I went hands-on with 'Harry Potter: Wizards Unite,' and it promises to be a lot more than just a rehash of 'Pokémon Go.'
You may have seen this teaser for"Harry Potter: Wizards Unite" before the theatrical run of"Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald."Niantic and WB Games have finally unveiled"Harry Potter: Wizards Unite," their long-promised smartphone game that takes players into JK Rowling's Wizarding World.
and long-teased game for iPhone and Android that brings players into JK Rowling's famed Wizarding World, developed in conjunction with WB Games and its Portkey Games label. It's not that easy, though, as each"foundable" comes with a corresponding"confoundable" that you'll have to defeat with a spell. You might need to cast Alohamora to unlock the shackles keeping Buckbeak the Hippogriff on the ground, or the mighty Expecto Patronum to ward off a Dementor threatening Harry Potter.
The idea, Niantic says, is to evoke the fast-paced feeling of magical combat in the"Harry Potter" and"Fantastic Beasts" film franchises. In my brief experience with the game, this bears through — I won and lost duels with werewolves and dark wizards in fun and surprisingly challenging short battles.So, yeah, there's clearly some overlap with"Pokémon Go.
On the subject of potions, players will encounter magical plants and other assorted flora all over the world. Niantic says that it's tying these flora to factors like the weather and temperature in the real world: Some plants might only bloom in the morning, and others only when it's cold and rainy.
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