Hogwarts, September 1996. The war is escalating. Sixth-year students are returning to a castle thick with suspicion.
The controls translate well to the Joy-Cons, though aiming spells can feel slightly less precise without gyro aiming (which is absent). The UI was redesigned to be more legible on the smaller screen, a quality-of-life feature often overlooked in ports.
As he carried the elf down the stairs, the golden light faded. But for the first time that year, Harry felt something other than dread. The Half-Blood Prince had given him weapons — but also a compass. And a compass doesn’t tell you where to fight. It tells you where to help .
Harry lifted the elf gently. “What’s your name?” harry potter nsp
Harry’s breath caught. It wasn’t a map. It was a compass — showing him the people he trusted most. The people whose hearts were connected to his.
Harry knelt. “ Vulnera Sanentur ,” he whispered — another Prince spell, healing this time. The elf’s wound knit closed.
Back in the common room, Harry opened the textbook one last time. On the inside back cover, written so faintly it looked like a secret: Hogwarts, September 1996
: Despite the hardware's limitations compared to the PS5 or PC, the Switch version includes the full game experience with specialized optimizations. The Deluxe Edition NSP often includes the Dark Arts Pack, featuring the Thestral Mount and Dark Arts Battle Arena.
The common room fire had burned down to embers. Harry Potter sat alone in a cracked leather armchair, the old Potions textbook open on his knee. Advanced Potion-Making by Libatius Borage. But the real author was the Half-Blood Prince.
“Mippy.”
Harry smiled. He didn’t know who the Prince was yet. But he knew one thing: whoever he was, he’d once been a lonely boy who learned that magic isn’t power.
Released for the Nintendo Switch in late 2023, is the most ambitious Wizarding World game to date.