Before we move on, I have a confession….shh…don’t tell anyone…. I’ve never seen Harry Potter or read one of the books. I do know all about the story and I’ve played the games quite often. But nothing like the Harry Potter Wonderbook: Book of Spells by Sony.
When my kids came home from school and saw the Wonderbook: Book of Spells on the table, they were so excited. It was easy to get them to finish homework last night. Yes, I stooped to bribing them. Works every time.
Wonderbook: Book of Spells
The Book of Spells teaches you 20 different spells, but also gives you a lot of background into the spells and the Harry Potter stories. As I mentioned, I haven’t seen or read any of the Harry Potter stories, but I still enjoyed the Book of Spells.
The book feels like a real book, but each page looks like this:
Those funny looking shapes are what help bring the book to life, like this.
You see this on the screen when you hold the Move wand over the book.
Here my daughter is levitating a glass jar.
We didn’t have a lot of time, so we didn’t get through many of the spells, but this is one of the more interesting games I have seen in some time. This is a solo game and you work your way through all the lessons just like Harry and his friends did when they attended Hogwarts.
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This is one of those games that pictures just don’t do it justice. You need to see some video:
This game might just get me to watch the movies because now I want to know more about the spells and how they play out in the stories. This will make an awesome holiday gift!
Book of Spells Details
Wonderboook: Book of Spells is for Sony PlayStation 3 and requires the PlayStation Move controllers.
There are 2 versions (affiliate links below):
The game and book only (retail $39.99)
The game, book and PlayStation Move controllers ($79.99)
Disclosure: I received a copy of the Wonderbook: Book of Spells game in exchange for this review. I am a member of the Sony PlayStation Family, I receive compensation in the form of product and trips. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.
i am a collector of harry potter merchandise. i wanna have like this its cool.
I too have been a harry potter fan for ages and when I saw this advertised I just thought it was another gimmick to get hold of our hard earnt cash. None the less I decided to purchase it anyway and was very glad I did, I got way more hours of fun than I anticipated and whilst It’s not a game ill continue to play it was definatley great fun while it lasted.
I’ve been a Harry Potter fan ever since it started more than a decade ago. And since I’m too old for toys and I don’t have kids yet, I think your wonderbook of spells is an ideal gift for tots this Christmas!
The Wonder Book of Spells looks so cool. I actually never have read any of the Harry Potter books too.
This book of spells looks great. I am also woth you on the thing that I haven’t watched the Harry Potter series either. But I will surely get this wonderbook. Thanks for the share.
This looks great..I am a big harry potter fan. Read all this books and watched the full movie series.. Thanks for introducing me to this wonder book. I looks awesome.
Wow! This is amazing! I’ll try to check this out further over the weekend 🙂
This is a great way to rekindle and reminisce my great memories of Harry Potter 🙂 This is neat! Thanks!
Hey Michele! Thanks for sharing this review, I’m an avid fan of the Harry Potter series and I must have this!