Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is giving fans of the franchise unprecedented access to the legendary sport for the first time since the GameCube's Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup. It features a full-blown single-player Career Mode, that sees players take part in not just the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup, but the Triwizard Tournament and the World Cup. It's a packed entry into the Harry Potter video game collection, and the perfect way to get into the storied sport.

However, while there is a lot of content available at launch in Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, including plenty of characters from the Harry Potter films and books, it is missing a crucial opportunity. Quidditch Champions had the opportunity to do something the books, films, and games have never been able to do. Unfortunately, at least for now, it missed its chance. Fans would have been delighted had it made the most of the Wizarding World's greatest aspect.

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions Doesn't Feature Enough Magical Schools

Quidditch Champions Only Showcases Three Of The Magical Schools

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions features the Triwizard Tournament as one of its three available Career Mode Cups for players to compete in. This is a legendary competition between the three major European wizarding schools: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. All of these were seen in both the fourth book and film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It's a fantastic inclusion in Quidditch Champions, as being able to take part in such an illustrious tournament is a great honor for fans.

There are 11 major wizarding schools in the Harry Potter universe, with potentially dozens of other unregulated institutions. However, only a handful of these schools are actually mentioned in the books, with the rest remaining a mystery.

However, while having the Triwizard Tournament is amazing, Quidditch Champions missed a fantastic opportunity to finally show off the other wizarding schools across the world. The wizarding world is actually home to many wizarding schools, including ones in America, Japan, and Africa. Quidditch Champions does feature a World Cup in addition to the usual House Cup tournament. The World Cup takes wizards from across the world, but they don't represent specific wizarding schools, nor does the World Cup take part in wizarding schools for obvious reasons.

The ability to play against the lesser known Mahoutokoro, a wizarding school located on the volcanic island of South Iwo Jima, would be incredible, as would facing against the Transfiguration masters of Uagadou in Africa, or the Herbology experts at Castelobruxo in Brazil. Interestingly, Ilvermorny, the wizarding school located in North America, which is mentioned in the Fantastic Beasts movies, is included as a playable pitch, although not as a team. Outside of Natsai Onai, a transfer student from Uagadou who appears in Hogwarts Legacy, players are yet to truly experience life in the other wizarding schools.

It Is Possible More Schools Could Appear In Future Updates

Quidditch Champions Could Add Other Playable Schools As Maps

Warner Bros. has announced that there will be future updates and Seasons coming to Quidditch Champions, which will add extra maps and characters. While what these maps and characters will be remains a mystery, it's possible that they could be set in other schools. Naturally, players won't know until further information about those maps is revealed, but it wouldn't be surprising if at least some of the new maps were set in other magical schools pitches.

In Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, the first two cups, the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup and Triwizard Cup can only really take place in those schools, so there can't be extra maps for those. While there could, and will likely be, extra maps for the World Cup tournament, players would likely get bored by the same looking stadiums. So, it would make sense for the developers to add some extra schools in there to spice things up, especially as they are all set in interesting locations.

Warner Bros has not mentioned whether additional Cups will be added to the Career Mode in Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions. However, it is possible that another Cup that sees the wizarding schools play against each other could be introduced, although there isn't any lore precedence for this. Alternatively, individual Cups per wizarding school could be added.

It could also be that a sequel to Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions could explore additional schools, expanding the Harry Potter universe even further. Regardless, while it's a shame that these magical schools were omitted at launch, it's hard to argue with just how much content is packed into the game. Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions has a lot on offer for fans of the franchise, and will hopefully expand into deeper parts of the lore in the future.

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