Missing Features
EA said they could not include everything, in particular:
- The taking of OWL examinations directly; although player will earn OWL grades by lessons - top marks will unlock new rewards (the taking of OWLs is included in the DS and GBA versions though).
- Quidditch and Flying, apart from the section of the game with Fred and George (this is included as a minigame in the DS version).
- Changing characters to Ron and Hermione, but Fred and George Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, and Sirius Black are playable as the game progresses. In the Nintendo DS version, Lupin is also in a duel during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.
- A few areas are inaccessible, especially with there not being an option to debug; The Whomping Willow is on the Marauder's Map but cannot be located, Divination class, Gryffindor Girls' Dormitory, the Quidditch Pitch, and Stadium are inaccessible and Hagrid's Hut cannot be entered; Dumbledore's office is shown in several cut-scenes, but not present; there are also several locked doors on the Grand Staircase leading to unknown parts of the castle.
- You cannot get in the Chamber of Secrets, but you can get to open the entrance.
- Snape's "most regrettable" memory was not featured in this; Snape instead gets angry with Harry for defeating him in Occlumency.
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