Cirque Du Soleil Kooza Pokie
Anyone scared of clowns had better look away now, as the Cirque Du Soleil pokie from Bally Technologies is hosted by a creepy clown/jester character. But anyone who can get over their fears will find a fascinating game that has some colourful symbols and a bonus wheel that sees players spin up prizes like free spins, extra bonus cash or even a progressive jackpot prize.
Played over a conventional 5 reels, with 40 paylines and symbols presented in 3 rows, the appearance is anything but conventional and will surely appeal to the millions of fans who have been to see the amazing acrobatics of this Canadian-based circus.
Kooza is a show premiered in 2007, that sees a clown called The Innocent, looking for his place in the world. Many of the characters from the show, such as The Wheeler, Skelly, and Chari turn up in the game, taking fans back to memories of the performance, or just introducing new people to the weird and wonderful world of Cirque Du Soleil.
Playing At The Cirque
Whether players like the images of the performers or not, there’s no denying the quality of the design, with a stage forming the background to the reels and a big picture of The Trickster to one side.
Alongside the main characters, there are symbols of a red mask, pink mask, and the high card symbols Q, K and J, which have been styled to fit in with the whole circus thing that’s going on with the rest of the game.
Prizes come from landing 3, 4 or 5 examples of the same symbol on adjacent reels across any of the 40 lines, while the line will need to start from the left side, and this task is made easier by the presence of a wild symbol which will act as any of the main ones if it can then complete a winning combination.
Cirque du Soleil Kooza
Unable to connect to MySQL: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory
Bonus Features
Other bonuses come from Mystery Stacked Reels that can appear at any time in normal play or during a free spins round. Cirque Du Soleil performers will dance, flip or bounce their way across the reels, revealing a mystery symbol, and should that symbol be in view on the next spin, which it usually will be, it will expand across any reels containing it.
This should lead to some winning lines being completed, although it’s not guaranteed.
Entry to the main bonus features however, is done in a couple of ways. Players could firstly see the Box symbol land on reels 1, 3 and 5 and any time at least 3 of them turn up, they get to click a box to reveal if they have won an instant cash prize or access to the bonus wheel.
The other way to get to the wheel is by seeing 3 or more Bonus symbols stopping on reels 2, 3 or 4. Once a prize of 2x the triggering stake has been paid out, the bonus wheel is opened and all sorts of extra treats can come from spinning it.
Wheely Big Bonuses
The wheel works in a similar way to a pokie reel, but spins horizontally, not vertically and awards whatever prize is shown on the middle section once it comes to a stop. Players can win cash rewards, free spins, enter the Wheel of Death or trigger a progressive jackpot wheel.
The cash prizes range from 7.50 to around 175.00, but the free spins and bonus game also have the potential to be quite lucrative. In the free spins round, various members of the cast turn random symbols into multiple examples of the same high value symbol throughout 10 spins, and it’s even possible to get the wild selected, which should lead to multiple payouts.
The Wheel of Death spins are related to one of the Cirque Du Soleil’s signature acts, and sees between 7 and 12 spins play out during which a multiplier of between 2x and 4x will be applied to any winnings. Mystery Stacked Symbols will be in play, while getting 2 or more free games symbols will add up to 15 additional spins to the total.
Last, but certainly not least, there’s a chance to trigger a second wheel that can land on theMini, Grand, Colossal and Tres Magnifique progressive jackpot prizes, although the more staked on the spin, the better the odds of hitting the bigger wins.
The Verdict
Despite the odd cast of characters, or perhaps because of, this is a successful pokie. It’s the bonus features that make this game worth a go for people who may not be fans of the Cirque Du Soleil, as there’s lots of different features in normal play or through the bonus wheel and some big rewards possible in each round.