Harry Potter for Kinect

Xbox Kinect

Teaches: gross motor, logic

CTR Rating: 95%

CTR Review

Looking for a magical Kinect title? Keep reading. Pulling from all the Harry Potter movies, this Kinect game lets you jump into the screen with Harry, Ron and Hermione to explore Hogwarts. The game uses Kinect's camera to let you put your face into the game, a first for a Harry Potter game. Also new -- the ability to cast spells with motion, or say them with your voice. There are both one or two player coop modes of play. According to Corey (age 15), "I cannot tell you how amazing the gameplay is along with it's stellar graphics. I had a workout with this game! Gameplay consists of the activities Harry Potter does in the story such as potions, spells, & fighting the evil things with magic spells. My favorite thing when I played it was the broom racing where you whack the enemy racers out of the race. You cast spells with your body and/or your voice although I found it easier to wave my arms up & wave that wand down."