
>>282698869
As a matter of fact, I did.
In fact, one of them was ludicrously addicted for HP fanfiction, although I haven't seen him in years now. That was long before I even considered reading some myself, a fact that makes me a little sad, since we might have had something to talk about there. The others I still see on a regular basis.
>>282697310
oh yeah, grab this
not mine, has some shitty fics and it's not the latest version, but better than nothing until (and if, and I don't have nearly enough material for one) I make a naruto fic list
http://pastebin.com/4rQN0CE8
>>282698026
>His Dark Materials
I loved the first book, the second one was decent but the third one was shit all around. The ending was sad as shit, the characters suddenly went to war, people died left and right and they even kill god. 11 years old me was not amused exactly.
>>282694217
Funny I get this as a result because irl I'm a giant scaredy cat
And now Atlus is going to make the GOAT Harry Potter game.
GG Nintendo
>>282699783
That's because the third book is for adults and not kids, while the first totally was
the author was a dick
still, one of my favorite series
>>282692995
>not Tanya Grotter
>Nintendo
>being allowed to make a HP game
Thank fuck it never happened.
>>282699549
I'll take a look then. There's bound to be a gem in there somewhere.
>>282697065
the same reason people like star wars or any other classic hero's journey story. Something about it just strikes a chord with the human psyche
>>282699269
Harry Potter is the name of two characters from the movie Troll
Hogwarts is one of the names David Bowie calls Hoggle in Labyrinth
Hagrid means Haggard
Dumbledore is an old word for bumblebees.
>>282700313
I already told you Team 8, since I'm bored I'll tell you some other favorites
Lighting Up the Dark
The Waves Arisen
It's for a good cause, I swear
(half of) Team 7's Ascension
Naruto Game of the Year Edition
>>282700498
What's this, the HP wiki?
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Salt
>>282698028
Neutral Evil?
>>282700260
Jesus christ it's worse everytime I watch it. They were on screen for 4 seconds and they made it look like shit.
>>282676826
Can you imagine?
Harry Potter meets Mario in Warioland XVII: New Adventures!
>>282700260
>the fucking acting of the rightmost black girl
>>282700640
>Naruto Game of the Year Edition
Is this one good? I think there was two like this on HP, but neither got very far, and they were a bit disappointing all in all, but I liked the premise.
>>282700260
>Black kids in harry potter
Did I just block that fact out of my head from the first 2 movies or is this from one of the newer films that I didn't see?
>AY YO TEACH HARRY PLAYING WITH HIS GAMEWIZARD
>>282700926
You mean the secodn to right one that looks like her.
Pretty sure she looks down at her mark.
>>282700926
is this a meme
>>282676826
What a shame, considering Harry Potter movies were pretty successful in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Japan
>>282697847
Sure you don't. Everyone is a pc master race when it's convenient for them.
Pretty sure Ravenclaw is still Slytherin, they both want fame and knowledge.
>>282695947
Aw yiss
>>282697065
>I never understood why anyone liked the things I don't like.
>/tv/
>knowing fuck-all about what a good game is
Pick one
>>282698503
Pretty sure his only redeeming factor was being played by Alan Rickman.
>>282701730
I think he just doesn't know the appeal
>>282701878
>/tv/
We're on /v/, you stupid cunt.
>>282692186
Yeah man I'm really glad I got a 3 decent games and then a ton of shit milking
no really dude I would rather have that than Nintendo
>Literally only the second and third Harry Poter games are good in any way, and by good I mean good and not great in any sense
>The rest are shovelware-tier faggot garbage, including one that's made by activision that plays like a third person shooter
>Nintendo's worst games combined are better than some of the HP games
>They could've made some great fucking HP games
Also if you're in this thread posting about how good the first game is for PC and playstation that game sucks dick. Really only the 2nd and 3rd are good, the rest are only passable if you have nostalgia goggles on. Also shoutouts to all the faggot hypocrites in this thread praising Activision and EA. Please kill yourselves or at least leave as you don't belong on this board.
