Non-Disney Online Games Does anyone remember when Wizard 101 was all the rage?

[DodgerGirl]

Does anybody remember the game Wizard 101? It was an online game where you could play a Harry Potter /Onward type of adventure and you could interact and chat with other Wizard 101 players to help you solve different challenges. I tried to play Wizard 101 once and I couldn't see what the hype was all about despite it being promoted a lot through countless TV commercials. And what I think why Wizard 101 was trying to do was to cash in on fantasy/adventure role playing games especially since Harry Potter was very popular at the time. But I couldn't figure out why Wizard 101 became a popular online game? Because when I played Wizard 101 once the gameplay was confusing and I think why this game did well was because Wizard 101 hoped to gain an audience as big as Webkinz did