Wild Wings Pokie
One look at this online pokie from Aristocrat tells players that Wild Wings is a going to be a fun game, as the wings in question belong to a cheeky-looking angel and they appear again on the wild and scatter symbols to trigger extra features.
This 5 reel pokie has 3 rows of symbols and 40 paylines, which is enough for plenty of winning combinations to be formed when 3 or more of the same symbol land on adjacent reels across any line running from the left side.
While this will bring in the wins in the base game, there’s other heavenly delights to be had in the bonus rounds, such as free spins with extra wilds and random free games thrown into the mix as well.
Through the Pearly Gates
Opening up this game sees crisp and bright cartoon symbols along with the high card icons used across the Aristocrat range. To enhance the theme, there’s an image of fluffy clouds behind the reels and some wings to either side of them, while players are informed that this game has 40 fixed lines, with all in play.
This makes the minimum stake per spin 0.40 and this amount can be adjusted upwards to suit each players’ individual bankrolls. Win values for each combination are detailed on the payout table, with the number of times the bet per line starting at just 2x if the 9, 10 or J stop on a line across the first 3 reels and rising to 10x or 25x if 4 or 5 stop across them.
The most valuable card symbols are of course the Q, K and A, with each paying out 5x, 15x or 50x the line bet when stopping on 3, 4 or 5 reels. It’s unusual for most of the card symbols to be worth the same, but not really a problem so we’ll let it pass.
Picture symbols are all related to the theme of love and angels, starting with a bow and arrows that’s worth 10x, 25x or 75x the line bet and moving up through to a harp, love heart, cauldron of coins, (not really related to the theme, but who wouldn’t love a cauldron of coins?) and then the smiling angel who pays out at 20x, 50x or 100x.
Wild Wings
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Bonus Bits
Spinning up matching symbols is all well and good, but it’s usually the bonus features that keep players engaged, so Wild Wings has a couple of extra rounds, with free spins plus the wings themselves acting as wilds which multiply as the games progress.
An angels silhouette is the scatter symbol and seeing any 3, 4 or 5 of these at once will pay 2x, 10x or 50x the total amount of the triggering spin, followed by 8 free games which can also be set off at random after any spin.
These free games are not your standard fare however, with lots of additional features in play including the introduction of a wild symbol that will substitute for all but the scatter to help making up winning combinations. Just a single wild on reel 1 will be worth a small prize, while landing them right across all 5 reels pays out 200x the line bet.
Each wild that lands will be counted on a Wild Meter and once 10 have appeared in total during the free games, a second screen with 11 red presents on it will appear. Players click any of them to reveal a symbol, and for the remaining spins, that symbol will become an additional wild.
If the total number of wilds reaches 25, another set of 10 green presents will appear and players pick 1 of them to become a further wild, with the process repeating if 50 wilds turn up in total, although this time they get to pick 3 presents.
This will result in 6 out of the 10 symbols being wilds and pretty much ensures that each spin is a big winner.
If any of these occurs on the last free game, a further 3 spins will be given out, which avoids players getting a big boost to their win ratio only to have the round end at the same time. Between 1 and 3 extra spins can also be awarded at random.
The Verdict
This well-designed pokie should appeal to just about anyone, although it’s worth noting that the real rewards come from the free spins round and its wild symbols. In normal play, there isn’t a wild, so people will just be collecting standard wins until the 3 or more scatters trigger the bonus game.
But once it starts, they should be in for some big payouts and all will be forgiven.