>>282697404
>All those screenshots with super mushroom
Shame about the black voids on the skirts though.
>>282701878
You mean /lit/. Harry Potter isn't just a movie mang. And you're right, they clearly don't if they're dumb enough to think EA did a good with Harry Potter.
>Your one big shot to print money off of a huge licence
>Already has it's own set style and an international audience
>Okay guys, lets make it anime
What the fuck were they thinking?
>>282690212
Bioshock isn't complete trash but it's definitely not the messiah of it's time and didn't deserve univeral critical acclaim
>>282701029
There were like two black characters in the books.
The movies had to add more to not be racist.
>>282700926
No Voynich manuscript?
>>282697065
probably because you were one of those dumb kids who couldn't read them
>>282702241
>Nintendo higher-ups
Old jap businessmen are fucking insane, and nobody can say "no" to them because that would be a shamefur dispray.
>>282702101
Try the two Game Boy Color games and the third GBA one, they're actually pretty good RPG's that follow the books more than the movies. I don't know why they stopped making those, GoF on GBA was absolutely horrible.
>>282702101
It is mind boggling how anyone on this board could say Activision and EA make good games while in the same breath claiming Nintendo doesn't. Sometimes browsing /v/ is like stepping into bizarro world.
>>282700985
Yes, it is. Still abandoned, though, it gets better as it goes on.
>>282700926
>no Stirner
>seriously implying you don't need to take a semester long class on Gibran to digest the similar prose Rowling uses
Plebshit
At first I was thinking "what a shame" but
>manga style
Yeah, no thanks.
>>282702437
GBA Azkaban was an RPG too? I need to find that because I loved the GBC ones.
>>282702101
I played Prisoner of Azkaban on Wii and it was one of the worst games I've ever played
>>282702717
shit taste
Anyone got a link to the video where Malfoys goonies are running around at the top of the stairs, with Bowser's boss music playing in the background?
I vaguely remember watching it one time, think it was a play through of chamber of secrets.
"we got three good games, glad nintendo didn't get a hold of it!" if you say this please leave. They could've all been good games, instead we got this dogshit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG0yDIU4Rz0&ab_channel=BazleyBoy360
>>282700220
Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet would've been better.
>>282702991
What do you expect? /lit/ just reads books, they don't know shit about vidya.
>>282702883
ps2 and pc prisoner of askaban were actually good with goat soundtracks
>>282702813
Yeah, I only found that out about a year ago. I'm still looking for a copy, but there are always emulators if you can't find it.
>>282678824
>harry potter could have been in smash
>james bond could have been in smash
>star wars characters could have been in smash
>>282702683
Well I'll give it a try, thanks.
>>282703227
>Rareware still could have been with Nintendo
We could have had it all.
>>282702917
I like animu style but for HP? Nah.
>>282685328
Chamber of Secrets was pretty fucking good anon.
>>282700498
>Dumbledore is an old word for bumblebees.
Why do brits come up with the stupidest fucking names for shit?
>>282703227
>Every Bond actor in Smash
>Can switch to all their gadgets and weapons from that era
>>282702991
>character action
So they would have made Persona 5?
>>282703227
>You will never Bond burger everyone as James Bond in smash
>MUH ANIMU POTTER
That's fucking retarded. The cover-style artwork for the first couple Harry Potter games was brilliant. Then they started imitating the movies and they got terrible.
>>282702991
If you're talking about me (>>282702437), I am in no way implying that those three games make up for all the other crap, I'm just trying to recommend the stuff that's actually good out there for the people who missed it.
THANK GOD HARRY POTTER WENT TO WB
thank god,they austim of toddlers combined with the retards of the book would have destroyed earth
>>282686074
>I guess they were only good because they were still introducing Hogwarts.
That's basically it. The problem is that the Harry Potter series itself gets worse later.
