Nirvana Pokie
According to the dictionary, Nirvana is 'an ideal or idyllic state or place' and while the Nirvana pokie from Yggdrasil Gaming may not be completely perfect, it's packed with features that can bring in some heavenly wins.
Extra Wilds, Nudge Reels, and a Mega Reel can be played during a free spins rounds, and like all the games from this company, it looks great, has quality animations and can be played on PC's or mobile devices alike.
Read On For Enlightenment
A fairly standard 5 reel, 20 payline layout contains nicely rendered images of the card suits presented as precious jewels and some strange mythical creatures that carry the bigger wins. A Griffin, Snake, some sort of Rabbit/Reindeer thing and an equally weird Cat/Owl beast may look odd, but they all equal prizes when at least three line up across a line starting from the left hand reel.
With a richly decorated surround to the reels, and an atmospheric background of clouds and temples, there's not much wrong with the way it all looks and throughout the game, the reels spin with a satisfying action, accompanied by a calming soundtrack.
Players just need to pick a coin value from 0.02 through to 5.00, and as all 20 lines are automatically activated, they are ready to go.
Nirvana
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Features to Transcend Others
Some Poker machines just have basic symbols that line up to reward players with a win and not much else, but Nirvana is quite the opposite, with several bonus features that add variety to the run of the game.
First up is the Lotus flower which acts as the Wild symbol, substituting for the base symbols which will help to complete winning lines. If there is the possibility of the Wild creating more than one winning combination following a spin, the highest paying one will be awarded, and like all wins in this game, nice animations accompany them, with the animal symbols flapping their wings and so on.
The main action however, kicks off when at least two Free Spins symbols appear, with no need for them to be on a line to trigger the extra rounds. Two of them give players a single spin, while three triggers 10 games, four equals 10 games plus a 1000 coin instant win, and should five Free Spins symbols appear, as well as the 10 spins, there's 5000 coins heading into the players' balance.
Before the spins commence, players get to pick one of three features that will be in play throughout, each represented by another mythical creature, although these ones are vaguely human. If just a single free spin has been won, a randomly chosen feature will be picked by the software.
Wild Seeds adds extra Wild symbols to the reels during the free spins game, with anything from 2 to 4 appearing in random positions for extra potential wins. Players who choose the Mega Reel feature will see the three middle reels synchronise with each other, so if any symbols on the left hand reel matches the middle ones, some nice payouts will be triggered.
The third option is the Nudge Reels, where once the reels have stopped spinning, the game will nudge one of them up or down if it will then create a winning combination, although this only happens if a win is possible, or it can be improved. To help payers decide which feature they want to play, there's a little chart that highlights how much winning potential each one has, the chance to re-trigger the feature and the comparative win frequency.
Re-triggering the spins by getting at least two Free Spins symbols is a real treat, as players can choose a second bonus feature to run alongside their current one, for twice the winning chances.
Will Nirvana Bring Instant Karma?
Yggdrasil have come up with another quality game, that looks good and has plenty of features to bring players to a higher level of wins. While the base game may be a little straightforward, once those free spins are triggered, wins and extra treats can come thick and fast.