Line #8 VideoGame/HarryPotterQuidditchWorldCup


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2	''Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup'' is a ''VideoGame/HarryPotter'' video game released by Creator/ElectronicArts in 2003. Since there wasn't a new ''Film/HarryPotter'' film in that year, this Quidditch-themed game was presumably created to fill the gap.
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6	* AdaptationNameChange: Slytherin's Keeper is named Kevin Bletchley. In the novels his first name is Miles.
7	* ArtificialStupidity: One of the requirements for unlocking Germany's Team Special is to [[WeWinBecauseYouDidnt win when the other team catches the Snitch]]. Sound easy? It is, but the "best" part is actually letting the other team catch the Snitch. Long story short, they take FOREVER to catch it.
8	* CanonForeigner: Technically the case for many of the Hogwarts ''and'' international players, few of which are even given one name in canon. More prominent is Edgar Cloggs, a ghost on the Hogwarts pitch who serves as the player's training partner; unlike canon ghosts, he can handle physical objects just fine.
9	* CosmeticallyDifferentSides: Aside from the cosmetic differences between the teams and the fact that the Hogwarts teams obviously cannot play alongside the international professional teams, there's virtually almost no difference between any of them gameplay-wise (outside of the Team Special Moves that are unique to each team), meaning that you can play a Hogwarts team with skills that rival those of world-class professional teams without any issue.
10	* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: The game includes Cho Chang, Cedric Diggory, and Viktor Krum at a time when those characters had only ever appeared in the books. Thus, their designs do not correspond with the actors who would play them in the ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'' film two years later.
11	* EndlessGame: In a way, the game can be this. You cannot end the game until you catch the Snitch, and you cannot catch the Snitch until the Snitch bar at the top of the screen meets, which progresses according to how many times you pass the Quaffle. So if you play without passing, it can take forever to ever get to the Snitch-catching itself. And when you get a Bludger or Team Special Move, you can significantly ''reverse'' the progress of the Snitch bar…
12	* FinalBoss: Bulgaria in the World Cup series is intended to be one if you weren't playing as them, as you will ''always'' play at their home stadium last in each World Cup season (though you do face the Bulgaria team [[FinalBossPreview one time beforehand]] on your home turf). They're dressed in all red and black costumes with a Team Special move that's comparatively more aggressive than other teams, not to mention that you're facing off against Viktor Krum himself, who's FamedInStory as the greatest seeker in the world. Lastly, Bulgaria is the only international team that needs to be unlocked, as opposed to other teams that are already unlocked beforehand.
13	* PrefersGoingBarefoot: All of the Australian team members wear no shoes.
14	* RubberBandAI: If you dominate the other team to the point where when the Snitch-catching starts, they have little to no Snitch/boost bar, there's at least a chance for the opposing Seeker to come out of nowhere and take the Snitch JUST before you can.
15	* TorosYFlamenco: The Spanish team members are dressed as bullfighters, their stadium is a bullring and [[NoIndoorVoice they SCREAM!!!, don't talk]].

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