If they basically just made a Hogwarts Simulator everyone would be happy. Not a fucking MMO though.
I'm hoping somewhere down the line, even like ~20 years from now, somebody competent gets the rights and makes a really good one.
>>282678540
I have pixiv for that.
>>282703652
yeah,nah, you're a cunt
>>282704656
>thank god it went to WB
it went to Electronic Arts, asshole
>>282685328
The GBC ones were pretty good
>>282703227
>If Nintendo still owned Rareware, we definitely would have had Banjo, Mumbo, Gruntilda, and Conker in Smash by now
Good, fuck all weeaboo trash.
Nintendo's approach would have made the games look much better for much longer, plus the games would have probably been consistently good instead of the quick downward spiral we ended up with.
>>282705715
There's no way to make a good game based on HP6/HP7 because they're bad books.
This could have happened.
>>282707209
Oh man, my sides.
Harry: Heroic.
Hermione: Cool.
Ron: Gormlessly retarded.
>>282706513
At least it wouldn't have played like shovelware. I remember in Half-Blood Prince there was a lot of things that didn't matter, you got no incentive to go around collecting everything, and exploration was cut down a lot.
Plus the cutscenes and voice acting were really bad. I remember in the ending you just get a bad shot of Snape killing Dumbledore, it zooms in on Harry yelling SNAPE, then cuts to him with Ron and Hermione standing outside saying they're leaving. Then credits.
I'm still sore about Sirius being killed off.
Why did you do such a thing, you mediocre dunces?
>>282707209
>>282697929
He didn't perform a single good deed that wasn't self-serving or due to his Oneitus for Lily
>>282694217
>>282689087
>>282702241
Japan putting anime into everything, is same shit in the America when its to movies.
Japanese businessmen don't understand the international poltics, and make shit for their own taste.
Personally I think Nintendo could have made good harry potter games, but I swear Nintendo only does shit that benefits them. That's main problem with Nintendo and their parntership relations, they don't understand compromise.
>>282707945
WHY SHOURD WE HAVE TO COMPROMISE WITH YOU FIRTHY GAIJIN PIGS?
>>282699817oh my
Harry really fucked up not picking Hermione
>>282707945
>That's main problem with Nintendo and their parntership relations, they don't understand compromise.
It's pretty much the reason why every fucking dev abandoned the Wii U
>nintendo
>harry potter
Obligatory video coming through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZtr8vt9vRg
>>282709048
>>282694217
I didn't think I was such an edgelord.
>>282709607
>Slytherin/Gryffindor
what
>>282691292
Lmao
Voldermort did nothing wrong.
>>282709508
Book Dumbledore sound exactly like Michael Gambon.
And do you call that expert based? It's like 10th grader wrote it.
>I defeated your uncle Victarion and his Iron Fleet off Fair Isle, the first time your father crowned himself. I held Storm's End against the power of the Reach for a year, and took Dragonstone from the Targaryens. I smashed Mance Rayder at the Wall, though he had twenty times my numbers. Tell me, turncloak, what battles has the Bastard of Bolton ever won that I should fear him?
>>282709918
I like ASOIAF, but anyone can write that kind of dialog. Take into account that Dumbledore was calmly saying that in the middle of a fight with spells flying around while Voldemort was mad as shit
in the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2s2tmAdjcA
>>282709508
so wii u is 2nd best?
>tfw the 5th movie made dumbledore look like a bitch in the fight again Voldemort when in the book he completely bitches him and just throws off all his attacks knowing there is no point in killing because of the horcruxes
>>282710165
Gambon was a better Dumbledore for the later years, Harris was good for the early years.
>>282710237
wii u could have been 2nd best if not for its premature death
>>282710312
read the books
>>282694957
>Brow tattoo
>Ushanka
>Che shirt.
He's not doing it right. Casual fuck.
