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>There is also hope that Niantic’s pending game with a Harry Potter theme will also be popular when it comes out some time next year. It will be interesting to

by ruytlm 8y ago

>There is also hope that Niantic’s pending game with a Harry Potter theme will also be popular when it comes out some time next year. It will be interesting to see how successful this is, given that unlike Pokemon, Harry Potter isn't really a franchise defined by the location-based hunt-and-collect mechanic that drives Pokemon Go and Ingress.

genericone 8y ago
Guided swish and flick magic at Universal Studios is a pretty popular mechanic. Maybe Niantic can sell wands like they sell smart pokeball keychains and watches currently. And with better AR, the magic effects could overlay onto real world landmarks, ie make the Eiffel tower disappear with a swish in AR mode.
- krapp 8y ago
  Getting into magical duels with other players might be fun.
otoburb 8y ago
>>[...] given that unlike Pokemon, Harry Potter isn't really a franchise defined by the location-based hunt-and-collect mechanic that drives Pokemon Go and Ingress. Pokémon itself wasn't location driven either before the launch of Pokémon Go.
- krferriter 8y ago
  From what I've seen of Pokemon games before Pokemon Go, it seems like the majority of the game is spent walking your character around a map to explore buildings and landscape features.
- steve19 8y ago
  The games, and I assume the anime, are about searching for pokemon in different locations.
  - otoburb 8y ago
    You assume correctly about the anime. Then again, Harry Potter also turned into a quest to search for Voldemort's seven horcruxes, so it won't be much of a stretch to adapt Harry Potter to a location-based game.
hombre_fatal 8y ago
I can't imagine it matters much since the core mechanic has proven to be so popular and it's really a squeeze of the IP tit. I bet a Harry Potter skin will be even bigger than Pokemon Go. I'd wager most people are on no more than can-recognize-pikachu terms with the Pokemon franchise yet Pokemon Go was a cultural phenomenon. Meanwhile most people I know have at least seen most Harry Potter movies. I know 30- and 40-somethings that have gone to Universal Studios' Harry Potter exhibit... dressed up. And the Harry Potter world has a particularly popular faction system (the Hogwarts houses). Certainly curious to see if Niantic can pull it off again.
- krapp 8y ago
  >I'd wager most people are on no more than can-recognize-pikachu terms with the Pokemon franchise yet Pokemon Go was a cultural phenomenon. Umm... what? Pokemon was already a massive global cultural phenomenon before Niantic got it, an entire generation more or less grew up with the franchise. Hell, a lot of people were shocked Nintendo allowed an unknown company like Niantic anywhere near such a property. The existing popularity of Pokemon is the reason Pokemon Go was so popular, not the other way around.
  - Izkata 8y ago
    And Ingress got a massive boost due to being in XKCD. I doubt they'd've even gotten the chance to make Pokémon Go if it weren't for that.
ArtWomb 8y ago
Demand is there. The new Smash Bros sold 1M+ units in three days ;)
nikanj 8y ago
The two newest movies have had a very big "cool monsters"-streak to them. Not sure if they thought about making this game, when they were writing the scripts originally.

by ruytlm 8y ago

genericone 8y ago

Guided swish and flick magic at Universal Studios is a pretty popular mechanic. Maybe Niantic can sell wands like they sell smart pokeball keychains and watches currently. And with better AR, the magic effects could overlay onto real world landmarks, ie make the Eiffel tower disappear with a swish in AR mode.

krapp 8y ago
Getting into magical duels with other players might be fun.

otoburb 8y ago

>>[...] given that unlike Pokemon, Harry Potter isn't really a franchise defined by the location-based hunt-and-collect mechanic that drives Pokemon Go and Ingress. Pokémon itself wasn't location driven either before the launch of Pokémon Go.

krferriter 8y ago
From what I've seen of Pokemon games before Pokemon Go, it seems like the majority of the game is spent walking your character around a map to explore buildings and landscape features.
steve19 8y ago
The games, and I assume the anime, are about searching for pokemon in different locations.
- otoburb 8y ago
  You assume correctly about the anime. Then again, Harry Potter also turned into a quest to search for Voldemort's seven horcruxes, so it won't be much of a stretch to adapt Harry Potter to a location-based game.

hombre_fatal 8y ago

I can't imagine it matters much since the core mechanic has proven to be so popular and it's really a squeeze of the IP tit. I bet a Harry Potter skin will be even bigger than Pokemon Go. I'd wager most people are on no more than can-recognize-pikachu terms with the Pokemon franchise yet Pokemon Go was a cultural phenomenon. Meanwhile most people I know have at least seen most Harry Potter movies. I know 30- and 40-somethings that have gone to Universal Studios' Harry Potter exhibit... dressed up. And the Harry Potter world has a particularly popular faction system (the Hogwarts houses). Certainly curious to see if Niantic can pull it off again.

krapp 8y ago
>I'd wager most people are on no more than can-recognize-pikachu terms with the Pokemon franchise yet Pokemon Go was a cultural phenomenon. Umm... what? Pokemon was already a massive global cultural phenomenon before Niantic got it, an entire generation more or less grew up with the franchise. Hell, a lot of people were shocked Nintendo allowed an unknown company like Niantic anywhere near such a property. The existing popularity of Pokemon is the reason Pokemon Go was so popular, not the other way around.
- Izkata 8y ago
  And Ingress got a massive boost due to being in XKCD. I doubt they'd've even gotten the chance to make Pokémon Go if it weren't for that.

ArtWomb 8y ago

Demand is there. The new Smash Bros sold 1M+ units in three days ;)

nikanj 8y ago

The two newest movies have had a very big "cool monsters"-streak to them. Not sure if they thought about making this game, when they were writing the scripts originally.