This week on Family Gamer TV, with a little help from Warner, we equipped our families with Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 on the 3DS and Xbox 360 to see how they would get on. This was not only their first experience of the 3DS but also of this type of Lego game.
There is, perhaps, no more popular series of video games for families than the Lego adventure games. These combine some great franchises like Harry Potter, Batman, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Pirates of the Caribbean with miniature Lego action and story telling.
Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 follows up the original Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 game and completes the story. On the 3DS it also offers some multi-player features in the form of a StreetPass mode where you get to battle passers by.
Then in our Gaming Surgery question we lay out the differences between the various Lego games, with a particular focus on the multi-player modes so popular with families. As you can see there are some real bargains available if you hunt around and find the franchises that fit best with your family:
- 2011 – Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 (from $29.99 at Amazon)
3DS/DS/360/PS3/Wii
3DS StreetPass
Console split-screen multi-player - 2011 – Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (from $29.99 at Amazon)
3DS/DS/360/PS3/Wii
Console split-screen multi-player - 2011 – Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (from $19.99 at Amazon)
3DS/DS/360/PS3/Wii
Console split-screen multi-player - 2011 – Lego Ninjago (from $29.99 at Amazon)
DS/iPhone - 2010 – Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 (from $19.99 at Amazon)
DS/360/PS3/Wii
Console split-screen multi-player - 2009 – Lego Rock Band (from $19.99 at Amazon)
360/PS3/Wii
Console shared-screen multi-player - 2009 – Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (from $19.99 at Amazon)
DS/360/PS3/Wii
Console split-screen multi-player - 2009 – Lego Battles (from $19.99 at Amazon)
DS/iPhone - 2008 – Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (from $19.99 at Amazon)
DS/360/PS3/Wii
Handheld multi-cart multi-player - 2008 – Lego Batman (from $19.99 at Amazon)
DS/360/PS3/Wii
Handheld multi-cart multi-player - 2007 – Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (from $19.99 at Amazon)
DS/360/PS3/Wii
Handheld multi-cart multi-player - 2006 – Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy (from $19.99 at Amazon)
DS/360/PS3/Wii
Handheld multi-cart multi-player