>>282710475
that's the joke
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9655837/1/
>>282710312
Gambon was a terrible Dumbledore for the entirety of his film time. Harris was perfect for the role but was frail because of his health/age. Dumbledore in every situation was always calm, polite and in control. Gambon had no clue how to play the character because he hadn't read the books before taking the role and thus fucked it up royally. McKellan should've played Dumbledore after Harris passed
>>282709247
Really. What good does being immortal gives you when someone shots your brains out? Stupid liches.
>>282710362
I thought the books where trash when they first came out.
I was 10 at the time. I remember everyone at school was going crazy over them, finished The philosophers Stone and though "THIS is what everyone's is going nuts over?"
I thought the books where condescending even though they where aimed at 10 year old me. I had read far better fiction before i ever picked up Harry Potter.
>>282710672
>He once bit a math teacher who didn't know what a logarithm was.
Hardcore.Though I once bit a teacher so hard they had to go to the hospital.
>>282710956
>I thought the books where trash when they first came out.
>where
I wonder why
>>282710815
1) I don't think Harris ever read nor cared for the books either
2) Harris' Dumbledore was literally a confused old man. A nice grandfather figure for the earl movies relatively more lighthearted tone. Gambon was perfect for the transition to "edgy dark Harry Potter".
>>282711239
>1) I don't think Harris ever read nor cared for the books either
He did, because his granddaughter or grandniece told him to
> Gambon was perfect for the transition to "edgy dark Harry Potter".
there was no such transition for Dumbledore
he was the only source of light in the edgy world in the 5th and 6th books
>>282711383
So he clearly didn't give two shits about the books then, he only read them because his granddaughter.
>tfw no HP MMO
>>282711520
Why the hell would a respected author care about a fantasy series for teenagers and children?
Unless, of course, it was their job to reenact them. Harris did his job, Gambon didn't.
>>282694217
Did I win?
>>282704338
>Pierce will never burger your sister.
Nintendo does not even make good games so I don't get what the big deal is. They always dumb their games down, skimp on features, and are basically fucking jewbag kikes.
>>282710956
>I thought the books where condescending even though they where aimed at 10 year old me.
Holy fuck, this.
Harry Potter is the epitome of young adult fantasy. Good enough for some 10 year olds to enjoy it, but not good enough for adults.
>>282711805
hermione granger/10
>>282712012
artemis fowl is the epitome of young adult fantasy
HP isn't good enough for it
>>282711792
>Harris did his job, Gambon didn't.
Only because his granddaughter wanted him to. The films are also adaptations , which by necessity deviate from the source material. I'm a huge fan of ASOIAF and the show hugely deviates from the books. I don't get upset when they feel the need to change a character for the show.
>>282712326
>Only because his granddaughter wanted him to
And doesn't that sound like something Dumbledore would do?
Checkmate, Gambonist.
> I'm a huge fan of ASOIAF and the show hugely deviates from the books. I don't get upset when they feel the need to change a character for the show.
You know that they've cut Euron from the show, right?
>>282712326
But what about when they cut a character, completely?Fuck I'm so furious they cut JonCon. Quentyn too, as irrelevant as he is, I really liked him.
>>282712551
>You know that they've cut Euron from the show, right?
SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU CUNT, HE'S FUCKING CONFIRMED. HIM AND VICTARION ARE CONFIRMED
>>282712764
> I don't get upset when they feel the need to change a character for the show.
>>282712226
I never read that either. I didn't discover the fantasy and sci-fi genres until I was in middle school. By that time I was already at high school/college reading level, so I completely bypassed the dreck that is young adult fantasy.
>>282700498
>Hogwarts is one of the names David Bowie calls Hoggle in Labyrinth
To be fair it's kind of a simple thing to come up with, you just flip the syllables in Warthog. I found an old drawing book I had from when I was like 8 and it had a pig monster called a "Hogwart" in it, long before Harry Potter.
