Harry Potter: Magic Awakened is a 2021 mobile collectible game created by Net Ease for iOS and Android, inspired by J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World. The game is published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment through its subsidiary Portkey Games. It was first released in Mainland China in 2020 as a soft launch before opening up to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan the following year. It was released globally on June 27, 2023.
Set ten years after Harry's defeat of Voldemort and nine years before the events of Cursed Child, a young Muggleborn heads to Hogwarts after being visited by Hagrid. However, after the sorting ceremony, a fellow first year named Ivy Warrington goes missing and it's up to you to find her. The game, like other Portkey projects, isn't considered a canon installment of the franchise.
Tropes:
- Acceptable Breaks from Canon: Although the game isn't canon, the magic displayed is way beyond what any first year is capable of to keep it fun and exciting.
- Alternate Continuity: This game is only "inspired" by the Wizarding World and not considered canon.
- Assist Character:
- Each deck can equip an "Echo" of a main-continuity character to provide a passive benefit; for example, Severus Snape empowers your basic attacks and allows your attacks to periodically cast Sectumsempra, Dobby grants additional movement cards and allows you to periodically Apparate, and Harry Potter empowers your low-cost spells.
- Decks can equip 3 Companions that can be deployed in order, each one granting a different benefit while in play. Deploying companions does not use up the mana for your spells.
- Continuity Cavalcade: Most collectable cards and many game events are based on events and scenes from the main series.
- Flashback with the Other Darrin:
- Gellert Grindelwald's design is based on Mads Mikkelsen's likeness, even during scenes set during the events of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, where he was played by Johnny Depp.
- Albus Dumbledore's design is likewise based on his depiction by Michael Gambon, even in flashbacks set during Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets where he was depicted by Richard Harris with a rather different look.
- Mana Meter: In combat, the player gains mana over time that can be used on spells or Summon Magic.
- Not Allowed to Grow Old: Downplayed as it's only been ten years, but Harry, Ron and Hermione look basically the same as they did while in seventh year, as do Neville and Luna. The most blatant example is George, as he and his twin Fred (who has been dead for ten years by this point) are as identical as ever although George should look at least a decade older by this point. Also instead of showing an elderly Newt Scamander he appears as his 1920's self in his portrait. This is averted with McGonagall, Filch, and Flitwick, all of whom look visibly greyer.
- Pragmatic Adaptation: Various spells and creatures available for collection in the game are depicted in forms more suited for the gameplay - for example, Stupefy inflicts heavy knockback instead of rendering the target unconscious (because that wouldn't be very fun to play against), and Avada Kedavra is a simple damage spell and needs to kill 4 units with the damage before it becomes a guaranteed kill on the next cast (again, because a no-strings-attached One-Hit Kill would not be very fun to play against).
- Summon Magic: Certain collectable cards will summon a magical creature or object to your aid in combat, ranging in scale from a Spider Swarm or The Monster Book of Monsters to Blast-Ended Skrewts or animate statues.
- What the Hell, Player?: Trying to equip Avada Kedavra or Crucio will result in a pop-up reminding you that these spells are 'sinister tools of The Dark Arts,' and then asks if you're sure you want to use them. Indeed, these spells cannot be used in classes or story quests, though they're able to used — and are, quite widely — in PVP.