>>282690212
Aren't you forgetting the Square Enix bullshit over Tomb Raider as a notorious example of GRORIOUS NIPPON?
>Squeenix publishes game with little PR, has super-low projected sales
>game outdoes projections by a significant margin (60% or so?)
>Squeenix complains that the game didn't sell enough copies
Am I the only one who imagined Peeves as Piccolo flying around bothering people in full lotus postion?
>>282712904
get into fanfiction then
HPMOR sounds perfect for you
>>282713028
...yes
>A Harry Potter game by a not shit developer
We can only dream
>>282712867
It was a joke, anon.
>>282713079
Maybe if I actually liked HP or had any desire to like it anymore.
>>282694217
I just wanna study ghosts and the supernatural.
>>282713079
>HPMOR
>103 chapters as of now
>>282676826
That would've been terrible, thank fuck they failed. I mean sure the more recent Potter games have been shit but the first 3 were great.
Reminder Hufflepufffags will forever be losers.
>>282713447
you ain't seen anything yet
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3766574/1/Prince-of-the-Dark-Kingdom
HPMOR is actually worth it and not wordy as shit tho
>>282713632
LEGO Harry Potter is best Harry Potter.
>>282694217
>Ravenclaw
As expected.
>>282713862
Yup.
>>282713918
I'm actually surprised that only a few handfuls get Ravenclaw.
>>282713676
So that what-if is basically "What if Harry was a hyper-competent mary sue?"
>>282714130
Instead of Hermione.
>>282714130
that what-if is HPMOR without dumbledore, voldemort, snape and so on being buffed into hyper-competent mary sues as well
Does the HP universe have Colleges and Universities to attend for the wizarding stuff or is it just only schools such as Hogwarts?
>there are people who unironically like Hufflepuff
Why? Have fun never becoming a good wizard.
>>282714638
They probably just don't want to be Mary-Sues, Bullies or Nerds.
>>282714638
drawing attention to yourself when your not ready, a true Slytherin wouldn't be in Slytherin because thats what everybody suspects
>>282714638
Well, all four choices are shitty.
>mary sue
>asshole
>hyper nerd
>pussy
>>282714961
>>282715059
>>282715119
At least the three other houses have potential to become great wizards. You're forever a loser if you're Hufflepuff.
>>282676826
>Nintendo higher-ups stepped in and forced a change to a more Japanese manga style.
Thank Fucking God
>>282694217
I think I've got the highest Hufflepuff score of anyone else in the thread.
>>282715324
Cedric Diggory was hufflepuff and he was a total chad jock who would've won the triwizard cup if he didn't get killed by voldemort
>>282692995
i read the entire series.
>mfw shark transport
>>282715971
He then went on to make awful fucking Vampire movies. Fuck that guy.
>>282715928
absolutely disgusting, kill yourself in shame
>>282687424
>Majora's Mask
>F Zero
>Eternal Darkness
>toddler shit
Take your stupid opinions back to sonyville, friend.
>>282716215
At least it's not the mary sue or edgelord houses.
>First movies and books show all these neat spells and potions they can use.
>The final battles all amount to them shooting the same beam looking spell at each other.
God they got lazy with this shit. I've only read the first couple of books, so I'm just going to blame this on the movies.
>>282694217
>Gryffindor with Ravenclaw score almost equal
I'm ok with this. Both are based houses. Slytherin is for edgelords (also who thought it would be a good idea to have a separate house for the evil kids?)and Hufflepuff is fucking Hufflepuff. Their great merit is being hard working pussies.
>>282716396
>nothing from the last decade
Kek.
>>282716713
>I've only read the first couple of books, so I'm just going to blame this on the movies.
The movies definitely went a lot more full retard than the books, but the books got significantly worse after maybe the 4th one. 1-3 best, 4 still good, 5 meh and 6-7 dogshit.
OFFICIAL MOVIE RANKING
1: prisoner of askaban
2: chamber of secrets
3: philosophers stone
4: order of the pheonix
5: goblet of fire
6: half blood prince
7: deathly hallows
Goblet of fire would be way higher if it wasn't overly grimdark and followed the book better.
>>282716807
>who thought it would be a good idea to have a separate house for the evil kids
It's the best thing about Harry Potter, there is literally a house of 90% evil fucks all together learning powerful magic
How do they expect it to turn out?
>Oh, you're evil as all hell. Come learn some fucking killing spells and shit I don't care
>>282716713
She's really never been much of a writer either.
>>282717116
The movies were all kind of garbage though.
My book ranking:
>Prisoner of Azkaban
>Philosopher's Stone
>Chamber of Secrets
>Goblet of Fire
>POWER GAP
>Order of the Phoenix
>Half-Blood Prince
>Deathly Hallows
>20. Black or white? *not linked to colour of skin or race*
You guys want to know why people bitch about SJWs so much? Because this bullshit is everywhere.
You know, Im thinking if there was gonna be a book about the previous generation, it should be from Lupin's perspective.
It could go all the way from his childhood to his death.
Reasons:
A. He lives the longest of the main characters from that gen aside from Snape but
B and more importantly. We know the least about what hes been doing over the course of the series. We know exactly what Snape and Sirius were doing from James and Lilly's death all the way to their deaths for the most part, aside from like half of book 4 for Sirius. But we don't know what Lupin is doing for most of that time except for when he was teaching. We could see more about the werewolf community since we know he was trying to recruit them but hear nothing else about that.
C. It would be interesting to see how one of the previous gen feels about all his friends dying one by one. Though we don't exactly see much of it, he must have been pretty depressed when Sirius died.
Are the lego games good? Can you explore the castle at all?
>>282717909
Yes, the Lego Harry Potter games are based.
Easy as fuck, because aimed at kids, but so much fucking fun.
>>282717909
>Can you explore the castle at all?
Hogwarts, Diagon Alley and that village the kids sneak off to are the hub world.
>>282717767
I agree but I'd rather not have that book at all. I want something new and less predictable. We already know the outcome more or less. It'd be good to have a fresh MC that isn't The Chosen One fighting against The Great Evil, but I want them to be somebody totally new. They could maybe touch on the previous books but I want no more than that.
>>282704334
Underrated post
>>282718750
I wish she'd gone with the fake-out and had Neville be The Chosen One. That shit would have blown minds.
>>282718976
In a way I agree, but on the other hand not. A huge part of the charm of HP is that it's kind of comfy and doesn't try to do too much, and when it did get darker and more serious it got a (deservedly) mixed response. Pulling plot twists like that would've made it worse, I think.
Having no Chosen One at all would be ideal.
>>282695481
>slavs aren't western
keep moving those goal post weeb.maybe you'll be able to convicne yourself that france is a island by japan instead of being apart of the west
Why is the prisoner of askaban so good?
>best book
>best games
>best movie
>best plot
>best soundtrack
>best atmosphere
>best change in artstyle
>People being surprised that Nintendo pushed for anime
Codename Steam was made with an "American influenced style" and it was unanimously agreed that the style completely sucked.
It's not that nintendo thought anime was a good idea, it's because they are incapable of making something otherwise
Does anime style take any skill in character design at all? Just take the same face and stick some wacky hair on it and some clothes then give the character one of about only 10 different personality archetypes.
>>282676826
>Harry Potter could have been in Smash
why have there been so many harry potter threads on /v/ lately
>>282716162
THEY'VE GOT PLAYSTATION!
>>282725404
shit about Nintendo almost making HP games
>>282720529
Alfonso Cuaron
why not just make their own?
>>282694217
What do I win? I was expecting to be Ravenclaw though
>>282714093
>Surprised that most people on 4chan aren't the hyperintellectual geniuses they claim to be
Really?
>>282729991
Ravenclaw is more about being a nerd than about being smart. Still ok though.